751. 

 ERIOCEPHALA CALTHELLA. 



The Marsh Marygold Moth, or Small gold Tinea. 

 OiiDER Lepidoptera. Fam. Tineidae. 



Type of the Genus, Tinea Calthella Linn. 



Eriocephala Curt. — Lampronia Curt. — Antispila Hub. — TineaLjww. 

 Haw., Hub. 



AntenncE alike in both sexes, remote, inserted on each side of 

 the forehead towards the eyes, shorter than the body, fihform, 

 hairy beneath, the basal joint large and subovate, 2nd globose, 

 3rd long and slender, the remainder turbinate (1). 

 MaxilltJE very small, short, terminating in an elongated curved 

 lobe (3). Palpi much longer than the head, porrected, stout 

 and 5 -jointed, two basal joints long and nearly linear, 3rd a 

 little longer and slightly curved, 4th very long, inflated towards 

 the base, attenuated to the apex, 5th the shortest, the apex 

 conical (a). 



Labial palpi small, attached to large scapes, triarticulate, basal 

 joint small, 2nd the longest and largest, obovate, 3rd much 

 smaller, subovate (4). 

 Head rather broad, very short, crown hairy : eyes small and lateral. 

 Thorax very short, clothed with depressed scales. Abdomen short, 

 the apex of the males furnished with 2 long curved horny appendages 

 with a large and dilated lobe above (A) : conical in the female. 

 Wings deflexed in repose, much longer than the body, ovate-lanceo- 

 late : superior (9) with many nervures terminating on the costa and 

 interior margin : inferior with similar nervures on the margins (*) .• 

 cilia long, especially the inferior, and surrounding the apex. Legs 

 rather slender, hinder long : thighs short : anterior tibiae with an 

 internal spine, the others spurred at the apex ; hinder curved, with a 

 pair also beloiv the middle : tarsi 5-jointed, basal joint long, terminal 

 short : claws small (Sf hind leg). 



Calthella if raw. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 1037. 16. 



Fuscous black : eyes intense black ; antennae and palpi blackish ; 

 crown of head ferruginous-ochre ; thorax golden ; wings fur- 

 rowed, superior burnished gold mottled with orange-brown, the 

 base crimson and purple or blue ; inferior wings fuscous with a 

 violaceous golden hue : cilia fuscous. 



In the Author's and other Cabinets. 



When Lampronia was illustrated, I considered that this genus 

 was disposed of; but the structure of the mouth is so remark- 

 able in the section before us, that no apology is necessary for 

 calling the attention of the student to this group again. I 

 confess having some reason to regret doing so, as I fear it will 



