= 
238 ; ELACHISTIDA. 
towards the anal angle; cilia grey. Posterior wings pale grey, with 
paler cilia. 
A few specimens of this pretty species were taken by Mr. 
Bouchard in Hainault Forest, among old hawthorn-bushes, in 
August. 
5. Epilobiella, Schr. F. B. ii. 126. 1853 (1802); Bouché; 
Treit.; EF. vy. R. pl. 73. pl. 74. f. 1.; W. V.? Dup. ?—/fulvescens, 
Haw.; Step.—nebulella, Step. Alis anticis dilute ochreis, fusco-nebu- 
losis, preecipue sub costam et apicem versus, maculis posticis oppositis 
dilutioribus, maculis duabus tuberculatis fuscis, prima dorsi ante, 
secunda plicee pone medium. Exp. al. 54 lin. 
Head and face ochreous. Palpi ochreous, the terminal joint with 
two fuscous rings. Antenne fuscous. Anterior wings pale ochreous, 
clouded with fuscous, especially along the costa and towards the apex, 
with an appearance of two paler opposite spots before the apex, and 
with two tufts of fuscous scales, the first near the inner margin before 
the middle, the second in the fold beyond the middle; cilia greyish- 
ochreous. Posterior wings grey, with paler cilia. 
Appears in August among Zpilobium hirsutum, but more fre- 
quently met with after hybernation in May. ‘The larva is abun- 
dant in the tops of the Zpilobium in June and July, screwing up 
the unexpanded flower- and leaf-buds. 
6. ochraceella, Curt. B. BE. fo. 735 (1839).—clandestinella, 
Schr.? Alis anticis angustulis dilute luteis, saturate luteo valde suffusis. 
Exp. al. 7 lin. 
Head, face, and palpi pale yellow. Antenne pale yellow, with pale 
fuscous annulations, Anterior wings rather narrow, pale yellow, much 
suffused with dark yellow, so that the pale colour appears on the darker 
ground as indistinct spots, of which two are on the inner margin and 
one near the costa, before the middle, and two smaller ones are towards 
the costa beyond the middle; cilia yellowish. Posterior wings pale 
whitish-grey, with very pale ochreous cilia. 
This beautiful insect had been taken in several localities in 
June, in moist places, but was considered a rarity, till last sum- 
mer Mr. Charles Jordan was so fortunate as to discover the larva 
in May, mining the leayes of the pilobium hirsutum ; and on our 
ascertaining, from breeding a specimen, the value of the newly 
found larvae, we were enabled to collect a considerable number of 
the pup, on the leaves of the Hpilobium, in their clongate, rather 
firm, pale buff cocoons. . 
7. Phragmitella (Bentley), Sta. Sup. Cat. p. 4 (1851). Allis 
anticis dilute ochreis, séria disci postica fusca, in qua puncta dua sa- 
turate fusca, albo-cincta. xp. al. 9% lin. 
Tlead, face, and palpi pale ochreous, Antenne pale ochreous, an- 
