78 GELECHID^. 



Head, face, and palpi pale oclircous. Anlennre oclireous, with darker 

 annulations. Anterior wings oclireous, with the inner margin and a 

 broad space between the fold and the costa dark fuscous, in which 

 however all the veins are conspicuous as pale oclireous streaks ; along 

 the fold are four or five dark fuscous spots, of which the two first are 

 the most conspicuous, and on the disc beyond the middle is a dark 

 fuscous blotch ; cilia fuscous. Posterior wings white, with a pale fus- 

 cous cloud near the base ; cilia whitish. 



In some specimens the anterior wings are of a luiiform purplish-fus- 

 cous, with only the costa narrowly pale oclireous. 



Not scarce among Sparganium iu July and August. The larva 

 feeds in the Sparganium in May and June. 



Genus II. SEMIOSGOPIS. ^-IB ■ |o ^ 



SEMioscons, Hiib. V. 403(1810); Step.; Zell. EpigrapJua,T>\x]). 

 Lcviihiaioi^hlla p., Treit. 



Capilli appressi, iu conulum frontalem producti. Ocelli parvi, pone 

 oculos. Antenna; crassiusculcc, ^ pubescentes. liaustellum breve, 

 squamatuin. Palpi labiales arcuatl, arllcido seciindo squamis appres- 

 sis, articulo tertio acuminato. Ahc mediocriter ciliatae, anteriores oh- 

 longo-ovat(C, posteriores ovatre. Alfe anteriores : venas apicalis fur- 

 cata,' ramus inl'crior supra vel in apicem exit, infra earn vena) quin- 

 que, ultima interdum cum pcnultima connexa, valde curvus ; vena 

 subdorsalis furcata ; alse posteriores : vena apicalis ante apicem 

 exit, infra earn venae dua) e venula transversa, vena mediana bifida. 

 Head smooth, the scales prolonged in front, forming a little cone. 

 Ocelli small, behind the eyes. Antenufe rather thick, in the $ pubes- 

 cent. Tongue short, clothed with scales. Labial palpi arched ; the 

 isecond joint with ((^pressed scales ; the third joint acuminate. Wings 

 with moderately long cilia; the anterior oblong-ovate; the posterior 

 ovate. In the anterior wings, the lower branch of the forked apical 

 vein runs out in or above the apex ; below it are five veins from the 

 discoidal cell, the last much curved, sometimes united with the penulti- 

 mate ; the subdorsal vein is furcate. In the posterior wings the apical 

 vein runs out before the apex, below it are two veins from the trans- 

 verse vein ; the median vein is bifid. 



There arc only two Britisli species in this genus^ although two 

 others are known on the continent. They both appear in the 

 early spring, and being sometimes met with on ])aliiigs and on 

 the trunks of trees, arc the objects of many a heaUhrul walk to 

 the young collector. 



The structure of the palpi allbrds sujllcient character at once to 

 recognize our species. 



