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Family 3. COCHLIOPODIDiE. 



AntenntB simple or slightly toothed or ridged, rather short ; 

 wings short and broad, with rather long cilia ; abdomen 

 short, blunt. 



Larv.e smooth, onisciform, without perceptible legs, or 

 without prolegs. 



This family does not seem to be in any way allied to the 

 preceding, and is one of the isolated groups already alluded 

 to, of which the connecting links are apparently wanting. 

 In some respects it leans towards the Tortricina. Its larvie 

 are especially anomalous, perhaps more resembling those of 

 the Lyccenidco than any other group, but are deprived of the 

 ordinary means of locomotion. There are many exotic species, 

 but only two European. 



Genus 1. LIMACODES. 



Fore wings broad and rather squared ; thorax and abdomen 

 moderately stout. 



1. L. testudo, Schiff.; Heterogenea limacodes, Stand. 

 Cat. — Expanse, 1 to Ig inch. Fore wings yellowish brown, 

 with two darker cross lines^ the outer curving to the hind 

 margin ; hind wings darker. 



Antennae in the male slightly annulated, with raised ridges ; 

 simple in the female ; light brown. Headochreous or brown. 

 Thorax rather robust ; abdomen short and blunt ; both ochre- 

 ous or brown. Jjegs rather short, similar in colour. Fore 

 wings broad and somewhat obtuse, with straight costa, rather 

 squared apex, and hind margin but slightly oblique ; in the 

 male ochreous brown shaded with darker brown from the 

 base, and with a dark-brown transverse line from near the 

 base of the dorsal margin to the middle of the costa ; beyond 



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