44 TINEID DH. 
recta prope basim, fascia obliqua in medio maculaque pone medium 
juxta costam dilute aureis ; capillis ferrugineis. Exp. al. 43 lin. 
Head and face ferruginous. Palpi pale grey. Antenne black. An- 
terior wings purple, with a pale golden almost straight fascia not far 
from the base, a rather oblique pale golden fascia in the middle and 
towards the apex, a pale golden spot immediately below the costa; 
cilia greyish-purple. Posterior wings pale greyish-purple ; cilia greyish. 
Occurs in woods in May and June. Not common in the south 
of England; more frequent in the midland counties and the North. 
Taken abundantly among oaks and honeysuckle, near Birming- 
ham, by the Rev. Mr. Simkiss. 
6. Tunbergella, Fab. Man. ii. 253. 131 (1787).—Thunbergelia, 
Gmel.; Vill.; Fab. E. S.?—rubrifasciella, Haw. ; Sta. ; Zell.—Ander- 
schella, Treit.; Dup.; Lienig—WHellwigella, Step. lis anticis dilute 
viridi-aureis, macula costali, fascia abbreviata obliqua ante medium, 
fascia ad costam furcata pone medium, maculaque apicem versus rufes- 
centibus ; capillis ferrugineis. Exp. al. 4% lin. 
Head and face ferruginous. Antenne dark fuscous. Anterior wings 
shining, pale golden-green, with reddish markings, viz. a spot on the 
costa near the base, an oblique fascia before the middle, not reaching 
to the inner margin, a fascia beyond the middle, fureate on the costa, 
and frequently connected with a spot towards the apex of the wing; 
cilia purplish-fuscous. Posterior wings pale grey, with a purplish tint 
towards the apex; cilia pale grey. 
Not scarce, among beeches, in May. 
7. purpurella, Haw. L. B. 571 (1829); Step.; Sta.; Zell_— 
rubro-aurella, Vaw.? Step.?—cicatricella, Zett.? lis anticis dilute 
aureis purpureo-reticulatis, venisgue purpureis, macula pone medium 
dorsi dilute aurea; capillis saturate fuscis ; antennis dimidio alarum an- 
ticarum brevioribus, Exp. al. 5 lin. 
Head and face dark fuscous. Antennee not half the length of the 
anterior wings, dark fuscous. Anterior wings pale golden, with a slight 
greenish tinge, much reticulated with purple, and with ¢he veins also 
purple, a pale spot of the ground-colour appears beyond the middle of 
the inner margin; cilia grey. Posterior wings grey, slightly purplish 
towards the apex; cilia grey. 
Common in April among birches, preferring calm, sunny after- 
noons ; it is especially abundant at Darenth Wood. 
8. Salopiella, n. sp. lis anticis /atiusculis dilute aureis, pur- 
pureo valde suffusis, venisgue purpureis, macula dorsali majore pone 
medium dilute aurea; capillis luteo-cinercis; antennis dimidium alarum 
anticarum aquantibus. Bxp. al. 45-5 lin. 
Head and face yellowish-grey. Antenne dark fuscous, about half the 
length of the anterior wings. Anterior wings rather short and broad, 
pale golden, much suffused with purple, the veins also purple, beyond 
