LAMl'RONIA. 37 



Not iincomnioii_, in the Black iorest, in L'crtlisliirc, in ants' 

 nests, in July. 



Gcmis Vlll. LAMPRONIA. ^^X \ 



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La:mpr()NIA, ZcU. L. E. vi. St ct ISO (1852). — Lamprouia p., Stcj). ; 

 Curt. — Esperia p., II ill). \'. — Tuica p., /a'11. [sis, 1S3U. — Lauiiiros 

 p. el Athlu p., Zctt. 



Caput jiosticc liirsiituiii, cupUIis hi rcrticc ac froide (hcuwhcnUbun. 



Ocelli nuUi. Aiitt'iuiic alis aiiterioriI>us breviores. Palpi maxillares 



5-articulati, plicati. i'alpi labiales cylindrici, ]iilosi; articuli sccuiidi 



apice supra setis jiaucis iiistructo. Ilaustellum suljinillum. Alaj 



auteriores oblongo-ovata; -. e cellula diseoidali veiuu 5 iu margiuem 



costalem prodeunt ; posteriores ovatfC, ciliis breviusculis. 



Head hairy l)cliiud, on the crown mid in front the l/nirs clecionf/cnt. 



Oeelli none. Aiitciuiie moderately thick, not pcetinated or eiliatcd, 



shorter than the anterior wind's. IMaxillary palpi livr-jointcd, folded. 



Labial palpi cylindrie, hairy; the apex of the seeoud joint furnished 



above with a few bristles. Tongue hardly pereeptible. Anterior wings 



oblong-oval. Posterior wings oval, with rather short cilia. Prom the 



discoidal cell of the anterior wings, five veins run into' the costa. 



The perfect insects of this geinis arc gaily colourctl, and lly freely 

 during the sunshine. The larva^ of only two of them are kiK)wn, 

 L. prcdatelhi and L. Ihih'ielln: Ihese ditler so much in habit that 

 they would hardly be expected to occur in the same genus. That 

 of L. pralate/la feeds umler the leaves of the wild iStrawbei'ry, in 

 a flat case, shaped rather like the figure 8, which it applies by one 

 of its Hat sides to the uiuler side of the leaf; it does not devour 

 the leaf at the spot where it is ai)plied, but takes the ])recaution 

 to bring with it to its place of concealment a piece cut olf from 

 the edge of tlu^ leaf, or of some neighbouring leaf, which it then 

 fastens to the under side of its case and consumes it at leisure; 

 when the piece of leaf it has in store is large, the case is com- 

 pletely concealed between it and the leaf under which it re])oses. 

 This peculiarity in the habit of this larva was detected by Mr. 

 Douglas, who found the larva:> at AVest AVickham AVood, in iSep- 

 temb(;r. L. Rnhu'llu, in the larva state, bores down the st(?m of 

 the young shoots of th(> Kaspberry, as recorded by J>jerkaiuler in 

 in the 'Nova Acta llolmia'/ in 17S1, and recently observed by 

 Messrs. Donbleday, Jjogan, and Westwood. The larva of //. 

 quadripunrfel/ii i'ecds on the rose, but its habits have not yet 

 been observed. 



