c;lypiiiptl:ry(;ii).k. 1 HO 



Differs only from the preceding in the antennjc, which liave a broad 

 white ring before the apex. 



Commou iii dry grassy places among flowers, in j\lay and June. 



Family YI. GLYPHIPTERYGID.E. 



Caput plerisque IcEvissimum. Palpi maxillarcs brevissimi. Al?e an- 



teriores oblongas vel elongate, posteriores ovatfc vel lanccolata?. 



Volatus diiinius. 



Ilrad mostly extremely smooth. JMaxillary paljii very short, rarely 

 perceptible. Anterior wings oblong or elongate; the posterior ovate 

 or lanceolate. Flight diurual. 



A rather natural family, of which many of the species arc of 

 guy colours, delighting to fly in the hot sunshine. The species 

 of the smaller genera are brifliant little insects, running about 

 with great activity on the leaves of the plants they frequent ; the 

 species of the genus GJijphipterijx, remarkable for the rich colour- 

 ing of the anterior wings, have the peculiarity of alternately raising 

 and dejn'cssing their wings, as though fanning themselves, when at 

 rest. ]\Iost of the genera appear in the summer, but some species 

 of the genus Acrohpla appear at the end of autunni, and, hyber- 

 natiiig, are met with early in spring. The larvai of luislcrstam- 

 mia, Acrolepia, and Glj/p/iipter^x have been observed, but do not 

 exhibit any ])eculiarity, and would readily pass for larva) of the 

 previous family. 



Genus T. ACROLEPIA. (p{. Y- 1\ 



a. -' 



Acrolepia, Curt. E. E. 679 (183S). lliJslerstariimia p., Zcll. ; Dup. 



Capilli in vertice et occijnte hirsuti, cajtcrum htvigati. Ocelli iniUi. 

 Antenna; tenues, corjiorc breviores. TIaustelluin mediocre, nudum. 

 Palpi labiales arcuati, crassiusculi, subconiprcssi ; articulo ultimo 

 prrocedentem longitudine superaute, acuminato. Ahc anteriores 

 plerumque elongatfB, posteriores ovato-lanceolatre, longius ciliatic ; 

 anteriores : vena apicalis simplex, infra earn rami G, inter se dis- 

 tantes ; cellula secundaria perfccta ; submcdiaiiic apex incrassatus ; 

 subdorsalis longius furcata ; posteriores : cellula costalis elongata, 

 subito coarctata ; vena apicalis simplex, infra cam vena furcata; venae 

 discoidalis rami duo ultimi in furcam coaliti. 



The crown and hack of the head rough, the remainder smooth. Ocelli 

 none. Antennnc slender, shorter than the body. Tongue of moderate 

 length, naked. Labial palpi arched, rather thick, slightly compressed ; 



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