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412. 



*YPONOMEUTA ECHIELLA. 

 #*YPONOMEUTA PUSIELLA. 



Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Tineidae. 

 Type of the Genus, Tinea pusiella Linn. 

 Yponomeuta Lot., Sain. — Erminea Haw., Curt. — Tinea LJwn., Fab,, 

 Hub. — Coenyphantes Hub. 



Antenna simple, alike in both sexes, rather short and setaceous, 

 inserted close to the eyes on each side of the head, composed of 

 numerous short joints, clothed with scales above, pubescent be- 

 neath (1), 



MaxillcE robust and spiral, not longer than the palpi, clothed ex- 

 ternally with scales at the base (3). 



Labial Palpi long slender and curved upward, slightly divarica- 

 ting, clothed with short scales, triarticulate, basal joint subclavate, 

 2nd curved and very long, 3rd shorter, but longer than the 1st 

 joint, very slender, tapering and acute (4 and 4 a). 

 Head rather small, the crown thickly clothed with erect scales : eyes 

 lateral, prominent and orbicular (7 front view; 7* profile of the 

 head). Thorax smooth. Wwgs rolled or convoluted when at rest, 

 long, linear-lanceolate ; inferior ample. Abdomen rather short and 

 conical in the female. Legs, anterior rather short. Tibia;, anterior 

 short, with an internal spine, the others sjmrred at the apex, posterior 

 with a pair of spurs above the middle, clothed externally with hairy 

 scales. Tarsi 5 -jointed, basal joint the longest {8 f , hind leg) . 

 Caterpillars with 6 pectoral 8 abdominal and 2 anal feet. Pupae in- 

 closed in a cocoon or web. 



EcHiELLA Hub, — Curt. Guide, Gen. 1029. 9. 



Cream-colour, antennae face and palpi, excepting the base and 

 the 3rd joint, black : thorax bearing 6 black spots : superior 

 wings with the costal half mouse-colour, excepting the tip, the 

 central margin deeply sinuated and lobed ; base of the cilia bear- 

 ing i 1 black dots and a spot on the apex mouse-colour : inferior 

 wings slightly tinted with yellow, the apex cinereous ; abdomen 

 and posterior legs orange. 



Pusiella Linn. Syst, Nat. 2. 884, 347.— Curt. Guide, 1029. 8. 



Pale cream-colour, antennae, base of palpi and base of 3rd joint 

 black ; a circle round the eyes and 6 spots on the thorax black, 

 the posterior one double : anterior wings with a very irregular 

 sinuated black stripe along the middle, with 3 black spots near 

 the base, 2 towards the apex and a large one on the costaj 

 1 1 black dots along the base of the cilia and a faint black one at 

 the apex : inferior wings satiny-white, the superior portion more 

 or less fuscous, with a few spots along the margin at the apex : 

 abdomen of the female with 4 black spots on the apical joint. 

 In the Cabinet of the British Museum. 



