463. 

 ADELA FRISCHELLA. 



Frisch's Japan or Long-horn Moth. 



Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Tineidae. 



Type of the Genus, Tinea viridella Fab. 



Adela Lat., Curt. — Nemophron Hoff. — Nemapogon Schr. — Capil- 

 laria Haw. — Alucita Fab. — Tinea Linn., Hub. 

 Antenna inserted in front of the face, contiguous, porrected, very- 

 long, especially in the males, setaceous, composed of innume- 

 rable joints, clothed with scales, a few of the basal joints stout 

 and hairy (1). 



MaxillcB spiral, twice or thrice as long as the labial palpi, clothed 

 externally with long hairs nearly from the base to the middle (3). 

 Palpi minute and biarticulate (a). 



Labial Palpi slender, sparingly clothed beneath with long hairs 

 and curved upward : triarticulate, 1st and 2nd joints nearly of 

 equal length and thickness, 3rd half as long, very slender and 

 subfusiform (4 and 4''). 

 Head fratisverse and hairy : eyes lateral, sometimes much larger in the 

 male than female, and approximating on the croivn (7). Thorax sub- 

 ovate, sometimes hairy. Abdomen short in the males, longer and 

 attenuated to the apex in the females. Wings, superior lanceolate, 

 inferior ovate-lanceolate, cilia rather long. Legs slender. Thighs 

 small. Tibiae, anterior short, with an internal spine, the others long, 

 especially the posterior, which are furnished with two pair of spurs 

 (8t). Tarsi lo7ig and 5 -jointed. Claws minute. 

 Obs. The head (figures 7 and 7*) are from A. fasciella. 



Frischella Linn. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 1002. 4. 



Shinuig golden-ochre : antennae rather longer in the male than 

 female, silvery or white, the basal portion fuscous, rosy at the 

 base, with some short black pile on the inside in the male ; head 

 clothed with ochreous hairs : thorax metallic : superior wings 

 with a crimson tinge on the costa and cilia, and an ovate paler 

 spot, dotted with black, towards the apex : inferior yellowish 

 crimson ; cilia metallic at the base, fuscous at the apex. 

 In the Author s and other Cabinets. 



Some of these charming little Moths are most splendid in their 

 colours : they delight to sport about in the sun in woods, where 

 they fly in small swarms like gnats. 



The long setaceous antennee, hairy heads and palpi, and 

 colour of the wings in some, as well as the manner in which 

 they rest, give the Adehe an aspect very similar to Leptocerus 

 (pi. 57), and they may be considered one amongst the many 

 approaches that the Lepidoptera make to the Trichoptera. 



The maxillae are remarkable for the long hairs with which 

 they are clothed, and the labial palpi were never before de- 

 tected. 



