/-• terophoridjE— ox yp til us. 36.3 



conically tufted ; fore wings cleft quite oue-tbird of their 

 length, the lobes separate, rather drooping at the tips ; no 

 sharp anal angle, but one or two small teeth of scales on the 

 dorsal margin ; hind wings divided iuto three from the base ; 

 a dark tuft or tooth of scales on the hindmost lobe. 



We have four species— probably five^verj' closely allied. 



A. ExjDause half an inch. 0. imrvidactylus. 

 A^. Expanse three-fourths of an inch. 



B. Fore wings black-brown ; dark tuft on hind wings 



large, on both sides of hind lobe. 0. teucrii. 



B-. Fore wings fawn-colour ; dark tuft on hind wings 



very small, only on hinder margin. 0. distans. 



B'*. Fore wings tawny-brown ; dark tuft on hind wings 



medium-sized. 



C. Apex of fore wings drooping, broad but narrowly 



pointed. 0. hieracii. 



C'. Apex of fore wings broadly and horizontally pointed. 



0. jnlosdh'. 



1. O. parvidactylus, Ha v. Expanse half an inch 

 (12-16mm.j. Fore wings slender,pale chocolate-brown; apical 

 margin of the costa, two slender transverse streaks on the 

 lobes, and a dot at the fissure, all white. Hind wings golden- 

 brown with smoky cilia and a large black tuft on the hinder 

 lobe. 



Antenna3 of the male simple, dark brown, barred with 

 white ; palpi slender, pointed, projecting, brown edged with 

 white; head and thorax chocolate; abdomen golden-brown, 

 striped at the base longitudinally with white, and having 

 numerous silvery-white streaks and dots down the sides. 

 Fore wings narrow with the fissure wide and obvious ; costa 

 arched beyond the middle ; the apex shai'ply pointed, and a 

 very little curved downwards ; each lobe a little hollowed 

 behind and the anal angle obscure ; chocolate-brown with a 

 golden gloss ; before the fissure is a white dot, and sometimes 

 another still further back ; crossing both lobes near the base 



