DEPRESSAKIA. 



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cilia Icaden-grey, with a ^^liulil rcddisli tinge. Posterior wings pale 

 grevish-fiiscous, with paler cilia. 



Occurs in the north of Englanti in July; taken also on the 

 coast, in Xorfolk and Kent. 



Genus VI. DEPRESSARIA. ^-W. 1^ 



Depressaria, Haw. L. B. 505 (1812) ; Curt.; Step.; Zcll. Iffemi/- 

 lis, Dup. II<e)i>)/Hs p., Trcit. ; Zett. 



Capilli depress!. Ocelli nulli. Antenmic articulis confertis, vix denti- 

 culatis. llaustcllum lucdioerc, squamatum. Palpi uiaxillares bre- 

 vissimi. Paljvi labiales mediocrcs, retiexi, articulo sccundo infra 

 scopiforidi, tertio leuui, lavi, acuio. Abdonien planum., sqnamis raar- 

 (j'malmn. Ahx; obloiigre mcdiocritcr cihata?, posteriores mcmjine pos- 

 tlco ante anf/ulum analem roliindalum plcruraque sbmato. Aliiu antc- 

 riores : venro ajjicalis fiu'cata; ramus inferior ante apiccm exit ; infra 

 eani rami ([uinque ; veufc mcdianse rami duo primi in furcam cou- 

 juucti ; subniediaua a mediaua distat, apice iucrassato. Ahc poste- 

 riores : ven;e subdorsales tres, tcrtia in basi plicfeformis ; vena nu> 

 diana trifuhi ; cellula costalis sensim coarctata, vena apicalis simplex, 

 llead smooth. Ocelli none. Antcnnfc with the joints eoin])ressed, 

 hardly denticulate, not pubescent. Tongue of moderate length, scaled. 

 Maxillary palpi very short. Labial palpi moderately long, retlexed ; 

 the second joint beneath rem'rnhlhuj a hrmli ; the third joint slender, 

 smooth, pointed. Abdomen flat, with projecting scales at the sides. Wings 

 oblong, with moderate cilia ; tlie anterior not emarginate on the costa, 

 slightly rounded at the apex ; the posterior wings generally with the 

 hinder margin emarginate before the rounded anal angle. In the ante- 

 rior wings the lower brancli of the furcate apical vein runs iuto the 

 costa before the ajiex ; below it arc live veins from the discoidal cell ; 

 the two first branches of the median vein are united into a fcu'k ; the 

 apical portion of the subraedian, which is remote from the median vein, 

 is thickened. In the posterior wings are three subdorsal veins, the 

 third attenuated at the base ; the median vein is triful ; the costal cell 

 perceptibly narrowed ; the apical vein is simj)le. 



An extensive bnt very natural genus, of which wc have no less 

 than thirty-seven British species, and rnmuj others arc known on 

 the continent. The perfect insects of several species are extremely 

 retired in their habits, and keep themselves so well concealed that 

 they arc rarely or never seen : some come out from their lurking- 

 places after dusk, and, crawling up the stems of the ])lants on 

 which they feed, may be seen by the aid of a lantern, but readily 

 take alarm and drop again to the ground; a fe\v, such as applana, 

 are less anxious for concealment, and may be nu;t with plentifully 



