PyilAl.IDE. SYNAl'HK. 19 



The two basal strigtc on the anterior whigs arc sometimes slightly approxi- 

 mating-. 



The caterpillar feeds on willows; it is slender and green, with the legs paler: 

 the pupa is black : the imago appears towards the end of June. 



A very rare and local insect : I have specimens taken many years 

 since in the neighbourhood of Bexley, in which vicinity I believe my 

 friend Mr. Newman has captured it within these few years ; it has 

 also been found at Charlton. 



Gkxtjs CCLII. — Synaphe, Hilhner. 



Palpi four, conspicuous ; maxillary short, very pilose, slightly ascending, biar- 

 ticulate ; labial very long, dependii!g, triarticulate, densely clothed at the 

 base with scales and long hairs, the apical johit above half the length of the 

 second, slender, aciculate : maxillce very short. Antenna; curved, in the 

 males bipectiiiated, the pectinations rather densely ciliated ; simple in the 

 females : head small, smooth in front : eyes globose : thorax slender : wiugs 

 entire; anterior very narrow, elongate triangular, of a deep tint, with a 

 broader central band ; posterior abbreviated, rounded, ovate-triangular : cilia 

 rather ample : ahdnmen elongate, especially in the females ; slender, with a 

 tuft at the apex, or short and very acute in the females : legs slender, simple; 

 posterior tibiae with two pair of spurs. 



From all the foregoing genera of this family the conspicuous 

 maxillary palpi at once distinguish this ; in addition to which the 

 labial palpi are very long, hirsute, and slightly depending ; the 

 antennje also elongate, densely ciliated and pectinated ; the wings 

 very narrow and lengthened ; the body, especially in the females, 

 also very long and slender. 



Sp. 1. angustalis. Alis anticis fusco-ferrugincis, fascia medio deorsum attenuata 

 satiiratiore, costaque albo punctatis ; posticis maris fuscis, fa^minw Jlavidis. 

 (Exp. Alar. $ 1 unc. ; 11 9 lin.) 



Py. angustalis. Wicn Verz. — Cledeobia angustalis. Steph. Catal. ii. 159. 

 No. 6768. 



Anterior wings rusty-brown, with a darker central fascia, narrowed towards 

 the inner margin, and bordered by an incurved palish streak towards the 

 base, and a somewhat flexuous paler one behind the middle ; in the centre 

 of the wing is a dark brownish spot; on the costa are numerous short white 

 elongate dots, inclining outwardly, and frequently disposed in pairs : pos- 

 terior wings fuscous; cilia of all reddish. 



The female is smaller, with the bodv much elongated and slender, of a pale 



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