ae ee ee a eee ee oT eT eS ee ee ee re ee 
= i 
252 ELACHISLID A. 
Taken at the end of July and beginning of August, by Mr, 
Sircom and Mr. Vaughan, at Brislington, near Bristol. 
6. apicipunctella, Sta. Cat. p. 26 (1849). Alis anticis nigris 
fascia obliqua ante medium, maculisque duabus oppositis, cum tertia 
apicali sepe connewis, argenteo-albis (¢ alis anticis atris, fascia macu- 
lisque argenteis, basi etiam argentea); capite cum palpis argenteo- 
albo. Exp. al. 4-44 lin. 
Head, race, and palpi silvery-white. Antenne fuscous, the tips 
whitish. Anterior wings blackish, with an oblique silvery-white fascia 
before the middle (nearest the base of the wing on the costa where it 
is broadest); beyond the middle are two silvery white spots, one on 
the inner margin and one rather posterior on the costa; Jeyond them 
lies a third spot on the apex of the wing, by which they are frequently 
united into an angulated fascia ; cilia dark grey, with black hinder mar- 
ginal line. (In the female the anterior wings are black, the silvery 
markings brighter, and the extreme base of the wing is also silvery.) 
Posterior wings grey, with grey cilia. 
Common on mosses, or bogs, in the south of Scotland, in 
June. 
7. albifrontella, Hiib. Tin. 432 (1816); Zell.; Sta.; Step. ?— 
quadrella, Haw.; Step. Alis anticis uigris, fascia fere recta ante me- 
dium ( sepe interrupta), maculis duabus suboppositis ante apicem, 
costali posteriore argentco-albis ; capite, cum palpis, argenteo-albo. xp. 
al, 4-44 lin, 
Head, face, and palpi silvery-white. Antenne dark fuscous. Ante- 
rior wings brown-black, with a slightly oblique sidvery-white fascia be- 
fore the middle, nearest the base of the wing on the costa (in the 
this is generally interrupted on the fold); on the inner margin at the 
anal angle is a silvery-white triangular spot, and beyond it on the costa 
is-a similar larger one; cilia grey, with some black scales. Posterior 
wings grey, with paler cilia. 
Very common in woods in June. The larva was found by Mr. 
Scott, last May, feeding in the upper part of the leaves of Aira 
cespitosa. 
8. Holdenella, Edleston in lit. Alis anticis griseo-nigris, postice 
saturatioribus, fascia obliqua ante medium, maculaque triangulari ad 
angulum analem, albidis, macula costali ante apicem quadrata, alba; 
capite griseo, palpis albidis. Exp. al. 5 lin. 
Head and face grey. Palpi whitish. Antenne fuscous, with paler 
annulations, Anterior wings greyish-black, darker towards the apex ; 
a little before the middle is an oblique whitish fascia nearest the base 
of the wing on the costa; at the anal angle is a triangular whitish 
spot, and deyond it on the costa is a more distinct whiter spot, which is 
not triangular, its apew being truncate ; cilia pale grey. Posterior wings 
grey, with paler cilia. 
