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into a fascia ; cilia grey, at the apex whitish. (In the female the en- 
tire base of the wing is white, with the exception of a grey streak along 
the costa.) Posterior wings grey, with paler cilia. 
Common on bogs and mosses in June and July; on the sum- 
mit of the hill above Kilmun it is extremely plentiful, flying freely 
in the afternoon, threading its way between the stems of grass or 
rushes, and occasionally settling for an instant. 
12. alpinella, Hdleston in lit. Alis anticis fuscis, maculis ¢ridus 
indistinctis albidis, una dorsali ante medium, secunda ad angulum ana- 
lem, tertia costali ante apicem; capite fusco, Hxp. al. 4 lin. 
Head, face, and palpi fuscous. Antenne fuscous. Anterior wings 
fuscous, with three indistinct whitish spots, one on the inner margin 
before the middle, one at the anal angle, and one rather beyond it on 
the costa; cilia pale fuscous. Posterior wings grey, with paler cilia. 
Taken by Mr. Hdleston, on moors near Manchester, in August. 
13. cinereo-punctella, Haw. L. B. 582 (1829); Step.; Sta. 
Alis anticis saturate griseis, macula obliqua coste ante medium, macula 
parva ad angulum analem, maculague coste ante apicem albidis, puncto 
apicis nigro; capite griseo, fronte palpisque albidis. Exp. al. 33-4 
lin. 
Head grey. ace and palpi whitish. Antenne grey. Anterior 
wings dark grey ; in the middle is an oblique whitish spot from the costa 
reaching more than half across the wing; at the anal angle is a very 
small whitish spot, and on the costa immediately before the apex is an- 
other whitish spot, which precedes an apical black spot; cilia grey. 
Posterior wings grey, with paler cilia. 
Appears atthe end of May and beginning of June; plentiful 
on the chalk downs beyond Croydon, also on Durdham Downs, 
near Bristol. 
14. trapeziella, Sta. Cat. p. 26 (1849).—guttifera, Haw.? Alis 
anticis brunneo-nigris, séria plice basali, punctis duobus in medio, al- 
. tero costae, allero plice, puncto tertio plice supra angulum analem, 
puncto quarto apicis argenteo-albis ; capite albido, fronte palpisque albis. 
Exp. al. 4—43 lin. 
Tead whitish. ace and palpi white. Antenne fuscous. Ante- 
rior wings dark brown-black, with a short silvery-white streak at the 
base along the fold; in the middle are two small silvery-white spots, 
one on the costa, the other on the fold, a third spot lies on the fold above 
the anal angle, and a fourth in the apex of the wing; cilia fuscous. 
Posterior wings fuscous, with paler cilia. 
A specimen taken at West Wickham Wood, in June, is in Mr. 
Bedell’s collection. Mr. Douglas and I have each a specimen, 
the localities of which are unknown. 
15. nigrella, Hiib. 285 (1816); Haw.; Treit.; Sta.; Step. ? 
