36. 

 LITHOSIA MUSCEIIDA. 



Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Tineidae Lat., Leach. 

 Type of the Genus Noctua complana Linn. 



LiTiiosiA Fab., Lat., Haw. Noctua Linn. Bombyx Iliib. 



Antenn(E remote, covered with long scales above, hairy beneath, 



pectinated (under a lens), the pectinations arising from the 



centre of the joints on each side. (1. and 1. a.) 



Labrum and "J .^ i j . ^, i 



-_ ,., , > attached to the clypeus. 



Mandibles i •" 



MaxillxE long and spiral. (.'?.) 



Palpi two, generally shorter than the head (7. a ) ; covered 

 with various scales, the apex nearly naked (4.) ; 2-jointed, first 

 joint long, cylindric, attenuated, curved upward, second joint 

 small, somewhat rhomboid. (4. a.) 

 Mead short, covered with close scales (not halnj in front). Eyes re- 

 mote. Wings long, oblong, somewhat elliptic, incumbent or convo- 

 lute. Inferior ones much folded. Anterior legs with the coxce 

 long and robust. Thighs very long and slender. Tibiae short and 

 slender. Tarsi 5 -jointed. Pulvilli distinct. Claws obscure. (8. a 

 fore-leg.) 



MuscERDA Iliih. Bomb. pi. 24./. 103. 



Fuscous tinged with pink and yellow, towards the costa pale 

 straw colour ; five irregular small black spots in the superior 

 wings, the first upon the costa, the tvvo following forming an 

 oblique line towards the posterior margin, and two others near 

 the centre. 



Li the Cabinet of Mr. Sparshall. 



Two specimens of this extremely rare insect (drawn ratlier 

 larger than the life) were found by Mr. Joseph Sparshall, 

 at the end of June, upon the marshes at Horning, Norfolk, in 

 ditches, floating on the water. The other species belonging to 

 this Genus are, l.L.Jlava Fab.; 2. auraniia Haw.; 3. och/r- 

 ola Hub.; 4. hclvcola Hub.; 5. complana Linn.; 6. griscula 

 Hub. ; and 7. quadra Lijui. 



