382 I.EPIDOPTERA. 



common, and in Scotland to Moray, at least, but it is not 

 recorded from any of the Isles. Abroad it is found freely 

 all over the Continent of Europe except the coldest portions, 

 also in Asia Minor, Armenia, and even North America. 



Genus 7. CEDEMATOPHORUS. 



Antennte simple, the basal joint tliickened ; palpi slender; 

 head smooth. I'ore wings cleft one third of their length, the 

 lobes curved and broad, the apex pointed, aual angle pre- 

 sent, dorsal margin toothless ; hind wings deeply tri-cleft, 

 the middle lobe rather spoon shaped ; when at rest the fore 

 wings wraped round the hind ; legs very long, tibia? thickened 

 behind. 



We have only one species. 



1. CE. lithodactylus. Ti-. — Expanse 1 inch. Fore 

 wings broad behind, drooping at the tips of the lobes ; shining 

 whitish-drab with faint black dusting ; before the fissure is 

 a black spot joined to an oblicpie clouded black-brown line 

 running to the costa ; at each tip is a black dot. Hind 

 wings glossy golden brown. 



Antenna- of the male simple, slender, dark brown barred with 

 yellow-brown ; palpi small and very slender, red-brown ; head 

 red-brown; thorax whitish-drab; abdomen pale brown with 

 the base and a])ex pale drab. Fore wings rather broad behind 

 and slightly hrjoked ; costa gently arched throughout ; apex 

 sharply pointed and curved down, and the apex of the lower 

 lobe more bluntly jjointed ; dorsal margin even and scarcely 

 concave ; pale drab or smoky-drab, longitudinally faintly 

 dusted with red-brown and white ; before the fissure is a 

 black dot lying in a black-brown cloud, which communicates 

 with an oblitjue black-brown cloudy shade from the costa, 

 and bends more faintly toward the anal angle ; on the 

 anterior lobe are two nearlj* opposite red-brown dots, and at 

 the tips of the lobes are often one or two black dots ; cilia 



