284 HAUSTELLATA. LKl'IDOFTERA. 



Sp. 2. Trifolii. Alis anticis splendide aureo-virldihus, costa apiceque cvpreis ; 

 posticls nigricantihus. (Exp. Alar. 6 — 7 lin.) 



N. G. Trifolii. Steph. Catal ii. 211. No. 7384.— Damophila Trifolii. Curtis, 

 V. ix. p)L 391. 



Anterior wings brilliant golden-green, with the costa and tips coppery; pos- 

 terior and cilia blackish: antenna; with the tip white. 



Taken ratlicr plentifully on the flowers of the trefoil, in July 1827, 

 at Ripley ; I have since captured it at Hertford : it has also oc- 

 curred in the Isle of Portland and near Charmouth, according to 

 Mr. Curtis. 



Genus CCCLIV. — Pokrectauia, Hawortk. 



Palpi rather short and stout, drooping, or somewhat porrectcd ; slender at the 

 base and apex, and thickened in the middle, with elongate scales, the ter- 

 minal joint short and very acute: maxillce short. AntenncB rather long, 

 simple, stoutish at the base, and furnished with an elongate tuft of scales 

 within at their origin : head small, clothed with short, broad, imbricated 

 scales, rather loosely placed on the forehead : eyes small: thorax moderate, 

 not crested : wings deflexed during repose ; anterior very slender, elongate, 

 subacute, occasionally a little falcated ; the disc usually pale, with some 

 darker longitudinal streaks, the inner margin furnished at the apex with very 

 long cilia : posterior wings also elongate-acute, rather small, and furnished 

 with very long cilia on both margins : body longish and rather stout, obtuse 

 in the females : legs moderate. 



The insects of this singular genus may be known by having the 

 anterior wings very long and narrow, almost acute at the apex, which 

 is furnished on its inner edge with very long cilia ; the disc is usually 

 pale, with sometimes a few darker or metallic longitudinal lines; 

 during repose the wings are deflexed, and the antennae directed 

 forwards, so as to produce the form of a very elongate cone ; the 

 antennee themselves are very long, and are furnished at the base with 

 a large porrectcd tuft of loose scales ; the palpi are short and droop- 

 ing ; and the posterior wings have very long cilia, especially on the 

 hinder margin : the larvas reside in a kind of cot, which they carry 

 about with them ; and the pupas have a recurved process in front. 



Sp. 1. Anatipennella. Alis anticis albissimis, margine apicis fusco, posticis 

 fuscescentibus. (Exp. Alar. 6^ — 8 lin.) 



To. Anatipennella. Hnbner. — Po. Anatipennella. Sicph. Catal. ii. 211. 

 No. 7385. — HAfLorriLA, Hvbitcr. 



