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Family 4. ENDOTRICHIDiE. 



Proboscis present ; antennae sim23le ; maxillary and 

 labical palpi small ; thorax and abdomen slender ; the 

 shoulder lappets very long and conspicuous ; fore wings 

 with veins 7 and 8 springing from vein 9 ; hind wings with 

 veins 7 and 8 joined ; upper side of the median nervure not 

 fringed. 



Genus 1. ENDOTRICHA. 



Antenna simple ; palpi pointed, very small ; head 

 smoothed forward ; thorax and abdomen slender ; shoulder 

 lappets extended ; anal tuft long ; fore wings narrow, 

 pointed, and rather retuse ; hind wings somewhat narrow, 

 hind margin sinuous, cell wide ; legs rather long. 



We have but one species. 



1. E. flammealis, /S'cA;J.— Expanse f to f inch (18-23 

 mm.). Fore and hind wings yellowish-purple or pale 

 yellow-brown ; the two transverse lines white, the space 

 beyond the second purple-brown ; costa and cilia of the fore 

 wings dotted with white. 



Antenn£e of the male simple, pale brown; palpi short, 

 erect, the base thickly tufted, dark brown ; head and thorax 

 pale yellow -brown ; the shoulder lappets lying back in long 

 tufts which reach the abdomen ; this last is also pale brown, 

 very slender ; the anal tuft long. Fore wings elongated, 

 rather retuse ; the apex pointed ; costa a little arched 

 beyond the middle ; hind and dorsal margins somewhat 

 rounded ; colour yellowish-purple or pale yellow-brown ; 

 the base to the first line dusted with brown, the line itself 

 curved, white ; second line also white, forming an oblique 

 double curve and edged inwardly with brown dusting ; the 

 area beyond it bright purple or crimson-purple, except that 

 in the cilia below the apex is a shining white crescent, rest 

 of cilia purple, shaded with brown ; discal dot black ; costa 



