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wings black, including an ochraceous spot. Fore-wings rounded 

 at the tips ; exterior border extremely oblique ; first and 

 second inferior veins approximate at the base ; third very re- 

 mote from the second, and equally remote from the fourth. 

 Hind-wings prolonged into a very slender tail, which is much 

 lon<-^er and more pilose in the female than in the male. 

 Length of the body, 4 lines ; of the wings, 11-14 hnes. 



" East Africa. Discovered by Horace Waller, Esq. In Mr. 

 Walker's collection." 



FAMILY XII. ZYG.^NID.^L (BURNETS). 



The Zygcsnidce are a very extensive Family of rather small 

 Moths, with long, narrow, and sometimes pointed wings, closed 

 and sometimes divided discoidal cells, and provided with a 

 frenulum. The antennae are thickened or pectinated; the 

 abdomen is rarely tufted. Most of the species fly by day, 

 and are found in June and July. The larvae feed exposed ; some 

 species mine into leaves when young ; but this is an unusual 

 habit in the Family. They are divided into several Sub-families, 

 some of which are represented in Europe. I have devoted 

 three plates to the illustration of this extensive Family, the first 

 representing types of all the principal European groups. 



SUB-FAMILY I. ANTHROCERIN.^E. 



Egg. — Round or oval. 



Larva.— Cylindrical, with sixteen legs, clothed with short 

 hairs. Colour most often green, willi longitudinal bands 

 formed of approximating blackish spots. Feeding on clover 

 and other low plants. 



Pupa. — Enclosed in a long cocoon. 



Imago.— With long wings, usually densely scaled, and 



