284. 

 ARGYROMIGES AUTUMNELLA. 



Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Tineidae Leach. 

 Tineites ILat. 



Type of the Genus, Tinea Rayella Linn. 



Argyromiges Nob. — Argyromis Ste. — Tinea Linn., Fah., Haw., &c. 

 AntenncE capillary, alike in both sexes, inserted on each side the 

 crown of the head, as long as the wings and bent back beneath 

 them when in repose, composed of numerous subquadrate joints 

 covered with scales, the basal joint being stout (1). 

 Maxilla spiral flat broad and short, not more than twice as long 

 as the Palpi (3). 



Labial Palpi drooping and bent under the thorax, slightly diva- 

 ricating, nearly straight, not longer than the head, completely 

 covered with scales (4) j triarticulate ? basal joint minute, 2nd 

 short, subturbinate, 3rd the longest compressed and membra- 

 nous (4 a). 

 Head dejiexed, subglobose, covered with porrected scales on the crown 

 forming a tuft, those on the clypeus being close and imbricated. Eyes 

 small lateral (7 & 7*). Wings 3 superior linear, sublanceolate, 

 parallel, meeting over the back and appearing cylindrical when at 

 rest, ciliated at the apex and on the interior margin, where the cilia 

 are very long : inferior slender linear producing very long cilia. 

 Abdomen slender, tufted at the apex in the males, and acuminated 

 in the females. Legs ; anterior the shortest, with an internal spine 

 on the tibia, the others spurred, the posterior tibia: being longer and 

 producing a pair of spurs towards the base, one of vjhich is very long 

 (8t). Tarsi 5 -jointed, basal joint the longest. Claws minute. 

 Caterpillars witli 6 pectoral, 8 abdominal and 2 anal feet. Pupse in- 

 closed in a cocoon. 

 Obs. The dissections were made and the characters taken from the 

 species figured. 



AuTUMNELLA Nob. 



Yellowish white, sometimes silvery white. Superior wings with 

 a large irregular and long yellowish brown spot towards the ex- 

 tremity, with 4 blackish triangular marks on the costa and an 

 intensely black dot at the apex, below which is a small spot and 

 a black ray : inferior wings shining fuscous, the cilia blackish, 

 iridescent. Body lead colour, palest at the margins. Legs fus- 

 cous, silvery beneath. 



In the Author's and other Cabinets. 



The short straight palpi, long antennae, and narrow wings, 

 are the best characters to distinguish the genus Argyromiges, 

 a name which I have assigned to them from the species being 



