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rccted, or almost ascending, ratlwr lihort, tJfickened with scales ; fJic ter- 

 tnlnal joint htui,t. Wings with long cilia, the anterior siibfalcatc, the 

 posterior lanceolate. In the anterior wings, the simple apical vein runs 

 into the costa before the apex ; below it are five veins, of which the 

 penultimate and the antepenultimate proceed from the same point ; the 

 subdorsal vein is furcate ; the apex of the submedian vein is thickened; 

 in the posterior wings the apical vein has a long fork terminating above 

 and below the apex ; the median vein is trifid. 



Only three species are known in this genus, if indeed there be 

 more than than two, as it is not improbable that hepariella and in- 

 sign'qjenneJla may ultimately not prove specitically distinct. The 

 larva? of none of them are known, though (to my shame be it 

 said) I have myself bred liepanella, but have no recollection 

 whatever of the larva ; in the cage in which I bred it was an 

 «*/^-leaf, that had evidently heoi eaten ; it emerged from its thick 

 white cocoon on the 27th of July, 1852"^. 



The first two species appear at the end of summer and autumn, 

 and, hybernating, are occasionally met with in the spring ; fascla- 

 penneUa, taken by Mr. Logan among Vaccinium Myrt'iUm, on 

 the Pe}itlands, in September, may probably likewise hyberuate. 



1. hepariella (Mann), Sta. Cat. p. 22 (184)9). — gryphipemietla, 

 '^"p^ Haw.? Alls anticis xiiio-ocXwAcel?,, postice fuscescentibus, piotcto oltso- 



leto supra ungnlmu. analem fasco ; capillis luteis. Exp. al. 5^ lin. 

 Ck-^"— Head, face, and palpi luteous. Antennjt fuscous, with paler annu- 



lations. Abdomen above grey, beneath reddish-orange, the sides white. 

 Anterior wings rufons-ochreons, posteriorly somewhat fuscous, with an 

 appearance of a small darker spot above the anal angle ; cilia rufons- 

 ochreous at the apex, grey at the anal angle. Posterior wings dark 

 grey, with grey cilia. 



Occasionally met with in the south of England, from August 

 to October, and again in spring, but nowhere common. 



2. insignipennella, Sta. Cat. ]). 22 (lSt9). AUs anticis rufo- 

 ochreis {dorsum iiderduvi dllutiore), posticc saturatioribus, nebula fus- 

 cescente disci ])one medium; capillis luteis. Exp. al. 7i lin. 



Head, face, and palpi luteous. Antennae fuscous, with paler annula- 

 lions. Anterior wings rufons-ochreons (frc(iuently paler towards the inner 

 margin), posteriorly dark, with an obscure fuscous blotch on the disc 

 beyond the middle ; cilia rufous-ochreous at the apex, grey at the anal 

 angle. Posterior wings dark grey, with grey cilia. 



A])pears in autumn and again in spring; has occurred at 

 Mickleham and Dartford Heath. 



o. fasciapennella (Logan), Sta. Cat. p. 22 (18J-9). Alls anticis 

 dilute griseis, obscuriore nebulosis, atomis nigris in s(!riebus ipiatuor 



* 'I'lic (liiy oil which Prolessor Zcllcr finished his visit fo England. 



