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outer wliitc transverse stripe is very sharply defined, and bordered outside witli dark rusty 

 brown, but the inner one is irregularly broken.) 



6. H. Gaiiiia (Hiibn.). — Fore-wings yellowish-brown, with an irregularly-widened silvery stripe 

 running from the tip to the inner margin ; a longitudinal stripe which is broader behind running 

 from the base, and small silvery spots below this, and below the costa ; the stripes are often 

 broken into spots. Hind-wings ashy-brown, with the fringes reddish. Expands about i| inches. 

 Widely distributed in the Alps in Jul)- and August ; it also occurs in Sweden and I""inland, but 

 is a scarce insect. 



* 7. //. Lupiiliniis (Linn.), {Coiiiinon Sioift). — Fore-wings yellowish-brown or reddish-brown, 

 with a whitish stripe running from the tip to the inner margin, another running from the base, 

 and a long spot in the middle of the wing above it ; hind-wings dark grey. Expands from i to 

 li inches. Common over a great part of Europe in May and June. The larva is yellowish- 

 white with black warts and a brown head. It feeds on the roots of various plants from autumn 

 to spring. Figured at PI. 26, Fig. 5. 



* 8. H. Hcctits (Linn.), (Golden Sivift). — Fore-wings yellowish-brown, dusted with ochre-yellow 

 in the male, and with a pale oblique streak before the middle, and an oblique row of spots 

 before the hind margin, which is bordered with black and white in the male, and is pale grey 

 and broader in the female ; hind-wings dark grey. Expands a little over i inch. Common 

 throughout the greater part of Europe from May to July. The larva is dirty grey, with two 

 black spots on each segment; head brownish-yellow. It li\-cs on the roots of heath, &c., according 

 to some writers ; others say it feeds on the leaves of the dandelion. The moth and larva are 

 figured at PI. 26, Fig. 6, a, b. 



FAMILY VII.— HETEROGYNID/E. 



Closely allied to the PsycJiidce, but the fore-wings have two internal nervures. The body is 

 slender and downy; the antennaj are half the length of the body, with moderately long, finely- 

 ciliated pectinations ; the legs are short, and the hind tibia; have spurs at the end only. The 

 wings are rounded behind, unicolorous, with hairy scales, and slightly transparent ; the fore- 

 wings form a rather long triangle, and the hind-wings are nearly as broad as long. The female 

 is apterous and worm-like. The larvje are short and wood-louse shaped, with fine hairs ; they 

 live exposed, and change to pupa; in a rather long and loose cocoon. The commonest species, 

 Hetcrogynis Pcnnella (Iliibn.), has a brownish-black body and blackish wings; the pectinations 

 of the antennae grow imperceptibly shorter towards the tips. It expands nearly i inch, and 

 is common in July in Europe, south of the Alps, including their southern slopes; the larva 

 feeds on different species of broom. //. Paradoxa (Ramb.), fiom Spain, is a little larger, more 

 slender, and paler, and the pectinations of the antenna; are shorter ; it appears in August. 



FAMILY VIII.— PSYCHID/E. 



The males are small delicate moths, with hairy bodies, and generally with broad rounded 

 wings, always of a uniform dark or grey colour, and often thinly scaled, and slightly trans- 

 parent ; the discoidal cell is at least divided behind. The fore-wings have one internal nervure. 

 The antenn;e have long or .short delicately-ciliated pectinations ; the e)-es are naked, and the 



