CiLIX. 12.^ 



3. F. Affi?i!s (Reutti). — Wings shaped as in Bctiilina, fore-wings shining yellowish-brown ; 

 hind-wings distinctly paler ; grey, with hair-like scales ; the antennae with twenty-one pectina- 

 tions. Size of Bctnlina. Female yellowish-brown ; the first thoracic plate yellow, the two others 

 spotted with dusky, and the abdomen clothed with yellowish wool. The case is covered with 

 long coarse stalks of grass, projecting a little behind. The larva feeds on grass. This species 

 is found in South Germany. {F. Crassiordla, Bruand, from South Europe, is probably the same 

 as this. F. Coinitdla, Bruand, is described as smaller, with the wings a little shorter, and 

 reticulated with darker towards the margin. The, larva lives on lichens on old willows, along 

 with that of Salicicolella) 



* 4. F. Scspiiim (Spey.). — Allied to Affinis, but the fore-wings are narrower and more pointed, 

 and less widened behind. They are of a shining yellowish -grey or brownish-grey, with an indistinct 

 dark spot beyond the middle ; hind-wings paler yellowish-grey, with hair-like scales ; antennae with 

 finer and shorter pectinations. Size of Nitidclla. Female pale yellow, with grey wool on the 

 abdomen. The case is thick and covered with fragments of lichens, and the larva feeds on 

 lichens growing on trees and walls. This species is widely distributed in Central Europe, and has 

 been found in England. 



* 5, F. Roboricoklla (Bruand). — Shining brownish-black ; wings rounded ; expands half an 

 inch ; female with white wool on the abdomen. The larva feeds on lichens growing on rocks 

 and trees ; and the species inhabits France, England, and Ireland. (*/^ Salicicolella, Bruand, which 

 occurs in France and England, has narrower and longer wings, and the larva lives on lichens 

 growing on willows. The antennae are very slightly pectinated.) 



6. F. Subflavclla (Alill.). — Size of Roboricoklla, and colour of Coinitella, but paler. Wings 



rather long, with the hind margin rounded ; sooty-black, or slightly reddish. The larva is bright 



yellow in front, and reddish behind. It inhabits South France in June, and the cases of the 

 hybernated larvje are found on walls in April. 



FAMILY IX.— DREPANULID.^. 



Rather small moths, somewhat resembling GeomctrcB, with which they were formerly 

 classed. Their wings are broad and delicate, and their bodies are rather slender, clothed with 

 flattened hair, and the abdomen does not extend to the anal angle of the hind-wings. The 

 antennae of the male are bipectinated ; the eyes naked, the palpi small, the tongue horny, and 

 the legs slender. The wings are yellow or brown, and occasionally white; and are generally marked 

 with dark transverse lines. The fore-wings have twelve nervures, and the hind-wings eight ; nervule 

 5 is nearer to nervule 4 than to 6. The larvoe have only fourteen legs, the claspers being 

 absent. They have scattered hairs and a hump on the 2nd segment ; the head is heart-shaped, 

 and the tail terminates in a point. They are double-brooded, and feed on deciduous trees in 

 June and autumn, and change to pups in a loose cocoon. The moths appear in May and 

 August, and rest with their wings sloping. They fly in the evening, but, like other slender- 

 bodied moths, may also be obtained by beating hedges and bushes in the day-time. 



GENUS I. — CILIX (LE.\CIl). 



The antennae of the male have short knobbed teeth to the extremity, and those of the female 

 are simple ; the frenulum is absent in both sexes, and the wings are rounded. The only species, 



