150 GELECIIID/K. 



tlicated by whitish scales ; in the extreme apex is a dark fuscous spot ; 

 cilia pale i2;rey, traversed by dark fuscous Hues. Posterior wiuys grey- 

 ish-fuscous, with paler cilia. 



The perfect insect is not uncommon at West AYickham \Yood, 

 and in Headley Lane, in June and July. The wings are rather 

 convoluted in repose. 



2. humerella, Iliib. Tin. 293 ; Dap. ; W. V. ? Alis anticis nitide 

 J'ascls, stria husall costti; ante medium a costa deflexa, strigulis tribus 

 costffi, unaque dorsi, pone medium albis, functo (q)icis nigro. Exp. al. 

 .5 liu. 



Head and face pale grey. Palpi pale grey ; tip of the terminal joint 

 (hark fuscous. Antenna? dark fuscous. Anterior wings hrigJd fuscous, 

 with a white streak along the costre heghmhuj at the base, detlexed from 

 the eosta a little before the middle, terminating on the disc beyond the 

 micullc ; beyond the middle of the costa are three \vhite streaks, the 

 first is narrow and oblique, pointing posteriorly, and almost meeting a 

 less distinct white streak from the anal angle; the other two streaks 

 are shorter, pointing internally ; a slender short black streak lies on tlie 

 disc beyond the middle, and at the extreme apex is a hluck spot ; cilia 

 greyish-fuscous. Posterior wings greyish-fuscous, with paler cilia. 



Two specimens, in Mr. Doubleday's collection; locality un- 

 known. 



Genus XVII. PI,EUROTA. "Y • 



(T) a— 1 



I'leiirota ])., lliib. V. -tOG (ISlfi). Palpula ])., Treit. ; Dup. Macro- 



cliUa ])., Step. Aplota p., Curt. Atichhua p., Zell. 

 Capilli decumbentes, ultra frontcm product)!^'. Ocelli nuUi. Anlemue 

 articulis distinctis, $ ciliataj. Palpi maxillares breves, filiformes. 

 Palpi labiales recti, longmscitll, compressi, articulo secundo vahle ))i- 

 loso, basi tenui, articulo tcrtio tcnui, Icevl, acideiforvil, l)revi. Aku 

 etougatre acutre, posteriorcs trapezoidali-lanceolata;, prope angulum 

 analem leviter sinuatic, longius ciliata? ; anteriorcs : vena; apicalis 

 ranms inferior infra apiceiii exit; mediana; rannis ])rinuis parmii 

 c/irvits ; snljij/ediana a viediaiia distal ; vena subdorsalis furcata. 

 Hairs of the head decumbent, i)roduecd in front. Ocelli none. An- 

 tenna" with distinct joints, ciliated in the i^ . Maxillary palpi sliort, 

 filiform. Labial palpi straight, rather long, compressed, the second 

 Joint extremely hairy, slender at the base, the remainder uniform, the 

 terminal joint slender, smooth, pointed, short. Wings et(nig(de, acute, 

 the posterior trapezoidal-lanceolate, towards the anal angle slightly 

 sinnalcd, with rather long cilia. In the ant(u-ior wings the lower 

 bi'anch of the furcate apical vein runs into the hinder margin heloio the 



