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HYALINA. Bv Dr. E. Strand. 



fcbrelta. 



(itljijJUHC- 



lella. 



cckslcini. 



A. febretta Boyer (= vetulella Ranib., i magnella Bdv., ? maritiniella Brd.) (55 b) is tor the greater 

 part brownish to blackish in J; the bhxck colour most distinct in the basal half of the wings and on the 

 body. Antenna long, with light brownish pectinations. The hair of the body blackish to grey, the face being 

 light grey. AVings elongate, with pointed apex, the abdomen also pomted, far extending beyond the anal 

 angle. Fringes short, Avhite at the end of the wings. Leiigtli of forewing 10 — 11 mm. Flies in August in 

 Southern Europe (excepting Greece) and Asia Minor. ■ — albipunctella Mill, has a white central spot on the 

 forewing and occurs everywhere among the main form, whereas lambessa Heyl., from Algeria, is probably a 

 local race; the latter is less rol)ust than true febretta and has only 7 veins in the hindwing. — Larva with 

 black head and black thoracical plates with 2 — 3 yellowish white longitudhial stripes; biennial, feeding 

 until July on Grenista, etc. ? yellowish with dark head and reduced legs. The case is covered witli rather 

 thick stalks of grass arranged longitudinally and raised, the anterior end incrassate, the silky tube of the cr- 

 ease short. 



A. ecksteini Led. (55 b). Distinguished from the preceding species inter alia by the obtuser apex of the 

 forewing; this wing semitransparent, with blackish scaling, dark transverse discocellular spot, and dark 

 fringes with brownish gloss. Body black with silky grey hair. The antenna with long pectinations almost 

 to the tip. Length of forewing 9 — 10 mm. $ with light brown head. — Larva dai-k, with the head and 

 thoracical plates black-brown, the latter with a median stripe and two lateral ones yellow. Case covered 

 with dry stalks of grass parallel and longitudinal and frequently very long. These stalks much closer together 

 in ? and reaching beyond the ends of the case, while m the (J-case the long apical tube is not covered. ■ — ■ 

 Hungary, Bulgaria, Turcmenia; flies in" April. In the Berlm Museum a mounted $ from the former coll. 

 RosENHAUER labelled "Psyche ecksteini'' with the locality "Germania". 



A. grummi Heyl., from Ferghana in Central Asia, has the forewing broadly rounded, semitransparent, 

 covered with brownish yellow scaling, the veins being brown and a marginal line dark. Body with long yellow- 

 ish white hair; abdomen thin and reaching far beyond anal angle. Legs brownish yellow, the hind fenuir 

 blackened. Antenna grey with darker pectinations, 34 segments. Expanse 17 — 18 mm. $ dirty yellow, 

 10 mm. long and I ^ — 3 mm broad. The $-pupa chestnut-brown. The case cylindrical, 25 mm long, covered 

 A\ith fragments of plants arranged longitudinally. 



uralensis. A. uralensis Frr. (56 g), from the L^ral Mts. and Southern Russia, has in the ^ rounded, bluish grey 



wings, the margui being darker and the fringes having a yellowish gloss. Abdomen short and slender, 

 and the antenna short. Hair of thorax long and whitish above and brownish beneath. Length of forewing 

 dcmism. 9 mm. ■ — demissa Led., from East Rumelia and Greece, is larger (length of forewing 10 mm), more brownish; 

 the forewing broader with more strongly curved costal margin. • — The case of demissa-^ is 22 mm long, 

 covered with fragments of wood and leaves and strongly broadened in the centre, while the cj-case is of more 

 even width, covered with sand and usually with a larger piece of a twig only at the anterior end. 



jorduna. A. jordana Sfgr. (55 c), from Palestine, has darker and less transparent wings than ecksteini, being 



bhickish grey with the costal margin of the forcAving narrowly black. Expanse 20 — 22 mm. Veins i and 5 

 stalked in fore- and hindwing. The long-pectinated antenna are longer than in ecksteini, and the eyes much lar- 



i/riiiniiii. 



ger. Hair of body long and brownish grey. 



uherthueri. 



A. oberthueri Heyl. ^ black-grey, densely hairy, head with silvery grey hair, antenna consisting of 38 

 segments. Thorax anteriorly yellow, posteriorly brownish grey, abdomen brown above, yellowish grey beneath ; 

 the rather short forewing almost smoke-colour, rounded at the end, with 12 veins. Distal margin of hind- 

 wing slightly concave in centre, the apex rounded, but the anal angle distinct. Expanse 17 mm. ^'-pupa 

 ochreous; case elongate, subcylindrical, covered with rather long, diverging stalks of grass arranged longi- 

 tudinally. — Oran and Sebdon. 



8. (icims: H^'aliiia R(nnh. 



J. Forewing subtriangular, with only 9 — 10 veins, hindwing with only 5. Antenna bipectinate to 

 the tip, the branches with long and dense cilia. Fore tibia without claw. Wings vitreous. Rather robust 

 moths. One moult before pupal stage (as in Scioptera and Oreopsyche). $ as in Amicta. — The covering 

 of the cases variable within the same species. 



idhida. H. albida Esp. (= vitrella Hbn., albivitrella Brd.) (55 c). Body black, with wliite hair. Abdomen 



extending beyond anal angle of hindwing. Wings vitreoiis, with the veins and a marginal line but little 

 darker. Forewing 8 — 10 mm long. ^ yellowish white. Flies in April and May in Southern and Central France 



torquinu'lla. (heiovv. me from Lyons). — lorquiniella Brd. (= albidella Ramh., milleriella Boisd.) (55 d), from Spain and South- 

 Kastern France, is darker, and its case is not covered with moss as in albida., but with fragments of a spe- 



plumosellu. cies of Ulex. - plumosella Brd. (55 c), from Spain, has the abdomen covered with blackish hair; flies the end 

 of March or early in April, and occurs likewise at Lyons (ex. in Mus. Berlin) and Besan9on. — Larva whitish, 



