SERICORID^—PHLCEODES. lor 



hrcd in the autumn from a larva found in Surrey ; and one 

 each, taken near Ipswich, and at Lakenheath, Suffolk, 

 These seem to indicate a more extensive range toward the 

 South. Abroad it is found in Belgium, Germany, Switzer- 

 land, Scandinavia, Livonia, and Russia. 



Genus 19. CARTELLA. 



Antenna short, ciliated ; palpi short, depressed ; thorax 

 hardly crested ; fore wings moderately broad ; costa very 

 shortly and faintly folded close to the base ; hind wings not 

 tufted. 



We have only one specie?. 



1. C. bilunana, Hau\ — Expanse | inch (15-17 mm.). 

 Fore wings snowy white, with two angulated black dorsal 

 spots, many minute black costal dots, and some similar 

 dusting. 



Antennae yellowish white ; palpi, head, and thorax white , 

 abdomen pale brown. Fore wings with the costa decidedly 

 arched and slightly folded, apex bluntly angulated, hind 

 margin oblique and rounded off ; snowy white, dusted with 

 a few black atoms, and faintly shaded behind with brown ; 

 outer edge of the basal blotch distinct, erect, forming a 

 triangular black streak or spot shaded off within, cut off at 

 the median nervure ; central band oblique, but hardly per- 

 ceptible, except near the anal angle, where it forms a squared 

 black spot; costa obscurely dotted with minute black streaks; 

 cilia white. Hind wings pale smoky purplish brown, with 

 whiter cilia. Female similar or having the clouding darker^ 

 but with no trace of a costal fold. 



Underside of the fore wings smoky brown dotted on the 

 costa with dull white ; cilia and a stripe along the dorsal 

 margin white. Hind wings smoky white. 



On the wing in June and July. 



