ANESYCHIA. 61. 



and one on each side of tlic fold, the lower one consistiiii^ of about_//i't' 

 or six spots ; before tlie hinder margin is a row of smaller black sjiots, 

 preceded by a few spots irregularly jjlaced ; cU/'a white. Posteiior 

 wings dark greyish-fuscous, with paler cilia. 



Plentiful in the i>outli of England among spindle {Enon/jwus 

 EurojJceus), in July and August. The larva defoliates the sjjindle 

 in June; when they have devoured all tlic leaves, hunger compels 

 them to gnaw the bark of the young stems. 



fi. Padi, Zcll. Isis, ISf-t. p. 225. — Evouymella , lliib. ; Freyer ; 

 Guc'uL'c; Linn.?; Fab.?; llaw.?; Godart?; Step.? ])Lip.?. Alls au- 

 ticis albis, seriebus qualuor longitudinalibus, duabus transversis mar- 

 ginem posticuni versus, puuctorum nigrorum ; ciliis albis. ]l\j). al. 

 Hi lin. 



Head, face, and palpi white. AntrniKC whitish. Anterior wings 

 icldte, with four longitudinal rov.s of black spots, two near the eosta, 

 and one on each side of the fold, the lower one consisting of from ten 

 to ticelve spots ; towards the hinder margin is a row of small black 

 spots, preceded by a short row nearly ])arallel to it ; cilia white. 

 Posterior wings dark greyish-fuscous, with [)aler cilia. 



Not uncommon where the food of the larva grows; appearing 

 in July and August. The larva feeds on the bird-cherry {Erun/zs 

 Fadii.8), iu June. 



Genus l\ . AMESYCHIA. ^'^HT- 3. 



Anesychia, Step. H. iv. 23U (1S;M). Yponohietda p., Trcit. ; Curt. 

 Jidia p., l)up. Psccadia j)., Zell. 



Capilli dcpressi. Ocelli nuUi. Antenna) (^ articulis snIxhMUatis, pu- 

 bescente-ciliatis. llaustellum mediocre, s(pianiatum. Palpi labiales 

 mediocres, rejlcxi, articuto tertlo acinninato. Abe oblonga; vel elou- 

 gata?, brcviter ciHatte. Alix; anteriores : veii;e ix^ixcwXi'-, farcatce ramus 

 inferior ante vel in apicem exit ; cellula seemidaria lantmn hul'icata ; 

 rami infra vcnam furcatam quincpu; se])arati; vena snbdorsalis fur- 

 cata ; postcrion^s : vena mediana trijida ; cellula costalis elongata, 

 in medio non coaretata. 



Head smooth. Ocelli none. Antenna' of the male with Ihc joints 

 rather dentate and pubescent-ciliated. Tongue of moderate length, 

 clothed with scales towards the base. Labial palpi moderately long, 

 rejlexed, with the third joint pointed. Wings oblong or elongate, with 

 short cilia (the posterior with no hyaline patch towards tiu; base), in 

 the anterior wings the lower brancli of the forked apical vein runs into 

 the costa before or at the apex ; below it are five separate; veins Irom 

 the discoidal cell; the secondary cell is ouli/ indicated; the subdorsal 

 vein is furcate, in the posterior wings the median vein is trijid, and 

 the elongated costal cell is not contracted iu tlie middle. 



