1^ MANDIBULATA.— tRICH01''rEilA. 



GEiJus VI.— :6feRi*:A mihi. 



Antennas rather slender, shorter than the wings, porrected, the basal joint 

 robust, elongate and hairy: maxillary palpi long, stout and hairy : labial 

 short : head small, transverse, pilose in front : thorax ovate : wings short, 

 with very indistinct nervures ; anterior broadish, rounded at the apex ; all 

 very pubescent, and fringed with long hairs : abdomen short, obtuse : legs 

 rather short : tibiae all with a pair of longish spurs at the apex, the posterior 

 pair with a smaller pair below the middle. 



The little insects comprised in this genus differ from the rest of 

 the family by having the palpi robust and hairy, the basal joint of 

 the antennae stout, directed forwards, and also very hairy, the antennae 

 themselves being rather slender, especially at the tip ; the wings are 

 rather broad, short and rounded at the apex, with very indistinct 

 nervures, and very hairy ; they are generally of very sombre dark 

 hues, and the insects of small size : the genus corresponds with Thya 

 of Curtis, but as that name was long since employed by Dr. Leach 

 for a genus of Crustacea, I shall adopt the one given previously to 

 Mr. Curtis''s, in the second edition of my Nomenclature. 



Sp. 1. albipes. Atra, alis nigro-fuscis, aniicis subiridescentihus, atomis aliquot 

 albidis, ■pedibusfuscis, tarsis albidis. (Long. corp. 2 lin, ; Exp. Alar. 6^ — 6 

 lin.) 



N. G. (552). albipes. Steph. Catal. 317. No. 3581 Beraea albipes. Steph. 



Nomen. 2rf tdit. col. 118. — Thya puUata. Phil. Mag. (Curtis) v. iv.p. 216 ? 



Deep black: wings brown-black, anterior faintly iridescent, with some 

 obscure whitish atoms towards the apex ; cilia long and black ; legs 

 fuscous; tarsi whitish-ochreous. 



Found near London, and at Hertford, in June. 



Sp. 2. pygmsea. Atra, alisfuscis immacutatis, pedibus fuscis, genubus albidis. 

 (Long. corp. 2 lin.; Exp. Alar. 4.4—5 lin.) 



N.G. (552). pygmaea. Steph. Catal. 317. No. 3585.— Be. pygmaea. Steph. 



Nomen. 2d edit. col. 119.— Rhy. Melas. Pictet, p. 196. pi. xvi./l 21 > 

 Deep black: anterior wings fuscous-black, immaculate, cilia black; legs 



fuscous, with the knees whitish, or ochreous. 



Taken near London, and in Devonshire, in June. 



Sp. 3. Marshamella. Atra, alis anticis angustioribus subochraceo-fuscis, imma- 

 culatis, pedibus fuscis, geniculis tarsisque subochraceis. (Long. corp. 2 lin.; 

 Exp. Alar. 5 lin.) 



