160 GELECHID®. 
~—Melznerella, 'Treit.— Begrandella, Dup. lis anticis dilute luteis,: 
costa dorsoque anguste, margine postico late, saturate luteis, costa ipsa 
usque pone medium saturate fusca, macula dorsi pone medium triangu- 
lari, apice postice producto, nigra. Exp. al. 5 lin. 
Head and face white, mixed with dark fuscous. Palpi pale fuscous, 
internally whitish ; terminal joint whitish, with a fuscous ring before 
the apex. Antennae whitish, annulated with dark fuscous. Anterior 
wings pale yellow, with the costa and inner margin rather narrowly, 
and the hinder margin broadly, deep yellow; the extreme costa is dark 
fuscous to beyond the middle; on the inner margin dcyond the middle 
is a triangular black spot, of which the apex is produced posteriorly 
parallel to the hinder margin; cilia pale yellow. Posterior wings rather 
pale grey, with pale greyish-fuscous cilia. 
Found in various localities on the trunks of trees and palings, 
in July and August. 
10. Lambdella, Don. B. I. ii. 57 (1792); Step.; Curt.—Lambda, 
Haw. lis anticis dilute luteis, costa anguste, dovso margineque pos- 
tico date saturate luteis, costa ipsa usque pone medium xigra, macula 
magna in medio dorsi fere triangulari, apice postice producto, nigra. 
, Exp. al. 7% lin. 
Head and face pale yellowish, mixed with dark fuscous. Palpi dark 
fuscous, internally pale yellowish; terminal joint pale yellowish, with a 
ring at the base and a ring before the apex dark fuscous. Antenne: whit- 
ish, annulated with dark fuscous. Anterior wings pale yellow, with the 
costa narrowly and the zner and hinder margins broadly deep yellow ; 
the extreme costa is black to beyond the middle; on the middle of the 
inner margin is a large somewhat triangular black spot, with the apex 
pointing posteriorly ; cilia pale yellow. Posterior wings dark greyish- 
fuscous, with paler cilia. 
Scarce; occurs in June and July; sometimes met with at 
Charlton ; originally found in plenty in a furze-bush in Epping 
Forest. 
11. subaquilea (Edl.), Sta. Cat. p. 14 (1849). Allis anticis dilute 
ochreis, paullulum fusco-suffusis, puncto plice et stria disci ante me- 
dium, puncto dorsi, punctisque duobus disci pone medium saturate fus- 
cis, Exp. al. 6 lin. 
Head and face greyish-ochreous. Palpi pale fuscous, internally pale 
ochreous. Antenne fuscous, Anterior wings pale ochreous, rather 
suffused with fuscous, with a dark fuscous spot on the fold, a dark 
fusecous streak above it before the middle, and with three dark fuscous 
spots beyond the middle, one on the inner margin, and two almost 
united on the dise; beyond is a fuscous blotch at the anal angle; the 
hinder margin is spotted with dark fuscous; cilia pale ochreous. Pos- 
terior wings pale grey, with paler cilia. 
Occurs on heaths in the north of England, in May and June. 
