THE GENERA OF BRITISH MOTHS. 165 
PLATE LVI, 
No. 10.—The Oehlmann’s (Incurvaria Ochlinanniella), 
No. 1.—The Pale Downy-horned (Zaleporia pubicornis). 
No, 2.—The Inconspicuous Solenebia (Solenebia inconspi- No. 11.—The Purple Upper-wing (Micropteryx purpurella). 
lla). . "7 R 
GHD) No. 12.—The Swammerdamian (Nemophera Swammerdain- 
No. 3.—The Dotted Border (Diplodoma marginepunctella). mella). 
No, 4.—The White-spotted Black (Xysmatodoma melanella). No. 13.—The De Geerian (Adela Degeerella). 
No. 15,—The Cocoon of the De Geerian, 
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No. 5.—The Spotted Bull (Ochsenkeimeria Vacculella). No. 14.—The Caterpillar of the De Geerian. 
No, 6.—The Agaric Bull (Euplocamus Boleti). 
No. 7.—The Black-cloaked Woollen (Tinea tapetzella). No. 16.—The Chrysalis of the De Geerian. 
No. §.—The Four-dotted Brown (Lampronia Luzella). | No. 17.—The Copper Japan (Nemotois fusciellus). 
No. 9.—The Verhuellian (Lamprosetia Verhuellella). 
Tue second family of the sub-division 7%ineine is that of the Zineide. For the arrangement and reclassifi- 
cation of this, and the whole of the groups comprised in the sub-division 7ineina, entomological science is deeply 
indebted to Mr. Stainton, whose system is followed in the arrangement of the collection in the British Museum, 
and which will therefore necessarily be followed in the present work. This family, though comprising within its 
limits the most minute of our British lepidoptera, may be said at the same time to contain some of the most 
splendid, especially those conspicuous insects belonging to the genera Adela and Nemotis, the long antenn of 
which, six times longer in proportion to the size of the insect than those of any of the larger Moths or Butterflies, 
would render them very remarkable independently of the fine metallic colouring of their wings. Some of the 
microscopic species are even more beautiful than these, the front-wings being, in some instances, of the richest 
tones, approaching to scarlet, which are rendered still more beautiful by embossed dots of metallic brillianey, 
and yarying in tone from silvery-white to the richest gold. The hind-wings have deep silky fringes of unusual 
length, and, when magnified, some of the smallest species make a very magnificent appearance. Several of these 
resplendent but minute species are extremely rare, others very abundant. -It is not, however, the whole family 
that can be spoken of as remarkable for beauty, the common House Moth being among the number. 
The genus Zaleporia. The antenne of the males are ciliated, there are no maxillary palpi, and the 
tongue is wanting. The larvae are case-bearing, and the case of this species is long and slender. The female is 
wingless. There are two British species. 
Taleporia pubicornis (the Pale Downy-horned, No. 1). This species appearsin June. The Caterpillar 
is unknown, It was formerly taken in woods near London, and in the New Forest. Mr. Stainton cites 
Grassington, Yorkshire, as a locality in which it has been recently taken, but it is very scarce. 
The other species, 7. Psewdo-Bombycella, is much smaller and much less rare, haying been taken 
recently at Manchester and other places in abundance. 
The genus Solenobia. The insects comprised in this genus closely resemble those assigned to the pre- 
ceding; but they have the labial palpi much shorter, and the cases of the Caterpillars are also shorter. The 
wingless females of this class of minute Moths, when kept solitary, lay fertile eges, but such eggs produce only 
females. There are two British species, 8. inconspicuella, and 8. Douglasit. 
Solenobia inconspicuella (the Tnconspicuous Solenobia, No. 2). This species appears in April. The 
