fff.iy. 



NOTIIKIS. 147 



retiise below the apex ; posterior uiiig-.s elongatc-ovat(>, witJi inoderately 

 loiinj cilia. 



Only one species is knowu in this genus ; it is exclusively 

 British^ not lia\ang hitherto been detected on the continent. 



1. palpella, Tlaw. L. P>. 515 (1S29); Step.; Curt. Alis anticis 

 fuscis, luteo-sfjuaiuatis, punctis tribus (iino disci, scciuido vix postcriorc 

 plicTO ante medium, tertio disci pone medium) saturate fuscis. Exp.al. \ i CL 

 6 lin. 



Head and face yellouisli, mixed with fuscous. l'al])i dark fuscous; 

 internally towards the Ixise yellowish ; tip of the terminal joint wliitc. 

 Antenna^ fuscous. Anterior wings fuscous, \vith numerous yellowish 

 scales, with three dark fuscous spots (one on the disc, one a little pos- 

 terior on the fold before the middle, and one on the disc beyond the 

 nuddle) ; cilia greyish-fuscous. Posterior wings dark fuscous, willi 

 paler cilia. 



Very rare; in ]\[r. Shepherd's collection, and in the collection 

 of the ]3ritish ]\ruseuni ; il has been taken near Ilipley among 

 clover, and in Ilainault Forest, in August. 



Genus XV. NOTHRIS. IKHST- \1 



Noihris p., Hiib. V. Ill (ISIG). Fpsolophus p., Zcll. 



Capilli depressi. Ocelli nuUi. Antennrc setacea;, nrticHliii ohlonffis, v'lx 



dldlncLis, ^ non iiochdosis, pubescenle-c'dudis. IJauslellum nunHocre, 



squanuitum. Palpi labiales, articulo secundo infra sco})ifonni, pilis 



antice productis ; articulo ultimo hcvi, acideiformi, rccurvo. Ahu 



elongata; mediocriter ciliatce ; anteriorcs, cilia circa apicera non, prodnc- 



iiim, non picta ; posteriores trapeziformcs, ante a])icem levissiiuc re- 



tuspc ; anteriorcs : vena apiealis furcata ante apicem exit ; cellula se- 



cuiularia nulla ; venic meilianic ramus primus a secundo r.aldc didat ; 



subdorsalis furcata ; snbmediaua non incrassata ; posteriores : cellula 



costalis uormalis ; vena suI)costalis lunge furcata ; niediana trifida. 



Head smooth. Ocelli none. Antenna; setaceous, wilh the joints ob- 



lonij, scarcely distinct ; in the (^ not knotty, with pubescent ciliations. 



Tongue of moderate length, clotlied with scales. Labial ])al]ii wilh the 



second joint beneath formed like a brush, with the hairs produced iu 



front ; the terminal joint smooth, pointed, recurved. AVings elongate, 



icith moderate cilia ; the cilia round the not-produced apex of the anterior 



wiufjs are not adorned with marhinfjs ; the posterior wings trapi'ziform, 



before the apex very slightly retusc. In tlie anterior wings the furcate 



apical vein runs into the eosta before the apex; the secondary cell is 



not indicated ; the first branch of the median vein is at a considerable 



distance from the second branch; the subdorsal vein is furcate; tiie 



-^nbmcdian is not thickened. In tin; ])Osterior wings the costal cell is 



