304 LEI'IDOrrERA. 



of the cross-bar ; vein 8 joined toward the base with vein 7, 

 but rapidly diverging. Delicate species, usually of weak 

 and gentle flight. 



Larvae usually long and slender, slightly thicker behind ; 

 in many species given to coiling themselves when disturbed. 



Prp^ usually in the earth. 



Genus 1. EPHYRA. 



Antennas of the male pectinated ; palpi small ; face con- 

 vex, smooth, edged above by a transverse fissure; head 

 smooth ; thorax slender, slightly flufFv with raised scales ; 

 abdomen slender and smooth ; fore wings trigonate, pointed,, 

 and a little refuse ; hind wings rounded, but squared at 

 the anal angle. 



Larv^ slender, without humps, head slightly divided. 



PuPvE angulated, rather like those of butterflies of the genus 

 P/( r/,s, and suspended by the tail and a silken girth in the same 

 manner. 



The six species may readily be recognised. 



A. Fore and hind wings with ringed discal and central 



spots. 



B. Wings red-brown or purplish-brown. E. porata, 

 B-. Wings pale yellow. E. omicronaria. 

 W. Wings grey, with purple marbling. E. orlnrulnria . 

 B^, Wings white, faintly clouded with grey or purplish- 

 grey. E. pcndido ) in . 



A". Fore and hind wings devoid of ringed spots. 



C. Fore wings reddish-drab, hind wings whiter, with one 



central red-brown line. E. 2)unctaria. 



C-. Wings pale fulvous or yellow-brown, with three 



transverse brown lines. E. trUinaria. 



1. E, porata, L. — Expanse 1 to 1^ inch. All the wings 

 pale purplish-brown or reddish-brown, dusted with tawny ; 



