ERYCINID.E. lol 



was quite abundant ; but that at Glogau, Frankfort, and 

 Meseritz, he found it frequenting dry fir forests, on the most 

 barren and sandy ground, among Vaccinum, mosses, and 

 straggling plants of wild thyme ; the latter displaying plenty 

 of blossoms, upon which nrion could be found, in company 

 with other species, in multitudes, feeding upon the nectar. 

 At night it would repose between the needle-leaves of some 

 fir-bush, when it might rather easily be seen. He also 

 lamented that, relying upon the certainty of being able to 

 find it, he had deferred from year to year to look for the 

 larva, until his own removal to Stettin deprived him of the 

 opportunity, and thus the larva remained undescribed. 



The species which I have retained in the well-known 

 genus Pobjommatus have been subdivided into new genera 

 for convenience in the classification of the multitude of species 

 found throughout the world, but the generic distinctions are 

 slight, and it has seemed unnecessary to adopt them for our 

 very few species. 



Family 4. ERYCINID^. 



Antennfe shorti and slender, with a rather broad, distinct 

 club. Fii'stpair of legs imperfect in the male, fully developed 

 in the female. Fore wings with tolerably straight costal and 

 hinder margins, and blunt apex. 



Lakva short, somewhat onisciform. 



Pupa short and blunt, attached by the tail and a central 

 girth. 



A family of extremely wide distribution, especially in 

 tropical regions of both the old and new worlds, but of which 

 a single species only is found in Europe. 



