162 ' (IKLECIUU.E. 



tcrior wings pale ochrcous, ahuont entirdtj suff'n-sed n-ilh fusconn, with 

 three dark fuscous spots, one on the disc, one on tlie fold rather poste- 

 rior before the middle, and a larger one on the disc beyond the middle ; 

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

 Very abundant in old hedges in July and August. 



(Df "XT' ^^' pseiido-spretella, Sta. Cat. p. 14 (1819). Alls anticis di- 



^ ' lute ochreis,//fsco vaUIe siijfims, punctis tribus saturate fuscis (uno disci, 



IC<-^ altcro plicje vix posteriore ante medium, tertio disci pone medium); 



mar(j'nui postico, (tpiceiiiie costa saturate fmco-punciath. Exp. al. 10 



lin. 



Head brownish-ochreous. Face pale browaish-ochreous. Palpi jiale 

 ochreous, internuUy spotted with dark fuscous. Antennse fuscous. An- 

 terior wings pale ochreous, much mlfmed until fuscom, with three dark 

 fuscous spots, one on the disc, one on the fold hardly posterior to it 

 before the middle, and one on the disc beyond the middle ; the hinder 

 tiuvryln and apex of the costa are spoiled with dark fuscous ; cilia oehre- 

 ous-fuscous. Posterior wings whitish-grey, with paler cilia. 



Abundant in London and in man)' parts of tlie country, in July 

 and August. j\Ir. H. Doubleday sent me a number of the larvte 

 last January, feeding on dry peas. 



Genus XXII. GCGOCOlXriA. ^'^ ■ V' "^ 



OEgoconia, Gucnee in lit. CEcophora ])., Zell. 



Capilli deprcssi, postice sxdjerecti. Occ^lli nulli. Antenna; crassiusculrc, 

 articulo basali incrassato. Haustellum mediocre, squamatura. Palpi 

 maxillares breves, filiformes. Palpi labiales rcflexi, compressi, arti- 

 culo tcrminali tenui, acuto. Alae elongata% posteriorcs angulo anali 

 distincto, plaga basali nuda nulla; anteriores : venae apicalis ramus 

 inferior supra apieem exit ; vena; subdorsalis fircata ; posteriores : 

 cellula costalis elongata, postice attenuata ; vena apicalis furcata ; e 

 venula transversa vena unica procedit. 



Head smooth, hehind rather rough. Ocelli none. Antennas rather 

 thick, with thickened basal joint. Tongue moderately long, clothed 

 with scales. Maxillary palpi short, filironu. Labial palpi rcHexed, 

 compressed; terminal joint slender, poiutctb Wings elongate; the 

 posterior with distinct anal angle, with no bare basal patch. In the 

 anterior wings the lower branch of the apical vein runs into the costa 

 before the a})ex ; the subdorsal vein is furcate ; in the posterior wings 

 the elongate costid cell is posteriorly attenuated ; the apical vein is fur- 

 cate, and a singh; vein proceeds from the transverse vein. 



Oidyone species is known in this genus, which, from its habits, 

 1 liad anticipat<Ml would be congeneric with Eudronls fencdrella ; 

 the above characters suflicienlly dislingiiish it. 



