4(5 TINEID.E. 



iiatcly yellowish-grey and fuscous. Posterior wings \ydh greyish-inirplc; 

 cilia pale yellowish. 



Less common than the allied species ; occurs among birches in 

 April and May. 



12. subpxirpurella. Haw. L. B. 571 (1829) ; Step.; Sta. ; Zell. — 

 LoiKeldla, Dup. ? — var. ? fasluosella, Zell. ; Sta. Alis anticis dilute 

 viridi-aureis, macula obsoleta dilutiore pone medium dorsi, squamis 

 sparsis disci purpureis ; capillis cinereis. Exp. al. 6 lin. 



Head and face pale greyish-fuscous. Antennai fuscous, more than 

 half the length of the anterior wings. Anterior wings pale golden- 

 green, with a iaint appearance of a paler sjjot on the inner margin be- 

 yond the middle, and between this and the apex of the wing, is a still 

 more indistinct pale spot ; on the disc are a few isolated purple scales 

 (in some specimens these are much more numerous, these then become 

 M.faduosella); cilia greyish-fuscous. Posterior wings pale grey, with 

 the apex purplish ; cilia greyish. 



Common among oaks in May. I have taken many of the \i\- 

 naiy fasiiioselld, on a paling under oaks, near Beckenham. 



Genus XII. WEMOPHORA. Pf ■ I S' 



Nemopuoka, Hub. V. 417 (ISiri); Dup. Cat.; Zell. L. E. v. A'"^^- 

 vi<it(>jj()(/o)i, Zell. Isis, 1839. JliicUa j)., Eab. CdpiUana p., Haw. 

 Adelii p., Treit. ; (.'art.; Step.; ])up. L. E. xi. ; Zett. 



(Jaj)ut suporne hirsutum, capillis in frontc decuuibcntibus. Ocelli 



milli. ^Iiilcinup loH(jhsuiw, articulo basali incrassato. Palpi maxil- 



lares 5-articulati, plicati. Pal])i labiales breves, cylindrici, pilosi. 



Ilaustellum mediocre. Abie anteriores elongato-ovatpe ; vena sub- 



costalis ramos tres in costam emittit, quorum tertius furcatus est. 



Posteriores ovata?, basim versus piloso-squamata;, ciliis mediocribus. 



Head above hairy; hairs in front decumbent. Ocelli none. An- 



k'lnue vvrij loiiy, more than twice the length of the anterior wings ; the 



basal joint thickened. Maxillary palpi tive-jointed, folded. Labial 



palpi short, cylindrical, hairy. Tongue of moderate length. Anttu'ior 



wings (ilongate-ovate. Posterior wings ovate, towards the base with 



elongate hair-like scales, with moderate cilia. (A. jnlMa has all the 



scales of (he posterior wings of tlie elongate hair-like form, and N. 



Carlcrl h;is none of this form, and is finlher singular in the shape of 



the posterior wings, the apical vein of which is furcate.) The subcostal 



vein of the anterior wings emits three brnuches towards the costa, of 



which tlie third is furcate. 



These in.-ccis frecpumt lu'dges ami woods; they lly in the dusk 

 of evening, but are readily siarted from their retreats tluring the 



