P YRA USTIDJE—LEMIODES. 261 



Pupa undescribed. In a chamber formed bj' folding over 

 and spinning down a portion of a leaf while still upon 

 the tree. 



The moth seems to confine itself to woods, where it flies in 

 the evening, but may be beaten out during the day. Its dis- 

 covery as a British species seems to have taken place in 1851, 

 when a few specimens were captured near Henfield, Sussex ; 

 for twenty years it continued to be considered rare, but in 

 1873 it was found in plenty in Abbott's Wood, near Hailsham, 

 Sussex. Here it continued for some years to be common, 

 but from over-collecting or some other cause became after a 

 time greatly reduced in numbers, and has, I believe, now been 

 for some time scarce. Except for a single record in the 

 adjoining county of Kent, this part of Sussex seems to be the 

 extent of its range in these Islands, Abroad it is a common 

 species in Central Europe, Northern Spain, Italy, Southern 

 Russia, and Bithynia, and extends to China and Japan. 



Genus 13. LEMIODES. 



Antennse simple but bristly; palpi long and tufted : head 

 rather rough ; thorax slender ; abdomen moderately long ; 

 fore wings broad and squared behind, cell also squared 

 behind ; hind wings broad and fully rounded, the cell 

 pointed and cross-bar oblique ; legs of moderate length. 



We have only one species. 



1. L. pulveralis, Hnt. — Expanse f to 1 inch. Fore 

 wings squared behind ; all the wings pale buff or pale yellow- 

 brown, transverse lines obscurely darker. Curiously re- 

 sembling a Deltoid of the Genus Herminia. 



Antennae simple, ciliated, shining pale brown ; palpi long^ 

 pointed, porrected, whitish-brown ; head and thorax also of 

 this colour ; abdomen slender, yellowish-white, dusted with 

 brown. Fore wings very obtuse, broad and short ; costa very 

 slightly arched ; apex bluntly angulated ; hind margin nearly 



