I 14 E UK OPE AN BfTTEKFLlF.S AXD MomS. 



the male is dark grey, with the wings (except the yellowish-grey costa and inner margin, 

 and the dark-grey fringes) entirely transparent ; the female is pale grey, thinly scaled, with 

 darker fringes ; and the upper side of the head and thorax, and the base, and part of the 

 costa of the fore-wings are golden-yellow. The first four segments of the abdomen are also 

 golden-yellow ; the extremity is black, and provided with a long ovipositor. 



FAMILY v.— COCHLIOPODID^. 



Small UKilhs, with moderately stout, hairy bodies ; the abdomen docs not extend bej'ond the 

 anal angle. Eyes naked, the antenna; a little more than half the length of the fore-wings, the 

 palpi small and slender, and the tongue consisting of two short soft threads. The legs are 

 short, with hairy thighs. The fore-wings have no accessory cell, and are unicolorous, or marked 

 with two dark transverse stripes. The larvEE are thick and wood-louse shaped, and are furnished 

 with small adhesive pads, instead of prolegs. They live in autumn on \-arious forest-trees, and 

 form a firm barrel-shaped cocoon among leaves, in which they change to a soft pupa, in which the 

 limbs of the moth are visible in separate casings. The moths fly at night in woods, in summer, 

 but niaj- often be captured by beating during the day. They rest with their wings sloping. Only 

 two species of this singular family occur in Europe ; the exotic species are often adorned with very 

 bright colours. 



GENUS I. — LIMACnniCS (LATR.). 



Fore -wings with the tip somewhat rounded ; the antennae of the male obtusely serrated. 



* L. Tcstiido (Fabr.) has ochre-yellow fore-wings, paler in the female, with two straight dark 

 brown transverse lines, which diverge from each other towards the inner margin ; the intermediate 

 space is dusted with brown in the male. Hind-wings darker, or blackish. Expands about 

 I inch. Common in Central and Southern Europe and Western Asia in May and June. Larva 

 green, with three rows of shining warts, and two whitish lines on the back, and a yellow streak 

 on the sides. It lives in oak, &c. The moth is figured at PI. 26, Fig. 3. 



GENUS 11. — IIETEROGENEA (KNOCII.). 



Fore-wings with the tip rather pointed ; antenna; simple. 



In *//. AscUiis (W. V.) the fore-wings are ochre-brown in the male, and ochre-j-ellow in the 

 female ; hind-wings blackish ; all the fringes are paler. Expands about three-quarters of an 

 inch. Widely distributed in Central Europe in June and July, but rather scarce. The larva is 

 yellowish, sufTused with red on the sides, and green on the belly; a white line on the back. It 

 feeds on beech, and other trees. 



FAMILY VI.— HEPIALID/E. 



Small or middle-sized moths, the head and thorax covered with woolly hair. The abdomen 

 is very long, extending much beyond the hind-wings, and is clothed with flattened hair. The 

 antenna; are not longer than the thora.x, and are simple, or occasionally with short lamella; ; the 

 palpi are small, the eyes are naked, and the tongue is absent. The legs are short and down)', and 



