Ll.riDOl'TEKA. 3 



rcpoHC. JIal {j\. few (IfOinelridrf, v. \r. Piiiioria, I Ihoitrariit, Zr/jrfirin, v\i\, 

 slcp]-) with the wing's erect); posterior /r///ffs (jcneniUi/ J'tirnialicd. with a 

 brislk', if it be waiitiiiiij the form of the costa* is sufficient to distiu- 

 yuisli tlic insect from Rhoprihceru ; the proUiorux covered hij (t collar. 



Of the Ileferocera there are nine grou[)s, which are thus cH- 

 vided : — 



A. Antennre fusiibrm 1. Si>iii.\(iina. 



A A. AnteuhtC sc;taceous. 

 li. Wings uncHvidcd. 



c. Wings with short ciUa. 



D. Wings ample, tlie posterior gaily co- 

 loured, or more so than the anterior 

 wings. 



E. Bodv thick, rather short, and ]iostc- 

 riorly obtuse ; posterior legs haidly 

 longer than the middle pair . . i. Jjo.mijvcina. 

 E E. Body slender ; postcu'ior legs con- 

 siderably longer than the michUe 



pair 4. Gi:o.Mr/rRiiNA. . 



11 1). AVings moderate; the posterior of 

 dingy colours. ]')ody moderate, pos- 

 teriorly attenuated 3. Noctuixa. 



I) D D. Wings rather long, triangular. 



Body slender, elongate 5. I'vualidina. 



D D D 1). Wings broad, the anterior sub- 

 truncate; the costa at the base sud- 

 denly convex G. Tortricina. 



(; c. Wings with long or very long cilia. 



Wings elongate ; body slender ... 7. Tineixa. 

 15 v.. ^Viugs divided. 



r. Anterior wings bitid ; posterior trifid 8. rri'.KOPiioKiNA. 



F E. Kaeh wing divided into six . , . . !). Aj.U( itina. 



The lirst four of these groups, with the llhuhdloccrd, are I're- 

 ([uciitly called JSIacro-Li'jAdoptera ; the remaining' live being" 

 termed BUcru-Lcjjidopfera: there is a certain convenience; in 

 these terms, as they wfll apply to the average size of the insects 

 in tlie respective groups, for of course there are many exceptions 

 of small sj)ccies among tlie Macro-Lepldopiera, and large species 

 among the Micro- hrpldopf era. 



* III flic RJiopalorrra the bristle ai)])cnrs ahsoiit, bpcauso proloiifretl into ati ciiliri' 

 iid'vure, which is in the uicmhrauc ; in {\m Ucli'mcrm this uicuihranc is vvanlinir, 

 wherefore the costal cell is narrow ami the nerviire abbreviated to a bristle. 



