TINEID.E. — LEFIDOCEBA. 349 



longer and more rounded anterior wings, the dissimilarity of their 

 texture, kc. point out their distinction, in addition to which the 

 larvae, I believe, feed upon boleti. 



Sp. 3. mediellus. Alts aniicis cinereis, atomis maculisque fuscis numerosis; 



post ids cinereo-fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 5 1 unc ; I 1 unc 2—3 lin.) 

 Ti. mediella. Hubner.—En. medieUus. Steph. Catal. u. 224. No. 7530— 



Phycis, Hubner ? 



Anterior wings very glossy, cinereous, very thickly sprinkled throughout 

 with fuscous, and with numerous spots of the same hue, largest towards 

 the apex of the costa and on the hinder margin ; cilia of a golden grey, with 

 large deep brown spots : posterior wings of a deep ashy-fuscous ; cilia con- 

 colorous. 



Very rare : I have seen three specimens only, two of which (males) 

 were taken near Birch wood in July ; the other, a female, was found 

 in Hainhault Forest by Mr. D. Bydder, who gave me the specimen. 



Gexus CCCLXXVII. — Lepidoceea* mihi.f 



Palpi four ; maxillary minute, concealed in the tufts of the front ; labial curved 

 upwards, divaricating, incased in elongate clavate scales, which form two 

 large pencils, the terminal joint nearly concealed, elongate-conical: mojilla^ 

 short- Antennae in the males short, incurved, the base furnished with 

 extremely long clavate scales, the terminal joints simple ; in the females 

 very slender and simple : in the males of some species the base is rather 

 slender, and the middle of the antennae is densely clothed with long scales : 

 head broad, with a tuft in front : eyes prominent : thorax stoutish, not 

 crested : wifigs incumbent during repose ; anterior rough, sublinear, the 

 costa produced a little beyond the midtUe, and the hinder margin subtnm- 

 cate and concealed by the scales, which form the shoit cilia; posterior wings 

 subovate, cilia long : body long, depressed, the sides margined ; the fifth 

 segment generally with a pale belt : legs short, robust. 



The singular antennce of the male insects of this genus at once 



* AtTTiSoQ squama, x^P^i cornu. 



-f- In reference to a note in Curtis,^. Si-i, I have to observe that, at the time 

 that remark was published, 165 genera were characterized in this work, of 

 which 62 were previously uncharacterized, and of the remainder -10 only are 

 in Mr. Curtis's genera, all of which arc referred to in their respective places : 

 thus 122 are 6rst described, with dissections, by me : at this time there are 

 nearly as many genera of Lepidoptera alone (3S5) characterized as there are 

 of all the orders in Mr. Curtis's work. 



