ORTIIOT/KLIA. 77 



0. Second joint of tlie palpi not nmcli tliickcncd with scales. 

 19. IIypehcallia. 

 a a. Posterior wings narrow, ovate or ovate-lanccolatc. 



(J. Antennae thickened with scales towards the base. 20. Dasvceha. 

 q q. Antennie not thickened with scales towards the base. 



;•. Posterior wings with a transparent patch at the base. 23. En- 



DKOSJS. 



r r. Posterior wings with no transparent patch at the base. 

 s. Posterior wings not acutely i)ointed. 

 t. Antenna slender. 21. LEcopiioka. 

 1 1. Antcnnpe rather thick. 22. (Egoconia. 

 s s. Posterior wings acutely pointed ; body thick. 



i(. Anterior wings unicolorous, grey, or bronze, or with white 



spots and marks. 24, IiUTalis. 

 71 u. Anterior wings reddish-orange, with gold sj)ots. 25. 

 Paxcalia. 



Genus I. ORTHOT.ffiI.IA. l?\-3ir. Q 



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OuTiroTiELiA, Step. H. iv. 195 (1834). Jgonlopkryx, Treit. Cau- 

 loblus, l)up. llccmijlls, Zell. 



Ca])illi depressi. Ocelli nulli. Antcnntc mediocres, articulis distinctis, 

 ^ microscope ciliatis, Ilaustellum hm'mimuiii, nudum. Palpi 

 niaxillares brevissimi, distincti. Palpi labialcs hremuscuU, rellexi, 

 cvlindrici, tenues, acuminati, articulo tertio secundo longiorc. Jh- 

 doiiien eloiirjalnm., convexum. Alne oblonga:>, brcvitcr ciliata\ aute- 

 riores postice dilatata, trnncaUn ; postcriores ante angulum analem 

 non sinuatap. 



J lead smooth. Ocelli none. Antennae of modc'ratc length, with 

 distinct joints, microscopically ciliated. Tongue vcnj shoii, naked. 

 Maxillary palpi very short, distinct. Labial palpi rnUtc)' short, rcflexed, 

 cylindrical, slender, pointed ; the third joint longer than the second. 

 Alnhnimi elonr/atc, convex. Wings oblong, with short cilia; Uie anterior 

 dilated posteriori y and truncate ; the posterior not sinuated b(;fore the 

 anal angle. 



Only one species is known in this singular genus ; it Hies at 

 dusk among Sparr/cuiium, heavily and sluggishly. The larva, 

 when young, mines the leaves, and afterwards bores down the 

 stems of tlie Hpar(jaiuum ; it is dirty greyish-white, remarkably 

 elongated, with a ])ceuliarly llattencd tail; it changes lo a pupa 

 inside the stem of the plaid. 



1. Sparganella, Wenner (Thun.) I. S. 7. 83 {Xl^X) .—Spargani- ^-B-^'] 

 ella, Trent.; Dup. ; Zell. — venosa, llaw. ; Step. — tostella, lliib. Ali-^ rv, -^ 

 anticisochreis, dcn-so ae vitta media saturate fnscis, venis onniibus dilute ift \ 10, \ 

 luteis, punctis plicui saturate fuseis. Ex}). al. 10-11 ,j lin. 



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