362 EURUKUTTARUS; BARANDRA; STERRHOPTERYX; PHALACROPTERYX. By Dr. E. Stranb. 



hircdii. Ps. turatii Slgr. (55 e), from Northern Italy, resembles the last species very closely, but the \ving.s 



are glossy transparent black, tlie antenna longer and more pointed, the hair of the body more glossy grey. 

 Forewing 9 mm long. 9 and larva as in Ps. viciella, but the case longer, conical, and not so stout. 



hampsoni. Ps. hampsoni B.-Baker, from Egj^jt, has the wings uniformly yelloAvish grey, the head being lighter 



and the thorax darker than the ground-colour. The wings are contorted, with the costal margin excised. In the 

 fore^ving 1 a anastomoses with lb; 6 is present in both wings, but in the forewing does not originate from the 

 lower angle of the cell. 



12. Genus: £iiriikuttarus Hamps. 



Most easily distinguished from Psyche by the absence of vein 6 in both wdngs. 



andrewsi. E* andrewsi WUem., from Jajjan (Hakodate, Yezo), is black {^), with brownish grey hair-scales, which 



are longest and densest in the basal area. — Is said to be similar to E. pileata Hamps., but with the wings 

 more rounded. 

 nigra. E. nigra Hamps. (56 g), from Kulu in Kashmir, is uniformly deep black-brown; expanse 17 mm. 



decenivena. E. decemvena Hamps. (56g), from Kashmir, is uniformly dark brown; expanse 17 mm. Differs from 



nigra chiefly in vein 8 of the forewing being absent. 



13. Genus: Baraucira Moore. 



In the forewing veins 1 b does not anastomose with 1 c, 6 is absent, and 8 is stalked with 9. Vein 6 

 is absent also in the hindwing; 7 connected with 8 bj^ a transverse bar. 



futnata. B. fumata Moore. Wings smooky grey or pale brown, body bro^ni, thorax black anteriorly and in the 



centre, with two black spots posteriorly. Antenna pale bro\\ni with yellow shaft. Legs yellow. Expanse 22 mm. 

 — Kashmir (Dharmsala). As this species occurs in North India, we figure it in vol. X. 



14. Genus: Sterrliopterjx Hbn. 



The pectinations of the antemia "shorter, the forewing broader, but longer, with the distal margin 

 more oblique than in Psyche; the body slenderer; the ? more delicate in build; the thin case irregularly covered 

 with vegetable fragments. 



hirsutella. S. Hirsutella Hbn. (= fusca Haw., calvella 0., nudella Dup.) (55 f). Wings pale brownish grey, semi- 



transparent, being sparsely covered with hair-scales; forewing 9 — ^10 mm long and broadly rounded at the 

 apex. 9 yellowish white, with the head and thoracical plates glossy yellow. Larva poh-phagous, brownish, 

 with the head and thoracic plates darker, the latter being divided by a pale longitudinal line. The ease 

 C3'lindrical, about 15 mm long, 4.5 mm broad, slender, in the middle rather irregularly covered with bits 

 of bark and leaves, which are mostly placed somewhat obliquel}'. The $-case is shorter than that of the ^. 

 ■ — Central Europe, England, South-Western Russia, Norway, Sweden, Fmland, Northern Italy, Roumania, 

 Amur and Ussuri districts; on the ^\■ing in June — -July, exceptionally until the middle of August. 



slandfvssi. S. standfussi H.-Schdff. (55 f) is larger than the preceding species (fore-\^-ing 13mm long); the costal 



margin of the forewing more convex, the wings more grey, and the hair of the abdomen paler. The case 

 is about 20 mm long and 8 mm broad centrally. The larva lives on Calluna, Vaccinium uliginosum and V 

 niyrtilhis, and closely resembles that of S. hirsutella. The cases also are similar, but that of standfussi is 

 nearly always almost one-thii-d larger, rather irregularly covered with smaller vegetable fragments, M-hich are 

 nearly all placed transversely but somewhat obliquely and are fastened by means of a loose web. Sometimes 

 some of these bits of plants are considerably longer than the others and far project from the case, some 

 being almost placed at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the case. — In the Alps and the Silesian 

 mountains, Harz mountams, Styria, and Actic Norway (Sydvaranger). Flies in June, at night. 



15. Genus: Phalaeropter^x Hbn. 



Forewing narrow, long, with oblique distal margin, pointed apex and 12 veins. Hindwing subtriangular, 

 with 8 veins and broadly rounded anal angle. Abdomen with tufted hair. Pectinations of antenna long, incras- 

 sate at their tips. The ?9 and the cases as in Psyche, but the cases outwardly covered with a web, also 

 being larger. 



apiformis. Ph. apiforttiis Rossi (= fuscella Hbn.) (55 f) has brownish scaling on the wings, black body with red 



hair, and pale yellow antenna and tarsi. The abdomen extends with four-fifths of its length beyond the anal 

 angle of the hindwing and terminates with a rather long and dense tuft of hair. Fo^e^\^ng 8 — 9 mm long. 

 9 whitish yellow, with dark brown head, slightly paler thoracic plates and yellowish brown anal wool. Larva 



