niiNix. 203 



viixecl with fuscous, with three oblique darh fuscous fascice, wliicli are 

 nearest the base on llic costa, tlic first near llic base sometimes inter- 

 rupted, the second before the rai(hlle, the third a little beyond the 

 middle reaching only to the fold ; Ijcvond arc several dark fuscous 

 spots ; cilia of the hinder margin pale grey, varied with chirk fuscous, 

 of the inner margin i)alc fuscous. Posterior wings grey, with paler 

 cilia. 



Appears in Se])tember and October, and liybcrnatcd specimens 

 occiu" in the spring; not nncommon at AVliittlebury, also occurs 

 at Dartford Ileatli. The larva feeds on the privet in August 

 (according to liiibner), rolling up the leaves into cones, 



3. sulphurellum. Haw. L. B. 564 (1820); '6iG\i.'^—leucapen- (W ~^ 

 nella, Step. — citrineUa, F. v. 11. pi. 70. f. 2 ; Zell. Alis auticis dilute " ^ 

 sulphureis, atomis numerosis sparsis fuseis, intcrdum in maculas con- \ \ ^~~' 

 tluentibus. Exp. al. 6-7 lin. 



Head, face, and ])alpi pale sulphur. Antenna' fuscous, anmdated 

 with whitish. Anterior wings pale su//jhnr, intermixed v ith numerous 

 dark fuscous atoms, which are sometimes conllucnt, and form dark 

 blotches; cilia of the hinder margin pale sn]])hur, of the inner margin 

 fuscous. Posterior wings dark grey, with fuscous cilia. 



Not nncominon in the autumn in the New Forest, and at 

 Whittlebury ; hybernatcd specimens occur in the spring. 



Genus III. ORNIX. 



(K-YL l^ 



«.-c_ 



Orntx, Zell. Isis, 1839. p. 210; Dup. Cat. Tricholtipis p., ITiib. 

 Ornix p., Treit. 



Capilli superne coniosi, in frontc decunibcntes. Ocelli mdli. Antenna; 

 alas anteriores longitudine a^quantes, tenues, articulo basali elon- 

 gato, incrassato. llaustellum nudum. Palpi maxillares longiusculi, 

 iiliformcs. Palpi labialcs tenues, subpenduli, cylindrici, articulo sc- 

 cundo s([uamis appressis, articulo tertio acuminato. Alai longe 

 ciliat;c, anteriores oblontjo-ovntfe, posteriorcs lanceolal;ic ; anteriores: 

 c celluhc discoidalis parte postica vcna> scptem oriuntur, apical is fur- 

 cata ; subcostalis basim versus obsoleta ; subdorsalis simplex ; pos- 

 teriorcs : vena apicalis ante apiccm exit, infra cam vena furcata ; vena 

 niediana trifida. 



Head above hairy, in front smooth. Ocelli none. Anteinia> as long 

 as the anterior wings, slender, the basal joint elongate, thickened. 

 Tongue naked. ^Maxillary palpi rather long, filiform. Labial pal])i 

 slender, rather droojiing, cylindrical, the second joint with appressed 

 scales, the terminal joint pointed. AVings with long cilia, the anterior 

 obloiifj-ovale, the posterior lanceolate. In the anterior wings seven 

 veins arise from the hinder portion of the discoidal cell; the apical 



