344 LEPIDOPTERA. 



distributed and common is it abroad that it ought surely to 

 occur somewhere in this country. My only excuse for men- 

 tioning it here, however, is that I have in my own collection 

 a male example, which was given me many years ago as a 

 British specimen of F. 0])accUa. By some misfortune the 

 record of its locality is lost.) 



(P. muscella, Hilh., is a smaller species than P. opacella. 

 of very curious form, the antennas being extremely plumose, 

 from massing together of the long pectinations, and the fore 

 wings of the male being very narrow for some distance from 

 the base, then broad and much rounded so as to take the 

 shape of a battledore. Except for these peculiarities it 

 closely resembles P. opacella. From the presence of a 

 specimen in the British series of that species, in the collection 

 of Dr Mason at Burton-on-Trent, there appears a probability 

 that this obscure insect will also some day be found to 

 inhabit this country. It is not rare in France, Germany, 

 Hungary, and Switzerland.) 



Genus 2. EPICHNOPTERYX. 



Antenm\3 rather short, regularly pectinated with solid, 

 rather stiff teeth, not plumose. Thorax narrow. Abdomen 

 slender, short. Fore and hind wings broad and rounded 

 behind, covered with minute hairs rather than scales. 



Female vermiform. 



LARViE enclosed in a case of bits of dried grass or morsels 

 of leaf or bark. 



PuPiE in the larva- cases. 



1. E. calvella, Ochs.; fusca, Haw.; hirsutella, Stand. 

 Cat. — Expanse f to 1 inch. Body very slender, light brown ; 

 wings semi-transparent, broad, pale brown. 



Antennas of the male not more than one-third the length 

 of the fore wings, regularly pectinated with short, thick, 



