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siiliaciile : outer fdiic very oliliiiiic \'eii;ir:()ii : one narrow, linear, sulirostal 

 cell (in ferrn^inald open) ; (lie second and third snheosfal venules nnieli shorter 

 than ill Acidalia, |)arallel, and near tiie apex; the origin of the tirst and 

 seeond median venules more remote than usual. Iliiul wings mueh rounded 

 on the outer (Ml;;-e. The hind lei's in the male rather smaller tlian the mi<ldh' 

 pair, and more or less aliorted, when well developed; tibia; shorter than the 

 I'emora, with no spurs; the tani longer than the til)iii\ 



Tlie moths of this gen'us differ from Jc/chilia l)_v their small size, the 

 triani,ndar, pointed fore wings, the well-rounded hind vvings, and the l)roailer 

 IVoul of the head. They are usually reddish-ochreous, with two darker eom- 

 mon fnu's. E. gem/iiatii is, however, ochreous-white, with a broad, conspicu- 

 ous, (hirk-lirown ])and common to bolh wings. 



Larva. — "t-aterpillars eltmgated, eai-inated, nattcned on the l;ack and a 

 little less so lienealh; head deeply notched on the vertex, with slnut hairs, 

 the prothoracic I'iug with two pyramidal tubercles, and a third smaller one 

 between them; living on low ])lants. (Jhrysalides subterranean."' — Guenee. 



Si/nojisis of llie Sjiccies. 



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Wbitisli, witU a brown, common, broad, central banil F. gimmafa. 



Like (jcmmaitt, but Iar;fi', and with a heavy submargiiial line /.'. oic'uhiiliita. 



Ivcddisb, witli bro\vni.sh lines E. fcrriiijiiialti. 



EolS GEMMATA, q). fwr. Plate 10, fig. 37. 



2 (^ . — Whilish-ochreous, of the lint o\^ Aciilal'iti ciniclcala. Head in front 

 and beneath ami \y,\\\n brown. On l)olh wings, a liroad common band, oecu- 

 jiving the mi(hlle (hii'defthe wing; the baml curves outward from the cosia, 

 is toothed on lli(_> lower subcostal venule, and again extends outward on the 

 lirst and second median venules, while below is a broad, deep sinus; on the 

 inner c:dgc, the band is deeply sinuated from the costal edge to (he middle ot 

 the submedian sjjace; the edge of the band is of a rich lirown, and in tlui 

 middle are patcdu's of a dull purple-brown. I'oth edges of the iiand on tin; 

 hind wings arc; dentlculaled, there being three obtuse teeth on the inside, 

 and two acute teeth on the outside; jnd beyond this band is a faint, dlll'use, 

 dusky line, and a submarginal one cmnmon to lioth wings; l:eneath, slightly 

 paler tluiu above, with tin; connuon dark l)an(l, and the shade next to it 

 liiinlly leproduced. 



Lenglli of body, f, 0.22; (d' fore wing, cf , O.iSO ; expanse of wings, 

 O.GO iiich. 



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