174 LLOYDS NATURAL HISTORV. 



Nudaria hemerobia^ Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust, li. p. 84 

 (1829). 



The Muslin Moth is a common species throughout most 

 parts of Europe. It measures a little over ^ inch in expanse. 

 The wings of this little Moth are brownish-yellow and semi- 

 transparent, with two brown zig-zag transverse lines and a brown 



The Muslin Moth. 



central spot situated between them. The hind-wings are 

 without markings. 



The larva is yellowish-grey, with long black hair, and six 

 rows of tufted tubercles. The head is light shining brown. 



It feeds on lichens. 



GENUS NYCTEOLA. 



Nycteoia, Hiibner, Tentamen, p. i (1810?). 



Sarrothripiis, Curtis, Brit. Ent. i. pi. 29 (1824); Steph. 111. Brit. 



Ent. Haust. iv. p. 145 (1834). 

 Axia, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 395 (1827?). 

 Sarrothripa, Duponchel, Lepid. France, ix. pp. 19, 44 (1834). 

 Sarotricha, Meyrick, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales (2) ii. p. 924 



(1888). 



This is a small genus of doubtful position which was formerly 

 classed among the Tortrices, but is now placed by some authors 

 with the Cymbidce^ and by others with the Lithosiidce. In appear- 

 ance the British species resembles a \viTgeToririx; the fore-wings 

 are rather narrow, with the costa arched. The moth is provided 



