455. 



AGLOSSA STREATFIELDII. 



The Mendip Tabby Moth. 



Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Pyralidse. 



Type of the Genus, Pyralis pinguinalis Linn. 



Aglossa Lat., Curt., Goda. — Crambus Fab., Haw. — Pyralis Linn., 

 Hub., Och. 



Antemice inserted on the crown of the head, close to the eyes, 

 rather long and setaceous, clothed with scales above, pectinated 

 in the male (1), each joint producing 4 short hairy rays, decreas- 

 ing in length to the ajiex where the joints are only jDubescent : 

 simjile in the female and pubescent beneath (1 $). 

 Mfl.rz7/« very small membranous, attenuated, curved, slightly pu- 

 bescent at the base, with a few short scattered hairs (3) ; Palpi 

 larger, porrected a little obliquely, clothed with scales and triar- 

 ticulate, basal joint somewhat pear-shaped, 2nd oblong, 3rd the 

 stoutest, subovate (3 a). 



Labial Palpi projecting considerably beyond the head, nearly 

 horizontal, the apex raised, clothed with short scales above and 

 long beneath (4 a), triarticulate, 1st and 3rd joints of equal length, 

 the latter slender, 2nd long and subfusiform (4 a). 

 Head rather small, with depressed scales : thorax not large, clothed with 

 long hairy scales : abdomen linear in the male, tufted at the apex in 

 both sexes, conical in the female and furnished with a retractile tube 

 at the apex. Wings entire and obtuse, forming a triangle ivhen at rest. 

 Thighs, anterior short. Tibiae, anterior very short, tcith a strong in- 

 ternal spine ; middle pair spurred at the apex, as loell as the posterior, 

 which are long and have a pair of spurs at the middle : tarsi o -jointed, 

 basal joint long : claws minute. 

 Caterpillars with 6 pectoral, 8 abdominal and 2 anal feet. 

 Pupa inclosed in a silky cocoon covered with surrounding fragments. Dup , 



Streatfieldii Curt. MSS. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 983, 2\ 

 Male, Lurid ochre, speckled with fuscous and rather glossy : antennae 

 ciliated beneath : palpi with a dusky spot on the inside of the 

 3rd joint at the base : eyes blackish : superior wings with an 

 angulated brown bar at the base, a dot on the disc towards the 

 costa, a fimbria of the same colour at the posterior margin, having 

 the internal edge sinuated, with a row of black dots at the base 

 of the cilia, where there is an ochreous line extending along the 

 margin, nervures pale : inferior wings rather palest at the base. 



In the Autho7-'s Cabinet. 



