xxii Mr. H. T. Staintoris 



being serrated towards the apex, is smaller than the two females, according to the rule 

 on this section. 



" I took this scarce species near Reinerz, in pine woods, from the overhanging 

 boughs, in the middle of J uly." 



Sp. 26. amiantella (Kollar), Zeller. 

 Argyresthia amiantella, Zeller, Linn. Ent. ii. 294. 



" The lesser glossiness and darker gray of the anterior wings, more pointed poste- 

 rior wings, and concolorous gray antennae, distinguish this species from glabratella ; 

 the greater glossiness and the yellowish head from Oc. piniariella. 



" Size somewhat below fagetella (albistria), like a large Oc. piniariella. Thorax 

 shining gray. Head ochreous-yellow. Antennse very shining, concolorous, silvery 

 gray, the basal joint paler. Face silvery white. Palpi drooping, hardly as long as 

 the face, gray, faintly shining. Legs shining, pale gray, the anterior brown on the 

 left side. Abdomen gray ; belly whitish yellow ; in the male with silvery white anus, 

 in the female yellowish. 



" Anterior wings very little broader than in Oc. piniariella, lively, shining, silvery 

 gray, somewhat darker in the female, lighter towards the apex, with the projection on 

 the transverse nervure as in the preceding species. 



" Under-side, as well as the entire posterior wings, less shining and a little darker 

 gray ; post wings lanceolate, acutely pointed, with rather a long apex. 



" The female has somewhat broader anterior wings, and a thinner apex to the pos- 

 terior wings. 



" Native country, Austria ; the details are not known to me." (" Male and female 

 in the cabinet of Metzner.") 



Sp. 27. Gysseleniella (Kuhlwein), Zeller (fig. 11). 



Argyresthia Gysseleniella, Zeller, Isis, 1839, S. 205, 19. Linn. Ent. ii. 295. 

 (Ecophora Gysseleniella, F-v-R., pi. 74, f. 3, S. 210. Dup. xi. 461, pi. 305, f. 4. 



Expansion of the wings 4|- — 5 lines. Head gray. Face whitish gray. Palpi 

 whitish. Antenna; whitish, annulated with fuscous. Thorax grayish fuscous. Ab- 

 domen tawny. Legs whitish. Tarsi whitish. Anterior wings gray, with the base 

 and a fascia before the middle golden-brown ; beyond this latter is a narrow pale fas- 

 cia expanding along the inner margin of the wing, and there is a pale spot on the 

 costa a little before the apex, the apex itself having a slightly golden tint: cilia whit- 

 ish, irrorated with fuscous. Posterior wings griseous, with paler cilia. 



Closely allied to the following, but readily distinguished by the broader anterior 

 and posterior wings, by the delicate golden brown fascia before the middle (in farina- 

 tella it is dark purple-brown), and by the golden fascia at the base, which is entirely 

 wanting in the following species. 



Not hitherto detected in this country. It should occur on fir-trees, in June and 

 July. It is found in various parts of the Continent, and Zeller states that he took his 

 specimens " in June and July, beating them out of the boughs of tall firs on the mar- 

 gins of woods." 



The description given above is made from an Austrian specimen in the British 

 Museum. 



