88 GHULECHID®. 
cous. Anterior wings rather short, pale ochreous, marbled with darker 
ochreous ; near the base of the inner margin is an oblique dark fuscous 
streak reaching nearly to the subcostal vein ; on the disc before the mid- 
dle are two small black spots (the anterior nearer to the costa), beyond 
is a dark fuscous, almost black blotch reaching nearly to the costa; the 
indications of a pale hinder fascia are extremely indistinct; the costa 
and hinder margin are spotted with dark fuscous; cilia pale greyish- 
ochreous. Posterior wings pale grey, with pale yellowish-grey cilia. 
Not uncommon; appearing in September and October. ‘The 
larva feeds on the underside of the leaves of thistles (Cirsiwm lan- 
ceolatum, ete.), making a gallery of silken web, in July and Au- 
gust. 
10. subpropinquella, Sta. Ent. Trans. v. 156. pl. 17. f. 3 (1849). 
—RHeracliella, Dup.? Alis anticis longiusculis brunneo-ochreis, stria ob- 
liqua dorsali prope basim /ere obsoleta fusca, punctis duobus disci ante 
medium nigris, nebula fusca in medio, puncto fusco interdum obsoleto 
pone medium. Exp. al. 10 lin. 
Head greyish-ochreous. Face pale greyish-ochreous. Palpi pale 
fuscous, internally pale ochreous; terminal joint pale ochreous, with a 
ring at the base, a ring before the apex, and the extreme apex dark 
fuscous. Antenne fuscous. Anterior wings brownish-ochreous, with 
an almost obsolete fuscous oblique streak on the inner margin near the 
base; on the disc before the middle are two black spots; the anterior 
nearer the costa and beyond is a /uscous (rarely dark fuscous) blotch, 
beyond which and further from the costa is a fuscous spot, sometimes 
obsolete; the hinder margin is spotted with dark fuscous; cilia grey- 
ish-ochreous. Posterior wings pale fuscous, towards the base paler ; 
cilia pale yellowish-grey, 
Common near Folkestone, in September ; also occurs at Hpping; 
and last summer Mr. Shield, of Dublin, bred a specimen from a 
larva which fed (like that of propinguella) on the underside of the 
leaves of thistles in June, producing the perfect insect in August. 
11. Alstroemeriana, Clerck, I. pl. x. f. 1 (1759); Linn. (S. N.); 
Step.—Alstremiana, Linn. (¥. 8.) ; Fab.—Alstrameri, Waw.—Alstra- 
merella, ‘Treit.; Dup.—monilella, W. V.—puella, Wiib.—albidella, 
Ryers. lis anticis albis, dilute griseo-ochreo irroratis, macula dorsali 
prope basim dilute fusca, punctis duobus parvis disci ante medium ni- 
gris, nebula in medio saturate fusca costam tangente, in maculam satu- 
rate vufam terminata. xp. al. 8 lin. 
Head and face white. Palpi pale grey, internally white; terminal 
joint with a ring at the base, a ring before the apex, and the extreme 
apex fuscous. Antenne dark fuscous. Anterior wings white, irrorated 
with pale greyish-ochreous ; on the inner margin near the base is an ob- 
lique pale fuscous blotch reaching nearly to the subcostal vein; on the 
dise before the middle are two small black spots (of which the ‘anterior 
