■^32 ELACHISTID.'E. 



nuUi. Palpi labiales hreviusaiU, subporrecti, articulo secundo setis 

 pmicls instructo, articulo tertio subacuto. Haustellum breve. An- 

 tennae alas anteriores longitiuline fere .Tquantes, tenues. Tibiie 

 posticfe valde pilospe. AUc longe ciliatfc, anteriores angusta", sub- 

 caudata, posteriores lanceolatfc. Anteriores : vena subcostalis Ijasini 

 versus obsoleta, cellula discoidalis imperfectc clausa, venas (piatuor 

 in costam mittit, unam in margincm posticum, subdorsalis simplex ; 

 posteriores : vena; subcostalis et subdorsalis basim versus indicatty, 

 rami obsoleti. 



Head hairy hi front ; the top of the head and the face smooth. 

 Ocelli none. Labial palpi rather short, slightly porrccted ; the second 

 joint provided with a few tiristlcs ; the terminal joint almost acute. 

 Tongue short. Antennae slender, nearly as long as the anterior wings. 

 Hinder tibia; very hairy. Wings with long cilia, the anterior narrow, 

 s/ibcaiidate, the posterior lanceolate. In the anterior wings the sub- 

 costal vein is obsolete towards the base, the imperfectly closed discoidal 

 cell sends four veins to the costa, one to the hinder margin ; the sub- 

 dorsal vein is simple ; in the posterior wings there are indications of 

 the subcostal and subdorsal veins towards the base, but their branches 

 are obsolete. 



Only one species of this genus is known; it inhabits wine- 

 vaults and wi)ie-cellars. The larva has been reputed to feed on 

 the fungus which grows in wine-vaults, and also on the corks in 

 the bottles ; but further investigations are still wanted fully to 

 elucidate the natural history of this singular insect. 



1. V-flava, Haw. L. B. 530 (1829); Step. Alis anticis fuscis, 

 fascia angulata in medio, angulo ipso apicem versus producto, maculis 

 posticis oppositis sajpc in fasciam conjuuctis, flavidis. Exp. al. 4-5 lin. 



Head fuscous ; the frontal tuft dirty-ochreous. Face and palpi 

 whitish. Antenna; fuscous. Anterior wings fuscous, with an aiigu- 

 lated yellow fascia in the middle, the angulation being towards tlic 

 apex of the wing and somewhat produced ; on the costa towards the 

 apex is a yellow spot, and a smaller one on the inner margin rather 

 anterior is sometimes united to it, forming a fascia ; cilia grey, with 

 some yellow scales immediately below the apex of the wing. Posterior 

 wings pale grey, with yellowisli-grey cilia. 



Occui's in wine-vaults and wine-cellars in July and August. 



V/ a - c 



GcnusVI. CHAULIODUS. W-W- 



CiiATiLiODiis, Trcit. E. R. ix. 3. 31 (1S33); Hup. Lophonot/ifi, Step. 

 I'llachista p., Zell. Rpcrnieiiia, Calutripis p., et Trichotripi.f; p., Hiib. 



Capilii heves, Irons obtusa. Auteuna^ abdominc longiores, setacerc, 

 articidis brcviusculis (basali brevi) coiiferlis, brevlter pitusa. Palpi 



