ORNEODES. 277 



Ptcrophorus pentadadylus, Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. iv. 

 p. 371 (1835) ; Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 415, 

 pi. 62, fig. 19 (1883). 



The White-Plume Moth is found throughout the greater 

 part of Europe and Northern and Western Asia. It expands 

 about an inch. 



It is white with a silky gloss, only the eyes being black. 

 The wings are ample, and deeply cleft. 



The larva feeds on sloe, and on various fruit trees. It is 

 pale green, with a white line on the back, and an ochre-yellow line 

 on the sides. On all the segments there are small raised dusky 

 dots, set with brown hairs. 



The pupa is coloured like the larva, and is spotted with black, 

 the spots on the belly being smaller and reddish. On the back 

 there is a whitish grey pubescence. 



FAMILY ORNEODID^. 



The moths belonging to this Family differ from the Ptero- 

 phoridce by their much shorter and broader wings, each being cleft 

 almost to the base into six separate feathers. The moths rest 

 with their wings expanded, and in this position resemble small 

 Geotnetrce. The larva of the only British species is naked, and 

 lives in the buds of honeysuckle. 



GENUS ORNEODES. 



Orneodes, Latreille, Precis, p. 148 (1796) ; id. Hist. Nat. Crust. 



Ins. iii. p. 418 (1802); xiv. p. 258 (1805); Treitschke, 



Schmett. Eur. ix. (2) p. 254 {1833). 

 Ahicita, pt. LinnKUS, Syst. Nat. (ed. x.) i. p. 542 (1758); 



Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. iv. p. 378 (1835), nee 



Poda. 



