NEl'TICULA. 295 



Appears at the begiiming of June and beginning of August; 

 the only locality where it has hitherto occurred is the old tram- 

 road near Croydon^ where it has occasionally been taken by sweep- 

 iug. 



Family XIIL NEPTICULIDyE. 



Capilli superne ac in fronte liirsuti. Antennae hreves, crassfp, conchula 

 modica instructa;. Palpi niaxillares louginscuJi, plicati, articulis ul- 

 timis peiidulis. Palpi labiales breves, subporrectic. Ala; anteriores 

 latiuscula?, breves, grosse-squaiuatfe ; posteriores lanceolataj. 

 Head hairy above and in front. Antennae short and thicl-, the basal 



joint furnished with a moderately-sized eye-cap. IMaxillary jjalpi rather 



long, folded, the last joints drooping-. Labial palpi short, suhporrect. 



Anterior wings rather broad, short, coarsely scaled ; the posterior wings 



lanceolate. 



This family contains at present only two genera, the distinctive 



character of which lies in the neuration of the wings. 



Genus I. NEPTICULA. ^- Vii\ ^ ^ ^'" 



Nepticula, Zell. L. E. iii. 301 (184-8). T/«m p., Haw. Microsetia 

 p.. Step. Lyotietia p., Zell. Isis, 1839; Dup. Cat. 



Capilli superne ac in fronte hirsuti. Antenna3 breves, crass<e, nuda?, 

 conchula modica instructai. Palpi raaxillares longiusculi, plieati, 

 articulis ultimis pcndulis. Palpi labiales breves, subporrecti. Ala; 

 anteriores breves, grosse-S(juainat;e, posteriores ovato-lanccolatte ; 

 anteriores : vena subcostalis furcata, ramo inferiore cum mcdiana per 

 venula coha'rcutc, vena mediana postiee in tres ranios divisa, sub- 

 dorsalis in had furcaia ; posteriores : vena mediana longissirac fur- 

 cata. 



Head hairy above and in front. Antenna? short, thick, naked, the 

 basal joint furnished with a moderate-sized eye-cap. IMaxillary palpi 

 rather long, folded, the last joints drooping. Labial palpi short, suh- 

 porrect. Anterior wings short, coarsely scaled, the posterior ovate- 

 lanceolate. In the anterior wings the subcostal vein is furcate, and 

 the lower branch is connected by a transverse vein with the median 

 vein ; the median vein divides posteriorly into three branches, the sub- 

 dorsal vein is furcate at the base. In the posterior wings the median 

 vein \% furcate. 



The resemblance in this genus to ]\[icitor'Ti:uYX, as shown by 

 the short anteinue, folded nuixillary paljnV, and transvt;rse connect- 

 ing vein of the anterior wings, is very singular. 



