48 TINEID-E. 



Anterior wings rallier sJiorl, witli the apex slightly rouiRlcd, shining, 

 palef/i.scoHS, with darker reticulations ; cilia greyish-fuscous. Posterior 

 wings greyish-fuscous, with a slight violet gloss, nui/i dark r/rej/ cilia. 



Not common ; appears in June. Mr. Weaver has met witli it 

 in Scotland. 



5. Metaxelia, llilb. Tin. 413 (1816); Treit. ; Dup. ; Zell.; Sta. 

 — Robertelhi, Step. ? Alls anticis brcviiiscidis, apice rotnndato, sericeis 

 dilnte ochreis obsolete fnscescente-reticulatis, ciliis dilute ochreis, ex- 

 terue fuscis; alls posticis griseis, ciliis ochreis. Exp. al. 7-7 a' lin- 



Head dark ochreous. Face and palpi whitish. Antcnujc white. 

 Anterior wings rallier short, witli, the apex rounded, shining, pale ochre- 

 ous, obscurely reticulated with pale fuscous, and a faint fuscous spot 

 at the tcj-mination of the discoidal cell; cilia pale ochreous, with the 

 tips somewhat fuscous. Posterior wings grey, with ochreous cilia. 



Not uncommon in chalky places^ in May and June. 



Genus XIII. ADELA. 



n, t"-' 



Adela, Lat. II. N. xiv. 253 (1805) ; 7.Q\\.—Jlucita, Lat. E. A.—Jli/- 

 cila p., Pab. — Capilhiria p.. Haw. — Adela p., Treit. ; Curt. ; Step.; 

 Dup.; Zctt. 



Caput snperne hirsutnm, ejiisloiiiio plerumquc heviijato. Ocelli ntdli. 

 Palpi niaxillares nuUi. Palpi labiales cylindrici, ini'ra hirsuti. Haus- 

 tellum mediocre. Ocnli in ulroque se.vu valde distaules. Antennas 

 corpore vinlto lomjiores, basini versus iucrassatfB, 5 Ijreviores basi 

 villosa. Al;c anteriores oblong%T, vcnis (luinquc in marginem pos- 

 ticum exeuntibus ; alaj posteriorcs oblongo-ovata^, mcdiocriter ci- 

 liatK. 



Head above hairy ; the face ■mo^\X\i smooth. Ocelli none. Maxillary 

 palpi none. Labial palpi cylindric, beneath hairy. Tongue of uiodc- 

 rate length. Eyes remote in both sexes. Antenn;x3 nuich longer than 

 the body, slightly thickened towards the base ; in the $ shorter and at 

 the base downy. Anterior wings oblong. Posterior wings oblong- 

 ovate, with moderate ciUa. From the discoidal cell of the anterior 

 wings, five veins run into the hinder margin. 



The perfect insects of this genus frequent ilowers and trees, and 

 delight to fly in the sunshines A. vlridcJla ilies in swarms like 

 gnats round the twigs of caks. A.JibnIeUa often abounds on the 

 ilowei's of Veremica Chaviccdrijs in the middle of the day, l)nt con- 

 ceals itself securely before evening. None of the larva; have yet 

 been detected, exce])ting that of //. BegcereJla (figured by Fischer 

 von li(')slerstamni), which lives in aflat case, under fallen leaves in 

 the winter, and feeds in the early spring on Anemone n.eniorom, 

 Umne.r, and Alsine media. 



