170 GLYPHlPTKRYGIBiE. 



the tei'minal joint longer than the second, pointed. Anterior wings 

 generally elongate (in one speeles oblong), the posterior ovate-lanceo- 

 late, with rather long cilia. In the anterior wings the apical vein is 

 simple, below it are six veins at equal distances ; the secondary cell is 

 complete ; the apex of the submedian vein is thickened ; the subdor- 

 sal has a rather long fork. In the posterior wings the elongate costal 

 cell is suddenly narrowed ; the apical vein is simple, below it is Si fur- 

 cate vein ; the two last branches of the discoidal vein are luiited at 

 their origin. 



[ have seen but three British species in this genus,, though I 

 have no reason to doubt that Beinklla truly belongs here; and 

 I believe Mr. Curtis has specimens of a fifth species, which ap- 

 peared to me too wasted to describe. The perfect insects appear 

 of a very quiet disposition^ more especially on their first quitting 

 the pu])a state, and are more frequently met with on the wing 

 after hybernation ; p/jymccuna will remain motionless nearly 

 tliroughout the winter; graniieUa also liybernates, but I am not 

 aware whether pcrlep'ulella and Beluhlhi do likewise, though I 

 think it extremely probable. 



The larvoe of the two former only are known ; tjiey may be 

 found in summer and beginning of autumn, mining the leaves of 

 Holannm Dulcamara and Inula (I//seuf erica XQ^^cci'wi^Xy, pj/ipuceana , 

 from the numerous large whitish blotches it makes, being very 

 easily detected ; both species construct delicate open network 

 cocoons. 



The pale spot in the cilia of the anterior wings appears to indi- 

 cate an affinity to the species of the genus GlijpJnpteryx. 



The genus may be thus subdivided : — 

 a. Anterior wings oblong. Species 1. 

 a a. Anterior wings elongate. Species 2-4. 



1. perlepidella, Sta. Cat. p. 19 (1849). Alis anticis aurantiis 

 nigro-suilasis, fascia fere recta ante medium lutea (squaniis ca>ruleo-gri- 

 seis in medio interrupta), fascia obliqua postica lutea (stpiamis cajruleo- 

 griseis valdc interrupta), maculis duabus posticis costre luteis, apice 

 cteruleo-atro. Exp. al. 5 liu. 



Head ferruginous. Eace fuscous. Palpi yellowish. Antenna? yel- 

 lowish, annulatcd with fuscous. Anterior wings orange, much suffused 

 with black, especially towards the base and along the costa, with a pale 

 yellow nearly straight fascia before the middle (which appears somewhat 

 interru]itc(l by some bluish-grey scales in the middle) ; beyond it is a 

 second jiale yellow fascia more obH(|uely placed (the central portion of 

 which is entirely sulfused with bluish-grey, leaving only a distinct pale 

 yellow spot on each margin) ; beyond this are two small pale yellow 

 spots on the costa, which soon unite, and are eonlinui'd as a bluish fas- 

 cia nearly across < ho wing ; the entire apical portion of the wing is 



