Oe ee 
BUCCULATRIX,. 29 
Of the eleven British Species, the first ten are so closely allied, 
and the gradation of species so imperceptible, that they do not 
admit of a tabular arrangement; the eleventh, cristated/a, is dis- 
tinguished by its unicolorous anterior wings. (Another unicolor- 
ous species occurs on the continent.) 
1. aurimaculella, Sta. Cat. p. 28 (1849). Alis anticis dilute 
griseo-eneis, maculis duabus coste, duabus dorsi ( prima basim versus 
per plicam producta) albido-luteis ; capillis saturate purpureis. Exp. al. 
4 lin. 
Head deep purple. Face bronzy. Antenne fuscous; basal joint 
whitish-yellow. Anterior wings pale greyish-bronze, with two yellowish- 
white spots on the costa and two on the inner margin; the first costal 
spot is placed a little before, the second:a little beyond the middle of 
the wing ; the dorsal spots are anterior to the costal spots, and the first 
one does not touch the inner margin, and is continued along the fold to- 
wards the base of the wing; none of these spots are sharply margined ; 
cilia greyish. Posterior wings grey, with paler cilia. 
Not common; occurs on the downs beyond Croydon, and near 
Bristol, appearing in May and August. It has been thought to 
frequent Carices. 
2. cidarella (Tischer), Zell. Isis, 1839, p.216; Sta. Allis anticis 
purpurascente-brunneis, maculis duabus coste, duabus dorsi albidis, 
suboppositis ; capillis ferrugineis. Exp. al. 4 lin, 
Head ferruginous. ace yellowish. Antenne fuscous; basal joint 
yellowish. Anterior wings purplish-brown, with two whitish spots on 
the costa, and two on the inner margin; the first costal spot is a little 
before the middle, the second is half-way between that and the apex ; the 
dorsal spots are nearer the base of the wing than the costal spots; cilia 
brownish. Posterior wings grey, with paler cilia. 
Appears in June, but hitherto rarely met with; it appears to 
frequent alders, 
3. Ulmella (Mann), Zell. L. BH. iii. 288 (1848); Sta.—Sircomella, 
Sta.—cuculipennella, var. 8, Haw.—erythrodactyla, W. V.? Alis an- 
ticis ochreis, maculis guatuor costee obliquis fuscis, secunda abbreviata, 
maculis duabus dorsi fuscis, priore obsoleta, secunda media ovata dis- 
tinctiore ; capillis fudvis. Exp. al. 34 lin, 
Head fulvous. Face pale yellowish. Antenne fuscous; basal joint 
pale yellowish. Anterior wings yellowish-ochreous, with four fuscous 
spots on the costa obliquely placed, and two on the inner margin; the 
first costal spot begins at the base of the wing and terminates in the 
fold, the second is very small, reaching only a very little way from the 
costa, the third is broad and distinct, extending sometimes to the anal 
angle, the fourth is in the apex of the wing; between the two last is a 
small black spot on the disc; the first dorsal spot is near the base of 
the wing and is rather indistinct, the second lies beyond the middle, is 
ap 
" oe 
pisk si ee 
