PYIIAI.II) F.. FTiriA. 17 



The caterpillar feeds on the golden saxifrage (^dirijsospleniuin alteritifoliuni) : 

 the imago appears in June. 



Not uncommon in woods and bushy places tlirougliout the metro- 

 politan district: it is likewise found in other parts of the country. 

 " Kpping." — Mr. H. Doiihledoij. " Newcastle, INIeldon Park, Sic." 

 — G. Wailes, Esq. " Alderley, Cheshire."— Jir'r. E. Stanlcij. 



h. Anterior tarsi short, tibia; incnissititd, witit dense fascicles of hair. 



Sp. 3. tarsiciinalis. Alis cinerrofusceseentihus, anticis lunula sir igisque tribus 

 fuscis mediujlexuosa, postica 7-ccta. (E.\p. Alar. 1 uiic. 2 — 4 liii.) 



Py. tarsicrinalis. inthncr. — Polypogou tarsicriiialis. Stcjih. Catal. ii. 158. 

 No. 6764. 



Wings ochry-brown: anterior with a rather faint incurved darker streak 

 before the middle, a lunate spot in the middle, followed by a w^aved line, 

 intermediate between which and the hinder margin is a broader one, placed 

 rather oblicjuely and originating at some distance from the apex of the costa: 

 posterior wings rather paler, with a darker line towards the margin, edged 

 externally with whitish : cilia all deep fuscous : male with long pale 

 fascicles of hair on the anterior legs, terminating in dense black t\ifts. 



The caterpillar is said to feed on trefoil : the imago appears about the middle 

 of June. 



Less abundant than the last, at least within the metropolitan 

 district : I have taken it at Coombe and Darenth Woods, and like- 

 wise at Ripley. " Epping." — Mr. II. Douhleday. 



Genus CCL. — .Ethia, Hiibtier. 



Palpi rather short, pilose, reflexed, the terminal joint acute. Anlennw slightly 

 pectinated in the males, simple, or merely ciliated beneath, in the females : 

 Jiead sm-d\\ ; foreliead smooth; ci/es globose: thorax rather slender: iinngs 

 whitish, anterior with the hinder margin rounded, entire, the disc with pale 

 transverse streaks and a central lunate spot ; posterior with a single streak, 

 rounded behind: bodi/ slender: legs also slender; intermediate and posterior 

 iibiw with a pair of long spurs at the apex ; the latter with a second pair 

 towards the middle also: caterpillars with fourteen legs. 



The short, pilose, slightly reflexed palpi of the insects of this 

 genus, united to the integrity of the hinder margin of the anterior 

 ■wings, which are pale with still paler streaks, may serve to discrimi- 

 nate them from the other insects of this singular family. 



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