The long palpi, which form so strong a feature in the Tineidce, 

 are so constantly either porrected or recurved over the head, 

 that the drooping attitude of the species under investigation, 

 cannot fail to strike a close observer of these little msects ; and 

 if we had not had the opportunity of examining a considerable 

 number, we should have concluded that it was merely acci- 

 dental : the perfect smoothness of the head and its peculiar 

 form, the smallness of the eyes, and the robust and scaly base 

 of the proboscis, are also by no means universal characters. 

 From the beautiful elevated metallic spots upon the wings, 

 which are composed as in Peronea, of bundles of longer scales 

 than those covering the rest of the surface, they have an em- 

 bossed appearance, for which reason the name GlypJiipteryx 

 has been assigned to them. 



From oar insect answering Linnaeus's description so well, 

 there can be little doubt that it is the Phalcena Linneella of 

 Clerck, who figured and named it after the illustrious Swede. 

 Although small it is extremely beautiful, and is considered by 

 collectors a valuable acquisition ; indeed it existed in very few 

 cabinets until my friend Mr. Charles Fox detected a con- 

 siderable number upon the trunks of willow-trees, last July, 

 near the banks of the Thames, and liberally supplied me with 

 very fine specimens. 



Phalcena ( Tinea) SclKefferella Linn. ; and Do7i. Brit. Ins. 

 V. 5. pi. 1 75, belongs to our genus. This pretty insect we once 

 met with in abundance upon the Tansy ( Tanacetum vulgare), 

 and Mr. Donovan found it in May upon the same plant. 

 Linnaeus says it feeds upon the leaves of a Fagus. 



Not having specimens of P. Rcesella Linn. (Clerck, tab. 12. 

 J". 13.), we cannot be positive, although there is little doubt that 

 it belongs to our genus : Linnaeus says that the caterpillars 

 feed upon the parenchyma of the leaves of apple-trees. The 

 larvae are all probably subcutaneous feeders, as well as those 

 of the large group, which we shall call Argyromiges, containing 

 TinecE Gcedai^tella, semiargentella, Cramerella^ Rayella, &c. 



The plant figured is Geranium Robertianum (Herb Robert). 



