2158 Insects. 



Sp. 29. spartifoliella, Hubner (fig. 27). 



Tinea spartifoliella, Hubner, Ti. 335. 



Argyromiges spartifoliella, Stephens, Illust. iv. 260. Wood's fig. 1336. 



Elachista spartifoliella, Duponchel, xi. 514, PI. 307, f. 8. 



Lithocolletis spartifoliella, Zeller, Isis, 1839. 



Tinea punctaurella, Haworth, Lepid. Brit. 578, 63. 



Linnaea Entomologiea, vol. ii. PI. 2, f. 37. 



Expansion of the wings 3^ lines. Head white. Forehead white. Palpi white. 

 Antennae white, annulated with fuscous. Thorax white. Abdomen fuscous, with the 

 extremity paler. Legs and tarsi white. Anterior wings, to beyond the middle, pure 

 white ; beyond the middle is a yellowish spot on the costa, edged on both sides with 

 fuscous, and nearer the apex is a similar spot continued into the fringe ; at the anal 

 angle is a lozenge-shaped silvery gray spot, edged on both sides with black : cilia 

 white, except the yellowish patch before mentioned, and with three black radiating 

 lines from the apex. Posterior wings whitish ; cilia white. 



Not a scarce species. It is often taken at Charlton. Last summer Mr. Jobson 

 secured above fifty one morning, off broom, in the neighbourhood of Falkirk, Stirling- 

 shire. 



Sp. 30. cerasifoliella, Hubner (fig. 28). 



Tinea cerasifoliella, Hubner, Ti. 190. 



Elachista cerasifoliella, Duponchel, Sup. iv. 518, PI. 89, f. 14. 



Argyromiges unipunctella, Stephens, Illust. iv. 260. Wood's fig. 1335. 



Opostega saligna, Zeller ? Isis, 1839, 214. 



Linnaea Entomologiea, vol. ii. PI. 2, f. 32. 



Expansion of the wings 3| lines. Head white. Forehead white. Palpi white. 

 Antennae white, annulated with fuscous. Thorax white. Abdomen pale fuscous. 

 Legs white. Tarsi white. Anterior wings white, with two fuscous lines, more or less 

 distinct, extending from the base to beyond the middle ; they are both slightly curved, 

 and meet nearly in a point ; the space enclosed between them is generally fuscous to- 

 wards the apex ; a small angulated line extends from the costa to the extremity of 

 these lines ; beyond this an angulated fuscous line extends right across the wing, and 

 between this and the apex there are on the costa two short fuscous lines, and towards 

 the anal angle it is shaded with fuscous: these fuscous marks have often more or less of 

 a golden tint : at the extreme apex is a conspicuous black spot : cilia whitish, with 

 the two short costal lines continued through it, three radiating dark lines at the apex, 

 and a dark arch from the apex to the anal angle. Posterior wings shining, pale gray, 

 with whitish cilia. 



I have formerly taken a considerable number of this insect, beating it out of ivy, 

 from the middle to the end of April. It generally appears before the Pontice. The 

 last two years I have not met with it. If this be the saligna of Zeller, it frequents 

 " willows and poplars in spring and autumn." 



