312 HAUSTKLLATA. — l.El'I DOPTER A . 



associate "with them : nevertheless, I suspect if upon so slight a 

 difference this insect is detached, many other genera must be formed 

 amongst the smaller Lepidoptera. 



Sp. 1. getnina. Alls anticis ochr-aceis strigis duabus subobliquis lunulaque inter- 



jectd fuse Is. (Exp. Alar. 7^—9 lin.) 

 Ph. gemina. Huworth.—Steph. Catal. ii. 215. No. 7433. 

 Anterior wings pale ochreous, with two rather faint, slightly oblique, fas- 



ciseform fuscous streaks, with a faint crescent of the same adjoining to the 



posterior one within; the extreme hinder margin a little dusky; cilia 



ochreous : posterior wings pale fuscous ; cilia ashy. 

 Slightly variable in tint, old examples having a reddish hue. 



Apparently a local insect: I believe it has only occurred in Epping 



Forest in June. 



GiiMus CCCLXIV. — NoMOPHiLA, Hilhner. 



Palpi four; maxillary minute; labial porrected forwards and ascending, 

 densely clothed with scales, which form a triangular acute mass, and totally 

 conceal the form of the palpi : maxillae long. Antennte rather long, slender, 

 pubescent within in the males, simple in the females: head small: eyes 

 large, globose : thorax subovate, stoutish, not crested : ivings slightly 

 deflexed, and convoluted during repose ; anterior elongate, narrow, the 

 hinder margin rounded; disc obscure, with darker clouds; posterior ample; 

 cilia all short : body long, slender and acute, with a small tuft at the apex, 

 the sides with small tufts : legs rather long and slender. 



It is not without reluctance that I have removed this genus to its 

 present position, which appears to be more natural than with the 

 Pyralidae, but as I am unacquainted with its metamorphoses, it 

 may probably be found hereafter that I am not correct in my views : 

 in the length of its legs and in the transparency of its wings, the 

 posterior especially, it agrees with the insects above referred to, but 

 in its general habit it assimilates too closely to the present insects to 

 allow of its remote separation therefrom : its affinity to the two 

 families, however, doubtless results from its position in the system, 

 forming part of the bond of union between the Pyralidae and the 

 Tineidae, as elsewhere referred to, and shown in the table at page x. 

 of my Systematic Catalogue. 



Sp. 1. hybrldalis. Alis anticis griseo-fuscis, maculis duabus medio, frapeziformi- 

 bus, nigris, una post alterum. (Exp. Alar. 10 — 14 lin.) 



Py. hybridalis. Hubner.—'N. O. hybridalis. Steph. Catal. ii. 161. No. 6803. 



