YrOKOMEUTID E. — ASTYAGES. 279 



Ph. Ti. cinctella. Linne.—^. G. cinctella. Steph. Caial. ii. 210. N'o. 7360. 



Chionodes, p. Hubner. 

 Anterior wings deep black, with a silvery snow-white straight linear fascia in 



the middle: posterior wings deeply black; cilia black: antennce varied 



with white. 



Rare : I have taken it at Ripley occasionally, especially in June 

 1827, but it appears very local, frequenting, I believe, the willow : it 

 is found also in Norfolk. 



Sp. 2. albistrigella. Alls anticis aterrimis fascia posticd suhincurvaid argcnieo- 



albd. (Exp. Alar. 7 lin.) 

 N. G. albistrigella. Steph. Catal. ii.210. No. 7370.— Ph. Ti. Podaella. Liim' 



Si/st. Nat. ii. 896 ? 

 Anterior wings deep jet black, with a slender slightly incurved silvery-white 



streak towards the hinder margin : posterior wings also deep black, with 



fuscous cilia. 



Very rare : I have seen only two examples, which were captured 

 in the vicinity of London in June. 



Genus CCCLI. — Astyages mihi. 



Palpi considerably longer than the head, incurved, clothed with short scales, 

 the terminal joint stouter at its base than the second before denudation, and 

 gradually tapering to the apex, which is acute : maxillcs very short. Antenna: 

 nearly as long as the wings, slender and simple: head smaW, clothed in front 

 with imbricated scales : eyes moderate : thorax slender, not crested : ivitigs 

 somewhat dcflexed during repose, anterior very long, sublanceolatc-linear, 

 a little rounded at the apex, which is furnished with longish cilia ; disc 

 immacidate, generally of dark tints, rarely metallic : posterior wings ovate- 

 acute, furnished with long cilia : bodi/ moderate and rather slender, obtuse, 

 and with a small tuft at the apex : legs rather long, especially the posterior, 

 which are slightly ciliated within, and have long spurs at the apex. 



The anterior wings of this genus are narrow and more acute than 

 in the preceding, but broader and more obtuse than in the following ; 

 they are generally of dusky or fuscescent hues, not metallic, destitute 

 of markings, and furnished at the apex of the inner margin with 

 moderate cilia ; the palpi are not very long, and are slightly bent ; 

 the head small, clothed in front with smooth scales ; the antennae 

 rather long, slender, and simple. 



Sp. 1. grandipennis. Alis omnibus lucidis, corpore anteniiisqitc nigris vd nigri~ 

 cantibus. (Exp. Alar. 8h — lin.) 



