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PSYCHINA 



Ovum oval, smooth. Larva inhabiting a strong portable 

 silken case, covered with fragments of stick or refuse. Pupa 

 within the larval case. 



Tabulation of Genera. 



7 of hind wings present 

 absent 



2. Sterrhopterix. 

 1. Psyche. 



1. Psyche, Schrk. 



Forewings : 4 and 5 approximated at base, 8 and 9 connate 

 or stalked. Hindwings : 4 and 5 sometimes stalked, 7 absent. 

 A moderate genus, ranging tlu'oughout the Avarmcr regions 

 of the Northern hemisphere. 



Head and thorax pale brownish-ochreous . 1. villosella. 

 ,, ,, fuscous-grey . . 2. opacella. 



1. P. villosella, 0. (nigricans, Stt.) 25-2G mm. Head, thorax, 

 and abdomen pale brownish-ochreous. 

 Forewings and hindwings thinly 

 haired, dark brown ; veins and base 

 of cilia darker. 5 with rounded 

 frontal prominence. 



Hants, Dorset, local ; S. Europe, 

 Asia Minor ; 6. Larva dark fuscous, 

 sides paler; head and 2-4 whitish, 

 marked with blackish : case large, 

 covered with short longitudinally 

 placed pieces of twig ; on Calluna, 

 grass, etc. ; 7-5, sometimes living 

 two years. 



2. P. opacella, IIS. 18-21 mm. 

 Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous- 

 grey. Forewings and hindwings very thinly haired, grey ; 

 veins and base of cilia darker. ^ without frontal prominence. 

 Surrey to Dorset, Lancashire, Perth, local ; C. Eui'ope : 6, 

 7. Larva pale grey ; head black : 2-4 with dark grey plates : 

 case covered with longitudinally placed grass-fragments, seed- 

 vessels, etc. ; on grass (?) ; 8-5. 



2. Sterrhopterix, lib. 



Forewings: 4 and 5 stalked, 9 and 10 stalked. Hindwings; 

 7 present, parallel to 6. 



A limited group, principally inhabiting S. Europe and Asia. 

 1. S. hirsutella, lib. (fusca, Hw. ; cnlvella, 0.) 21-23 mm. 



Neuration of Psyche opacella. 



