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litan district, and in other parts of the country. " Bottisham, com- 

 mon." — Rev. L. Jenyns. " Monkswood." — C. C. Babington, Efiq. 

 "York and SuWolkr—W. C. Hewitson, Esq. "Newcastle, Gib- 

 side, kcr—G. Wailesy Esq. " Epping."— J/r. H. Douhleday. 



Genus CCLXX. — Mesographe, Hiibner. 



Palpi four ; maxillary small^ conical ; labial depending, approximating at the 

 apex and resembling a beak, triarticulate, densely clothed with compact 

 scales, somewhat pilose beneath, the scales forming a cone, in which the 

 terminal joint is faintly visible from above; the apical joint is ovate-acute: 

 maxillcE elongate. Antenna: slender, simple in both sexes, pubescent 

 beneath : head small, with a small ridge of scales between the antennae : 

 eyes small : thorax slender : wings entire, forming a triangle during repose ; 

 anterior acute, hinder margin rounded ; posterior ample, ovate-triangular ; 

 the hinder margin obscurely emarginate; anterior marked with oblique 

 lines : abdomen rather short, slender, slightly tufted in the males, acute in 

 the females : leo^s moderate ; posterior tibiae with two pair of long spurs. 



The depending, connivent palpi of Mesographe, exclusively of 

 the pecvdiar general habit of the only indigenous species of this 

 genus, distinguish it from the allied genera ; to which may be 

 added the form and structure of its wings, which are moreover 

 adorned with oblique darker lines upon a yellowish ground, unlike 

 any of the other species of this singular family. 



Sp. 1. forficalis. Aiis pallide jiavis, anticis strigis valde obUquis, maculdque 

 medio ustulato-Jerrugineis, posticis albidioribus strigd obsoleta fuscescente. 

 (Exp. Alar. 1 unc. — 1 unc. 1 — 2 lin.) 



Ph. Py. forficalis. Linnl—S. G. forficalis. Steph. Catal. ii. 164. No. 6805. 



Wings pale yellow ; anterior with about four rusty-ustulated, or brownish 

 streaks, placed very obliquely, the most distinct one extending from a 

 stronger and broader line at the extreme apex to the middle of the inner 

 margin, and sometimes connected by a fine zigzag line to the costa itself; 

 from the apical streak two less obliquely placed waved lines arise, and ter- 

 minate on the hinder margin : a little behind the middle of the wing 

 towards the costa is a conspicuous subannulated ustulated spot, which is 

 occasionally geminated : posterior wings whitish yellow, with a faint brown 

 streak, more or less distinct, and sometimes degenerated into a row of dots: 

 on all the wings is a narrow faint brownish line on the hinder margin ; and 

 in fine examples the anterior wings appear faintly reticulated with rusty- 

 brown lines. 



