aUOPHOKA. . 155 



vi'Uow spot ; some iridescent scales mark the course of the veins to 

 lieyond the middle, and also indicate t!ie termination of the discoidal 

 cell ; cilia fuscous, iridescent in certain lights. Posterior wbigs pale 

 yellow, with the anterior and hinder margins dark fuscous, and a slight 

 fuscous cloud at the base ; cilia pale fuscous. 



Very common in the south of England, appearing with the 

 first setting in of summery weather; it delights to fly in <he day- 

 time along old hedges. The larva is to be found throughout the 

 winter, under the bark of old posts and decaying trees. 



2. Olivielia, Fab. E. S. iii. 2. 31 G. 132 (1794); Lat. ; Curt.; 

 Step. ; Du]). xi. ])1. 303. f. 1 ; Zcll. — Olivierl, Haw. — cemulella, lli'ib. ; 

 Treit. — hractella, Fab. ? — crassicornis, Four. ? Alis anticis nigris, pos- 

 tice albido-squamatis, macula triangulari basali prope dorsum, /ascicque 

 pone medhmi {(id dorsnui repandatu, coslam no)i tan(/e)de) dilute liiteis, 

 striga ante medium, striga curvata (plicam tangcnte) ])one fasciam lu- 

 tcam, iridesceutibus ; alis posficis saturate p/op/ireo-fnscis. Exp. al. 

 8 liu. 



Head and face very dark metallic-purple. Palpi yellow; terminal 

 joint externally dark fuscous. Antcnmaj black to beyond the middle, 

 llieu white, with the tips black. Anterior wings purplish-black, with 

 a triangular ])alc yellow spot at the base towards the inner margin, and 

 a 2)ale yelloto fascia {rather expanded on the inner inar(ji)i, and not reach- 

 ing to the casta) heijond the middle ; before tlie middle is an iridescent 

 striga, and beyond tlie yellow fascia is another slightly curved irides- 

 cent striga, not reaching beyond the fold ; beyond it are numerous' 

 scattered whitish scales ; cilia dark ])urplish-fuscous. Fosterior icincjs 

 darh purplish-fn.seous, with paler cilia. 



Not uncommon among oaks, from the ciul of June to the be- 

 ginnincc of Auu'ust. 



Genus XXI. OGCOPHORA. 



«.T- t' 



(Ecophora p., Zell. Isis, 1831). p. 191 ; l)up. Cat. Recurvaria p., Haw. 

 Larnpros p., Treit. Anacampsis p. ct Batia, Step. Pancalin p. et 

 Batia, Curt. Borkhausenia, Denisia p., et SchiJ/ermUlleria p., Hiib. 



Capilli depressi. Froiis lata, convexa. Ocelli nnlli. Antennae tent/es, 

 (^ ciliatjc. Palpi labiales re/lexi, vix thoracis longilndine, arliculo 

 secundo longiore eonipresso, sf[uamis appressis ; tcrtio tenui acuto. 

 HausteUum mediocre, s(|uaniatum. Al;e oblongio vel elongatic, 

 longius ciliata;, posteriores augnlo anali obtuso ; anteriores : veure 

 apicalis ramus inferior supra apieem exit; vena subdorsalis fm-cata; 

 posteriores: c vcnula transversa vena; duic proccdunt. 

 Head smooth. Forehead broad, convex. Ocelli none. Antcnn.ne 



slender, in the ^ ciliated. Labial palpi njlexed, hardly as long as the 



