2Q4 LEPID OP TEN A . 



Genus 95. BRYOPHILA. 



Antennae ciliated, tufted at the base ; eyes naked, without 

 lashes, head much tufted and rough, thorax slender, and with 

 a flattened prostrate back crest ; abdomen smooth but with 

 several dorsal crests ; fore wings oblong, rather uniform in 

 breadth ; hind wings thin, the cross-bar very obscure, vein 5 

 arising near its middle. 



Larvae smooth with large shining raised spots. On wall 

 and rock lichens, forming habitations therein for conceal- 

 ment during the day. 



PuP^E of ordinary form, in similar habitations. 



We have but two species, readily separated. 



A. Fore wings white, marbled with slate grey ; hind wings 

 with transverse grey stripes and a central dark spot. 



B. perla. 



A.' Fore wings some shade of green, usually with black 

 markings ; hind wiDgs nearly plain. B. glandifcra. 



1. B. glandifera, Hub. ; muralis, Stand. Cat. — Expanse 

 1 to 1£ inch. Body slender; fore wings some shade of pale 

 green or olive-green, marbled with black lines and curves ; 

 costa spotted with black and white ; hind wings pale smoky- 

 grey or smoky-white. 



Antennas of the male simple, minutely ciliated, leaden 

 brown ; palpi curved up, slenderly tufted, white, broadly 

 barred with black, the terminal joint long and pointed ; 

 eyes prominent, deep black ; head moderately tufted with 

 raised scales, brownish-white or greenish-white ; thorax 

 narrow, green, with a rather loose flattened back crest tipped 

 with white ; shoulder lappets rather uplifted ; fascicles white ; 

 abdomen whitish -brown thickly dusted with dull brown, but 

 with a white band along the hinder edge of each segment ; 

 on the dorsal ridge are three or four short oblique white 



