124 GELECHIDA, 
the terminal shoots, and devouring the flower-buds of the Ste//aria 
holostea, in the beginning of spring. 
52. fraternella, Doug). Ent. Trans. i. n.s. 101 (1851); Id. Ent. 
Trans, ii, n.s. 77. pl. x. f. 3. Alis anticis swfo-brunneis, fusco-suf/usis, 
puncto supra plicam prope basim, nebula obliqua ante medium coste pli- 
cam tangente, nebula pone medium dorsi (apice cum puncto nigro disci 
connexo), saturate fuscis, maculis oppositis aldidis fere fasciam vie angu- 
latam formantibus, ea costali viv posteriore. Exp, al. 5-54 lin. 
Head reddish-brown. Face pale greyish-ochreous. Palpi fuscous, 
internally pale ochreous; terminal joint dark fuscous, internally and 
the tip pale ochreous. Antenne dark fuscous, with paler annulations. 
Anterior wings reddish-brown, more or less suffused with fuscous, with a 
dark fusecous spot above the fold near the base, a dark fuscous blotch 
Jrom the costa before the middle, eatending obliquely to the fold, and a 
dark fuscous blotch on the inner margin beyond the middle, at the apex 
of which is a black spot on the disc; beyond are two whitish oppo- 
site spots, almost forming a slightly angulated fascia (that on the costa 
is rather posterior); the apical portion of the wing is almost entirely 
dark fuscous; cilia pale grey, varied with fuscous. Posterior wings 
pale grey, with greyish-fuscous cilia. 
Not uncommon in July, in hedges and rely banks where S¢e/- 
laria uliginosa grows, but very retired in its habits, and not easily 
dislodged. The larva feeds in May in the young terminal shoots 
of Stellaria uliginosa, which thereby assume a singular knobbed 
and contorted appearance. 
53. maculiferella (Mann), Dougl. Ent. Trans. i, n. s, 102 
(1851).—prowima, Waw.; Step. Alis anticis grisco-fuscis, costam ver- 
sus rufo-brunneo suflusis, macula obliqua nigra ante medium costa, pli- 
cam tangente, interne cum puncto nigro plice, evterne cum puncto nigro 
disci connexa, puncto disci pone medium cum striola transversali supra 
plicam connexo, nigris, fuscia postica dilute ochrea interrupta subangu- 
lata. Exp. al. 5 lin. 
Head dark fuscous. Face pale ochreous. Palpi dark fuscous, in- 
ternally pale ochreous. Antenne pale fuscous, annulated with dark 
fuscous. Anterior wings greyish-fuscous, somewhat suffused with red- 
dish-brown towards the costa, with a broad oblique black streak from the 
costa before the middle, not reaching beyond the fold, connected internally 
with a black spot on the fold, and externally with a black spot on the 
disc ; beyond the middle is a black spot on the disc, connected with a 
short transverse streak rather above the fold; the pale ochreous hinder 
Jascia is interrupted and slightly angulated ; beyond it the apex of the 
wing is dark fuscous; the hinder margin and apex of the costa being 
varied with dark fuscous, and pale ochreous; cilia grey. Posterior 
wings pale grey, with pale greyish-fuscous cilia. 
Taken occasionally in July in weedy banks, but scarce. 
