368. 



CHELARIA RHOMBOIDELLA. 



The Lobster-clawed Moth. 



Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Tineidae. 



Type of the Genus, Tinea ihomboidella Linn. 



Chelaria Haw. — Phalaena Don. — Tinea Linn. Hub. 



AritenncE inserted close to the eyes, on each side the front of the 

 head, as long as the body, capillary, clothed with scales, basal 

 joint long, the remainder short (1). 



Maxilla long slender and spiral, shorter than the antennae, clothed 

 with scales nearly to the apex, which is furnished with short 

 glands (3). 



Labial Palpi very long, recurved, divaricating, clothed with scales, 



triarticulate, basal joint concealed by the eyes, 2nd joint long, 



producing long scales beneath, 3rd joint equal to the united 



length of the others, curved attenuated and pointed, with the 



scales longest above, leaving a portion of the apex naked (4 and 



4 a). 



Head small, globular, clothed with depressed scales. Eyes globose 



(7 and 7*.) Wings, superior long, narrow and sublanceolate: inferior 



rather broader and acute : the cilia long. Abdomen slender, tufted 



at the apex in the males and conical in the females. Legs, afiterior 



the shortest, with an internal spine on the Tibia, the posterior pair 



very long, clothed externally with long scales, furnished with 2 pair 



of unequal spines. Tarsi 5 -jointed, basal joint the longest. Claws 



minute (Sf, hind leg). 



Larva and Pupa unknown. 



RuoMHOiDEhhA. Linn. Faun. Suec. 356. 1372. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 1012. 

 conscriptella Hilb. Tin. 4 1 . 283.— Hubnerella Don. ll.pl. 382. 2. 

 — conscripta Haw. p. 526. 



Dirty ochre. Palpi with the scales on the outside of the 2nd 

 joint at the middle, and the 3rd towards the tip of the brush, 

 dark brown. Antennae spotted with black towards their tips : 

 eyes brown. Superior wings slightly variegated with darker 

 scales, with a large somewhat trigonate brown spot near the 

 middle of the costa, with 2 costal dots near the base, and 4 or 

 5 paler ones towards the apex, near which is a longitudinal 

 blackish line, and sometimes 2 dots, approaching the centre : 

 inferior wings shining iridescent gray, shaded into fuscous at the 

 margin : cilia ochreous fuscous. 



Li the Author's and other Cabinets. 



