80 gelechid-t;. 



adscendente, aciuninato. Ala; raediocriter ciliata;, anteriores latins- 

 cidfB ovatce, postcriores ovatfe ante apicera levissime retusfe. Ala? 

 anteriores : vena apicalis furcata ante apicem exit, infra cam venpe 

 quinque, vena3 submedianas apex, medianam valde approximans, in- 

 crassatus ; vena subdorsalis furcata. Alte postcriores : vena apicalis 

 simplex ante apicem exit, infra earn veuse duEe e venula transversa ; 

 vena mediana tritida. 



Head almost rough ; scales produced in front in a little cone. Ocelli 

 none. Antennaj setaceous. Tongue of moderate length, scaled. La- 

 bial palpi nrcJied ; the second joint long, with appressed scales ; the third 

 joint smooth, ascending, pointed. Wings with moderate cilia ; the an- 

 terior rather broad, ovate ; the posterior ovate, very slightly refuse be- 

 fore the apex. In the anterior wings the furcate ajiical vein runs out 

 before the apex ; below it are five veins from the discoidal cell ; the 

 apex of the submedian vein, which closely approximates to the median, 

 is thickened ; the subdorsal vein is furcate. In the posterior wings 

 the simple apical vein runs out before the apex, below are two veins 

 from the transverse vein ; the median vein is trifid. 



Only one species is known in this genus ; it is occasionally beaten 

 out of hedges, and, both in jflight and when first seen in the net, 

 has some resemblance to a Sciaphila. The pale green larva feeds 

 in August and September, on the underside of the leaves of the 

 sloe, spinning a slight web, and causing the leaves to assume a 

 slightly dellexed form. 



n^^j^ 1. lobelia, W. V. 138. 9 (1770); Iliib. ; Schr. ; Treit.— TZ/mm- 



^ *" ' hergana, Tab. ; Step. — Thunhergii, Haw. — luguhrella, Dnj). Alis an- 

 -j^K-C- ticis saturate griseis, punctis quinque scabris (tribus fere tasciam obli- 

 quain ante medium formantibus, duobus disci oblique positis pone me- 

 dium) nigris. Exp. al. 8 lin. 



Head and face dark grey. Palpi dark grey ; terminal joint whitish, 

 with the base and a ring before the apex black. Antennae dark I'us- 

 cous. Anterior wings dark grey, with five spots of elevated black 

 scales, three before and two beyond the middle ; the first three are 

 placed obliquely in a transverse line, the other two are placed obliquely 

 on the disc (the lower one being the posterior) ; the hinder margin is 

 spotted with dark fuscous, and there are some small dark fuscous 

 clouds along the costa ; cilia pale grey. Posterior wings pale grey, 

 with paler cilia. 



Not scarce, in hedges in June. The larva plentiful in August 

 and September on the sloe. 



Genus IV. PHIBALOCERA. iR-IS;.!' 



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PlIlBALocEiiA, Step. H. iv. 192 (1831). Carcina, Zell. Carcina p., 

 Hiib. Linnprofi j)., Treit. 



