XFMOTOIS. 



G. cuprella, Fab.; Trcit. ; Dup. ; Zell. ; Sta. ; II. -S. ; W. V.P 

 lliil). r ^^Icp. r — (^ rcncclld, Zt-tt. — ? crinilclia, /ctt. — Hcnuinnrclln, 

 Linn. ? Alls anticis viridi-a^neis, c.upn'o-v'iohu-m-luiciU, i)ra"ci[)U(' cos- 

 tani ct niargincni posticuui versus. Kxp. al. 7 ^ lin. 



Head, face, and palpi hlaek (in tlu; ? ferruginous). Antenniu wliitc, 

 towards the base spotted with black. Anterior win,i>s bron/v-green, 

 icllh a coppery -viuhd tiul, especially towards the costa and hinder mar- 

 gin ; cilia bronzy-fuscous. Posterior wings dark pur|)lish-fuseous, witli 

 slightly paler cilia. 



Appears at the end of Ai)ril, fre([aciiiiiig tin; sallows while in 

 bloom; occurs on AYiiiibledon Comtnoii. 



Genus XIV. 



NEMOTOI3. (Pf.lT. ^ 



(Tv-t. 



Xkmotois, Zell.; Dup. Cat. Jlncilii p., I'ab. Cap///i/r/" [>., llaw. 

 Jdcln p., Treit. ; ( 'url. ; Step ; Hup. L. F. ; Zelt. Ep'ihipli'ia el 

 Xciiiolois p., 1 1 ill). 



Caput superne hirsutuni, i'pi.slo,ino lan-'ii/alo. OvvXW ludli. I'alpi niaxil- 

 lares nuUi. Palpi labiales cylindrici, itdVa liirsuti, $ breviores. 

 llaustelluin mediocre. Oculi (^ nia(jni, (ijipro.riijuili : V ininores, vahh; 

 distantes. Antenn;e corporc iiinllo Io)i(ji()ir.s, basini versus iiu'rassata", 

 ac plerumque barbabe ; ? breviores. Also anteriorcs oblongie ; venis 

 quincpie in margineni posticum excuntibus. A he posteriores ob- 

 longo-ovatie medioeriter ciliattc. 



Head above hairy; the face .suioolh. Ocelli none. Maxillary pal])i 

 none. Labial palpi cylincb-ic, beneath hairy (in some species extremely 

 so), in the $ shorter. Tongue of moderate length. I*'yes of the (^ litrijc 

 and approximat'uKj , of the ? smaller and remote. Anfenme vcrii con- 

 fiiilerabhj lour/er than the body, thickened towards the base, and not 

 unfre([uently with })rojecting scales; in the 9 shorter. Antcn'ior wings 

 oblong. Posterior wings oblong-ovatc, with moderate cilia. Prom the 

 discoidal cell of the anterior wings, five veins run into the hinder margin. 

 The perfect insects of this genus are mostly s|)len(li(l beyond 

 description; they fre(iuent (lowers in the sunsliiiu\ Of the habits 

 •and food of the hTrva nothing is known; the acuminate, elongal(; 

 abdomen of the ? of iV. Sea fjiose/ lies would imply that the eggs 

 were deposited iu some substance, and Zcller has (jbserved them 

 boring into the llowxu's of Sca/jiom arfcmis (as though with a 

 view of depositing their (>ggs there). 



The genus is susceptible of subdivision^, from the; struct mn; of 

 the abdomen of the ? . The British spi'cit'S may be easily dis- 

 tinguished as follows : — 



a. Abdomen of the ? V(;ry narrow; the terminal half nearly bare. .\n- 

 tcrior winjis with no dark fascia ; vellowi-h-brnn/e. Sixcii- 1 . 



