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Genus I. EXAPATE. (P( . 1 . I 



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ExAPATE, Hiib. V. 387 (1S17). CJieimaphasia, Curt. Oxypate, Step. 

 Cheimonophlla, Dup. Dinrnea p., Haw. LemniatopliUa p., Trcit. 

 Exapate p., Zell. 



Caput superne ac in fronte hirsutum. Ocelli supra oculos. Antennas 

 crassiusculae, $ pubescentes, $ pilis parce vestitce. Palpi labiates 

 (cJ) brevissimi, pilis vestiti (? longiores, pori-ecti). Haustellum 

 nullum. Alas raediocriter ciliatiE, anteriorcs oblongo-ovataj ( $ an- 

 gustatse, abbreviatpc), posteriores ovatse ( ? nullfe) ; anteriores : vena 

 apicalis sivijjlex ante apiccm exit, infra cam veuse sex, (jnarum ultima 

 a penultima longe distant, submediaua abest, subdorsalis furca supe- 

 rior obsolcta ; posteriores: vena apicalis \oi\g& f areata supra et infra 

 apicem exit, infra eam venae dutc e vemda Iransversa aiiyulaia, me- 

 diana bifida. 



Head above and in front hairy. Ocelli placed above the eyes. An- 

 tenna; rather thick, in the (J pubescent, in the $ sparingly clothed 

 with hairs. Labial palpi of the (^ very short, clothed with hairs, of 

 the ? longer and porrected. Tongue wanting. Wings with moderate 

 cilia, the anterior in the ^ obloug-ovate, in the 5 very narrow and 

 very short, the posterior in the ^ ovate, in the $ wanting. In the 

 anterior wings tlie simple apical vein runs into the costa before the 

 apex, below it are six veins, of which the last is at a considerable dis- 

 tance from the penultimate, the submedian vein is not indicated, and 

 the upper branch of the subdorsal vein is obsolete. In the posterior 

 wings the apical vein is extensively forJa'd, terminating above and below 

 the apex of the wing, beneath it are two veins from the anyidated trans- 

 verse vein, the median vein is bifid. 



There is only one species in this genus. The perfect insect ap- 

 pears at the end of autumn, and is occasionally met witli on old 

 palings at night; the larva feeds in the summer (according to 

 Lienig and Freyer) between united leaves of hawtlioj'u and other 

 plants (but according to other observers, in decayed wood). 



1. gelatella, L. F. S. 14.50 (1701) ; Fab.; Trcit.; Step.; Frey. 



N. 15. ])1. 150. f. 2; Dup. — (jelatana, Hiib. Alls auticis griseo-fuscis 



vix purpurasccuti-tinctis, costam versus saturatioribus, vitta lata disci a 



/qp -p .a^ basi fere ad margincm posticum albida, in (pia macula ante nuulium, 



^' -' ' alteraque cellulam discoidalem terniiuantc saturate fuscis, macula parva 



(H-T^" ^ ' fusea supra plicam pone medium, macula costali a))icera versus saturate 



fusca, punctisquc ))arvis marginis postici saturate fuscis ; % alis auticis 



brevissimis, angustissiniis, albido-griseis fusco-marginatis. Exp. at. $ 



9i lin. ; ? !• lin. 



Head, face, and palpi l)lack. Antenna' dark gn;y. Anterior wings 

 gieyish-fuseous, witli a sliglit purplish gloss, towards the costa rather 

 darker, and with a broad streak on the disc, from the base to near the 



