24 Lord Walsingham's monograph of the f/enera 



purplish, and also in the brighter red of the anterior 

 wings. 



Eretmocera, Z. = Staintonia, Sifjr. = Exodomorpha, 

 Wlk. = Castorura, Meyr. 



Eretmocera (B) Eretmocera, Z., Handl. Kong. Svensk. 



Ak., 1852, 96. 



{epsTf/.6i, remus ; xspaj, antenna). 



Type, <y ? . Eretmocera fuscipennis, Z. 



" Eretmocera. 



" Char, essent. — Caput Iseve. Antennae uno latere squamis pili- 

 formibus alatae, apice nudo. Alae elongatse. 



" Char, nat. — Antennae uno latere dense sqnamato-pilosae, pilis 

 sensim longitudine acutis, apice nudo. Capilli appressi, fronte 

 rotundata. Palpi labiales raediocres, recurvi, articixlo terminali 

 longiore, tenui, acuto. Haustellum mediocre spirale. Alse elon- 

 gatae ciliis longis, posteriorum angulo anali subnullo. Abdomen 

 breviusculum, crassum, planiusculum. Pedes robusti, tibiarum 

 spinae longiusculae. 



" (B) Eretmocera. — Antennae paulo ultra medium usque pilosae, 

 pilis brevioribus. Pedes squamis non nodosi. Abdomen utrinque 

 squamis marginatum. 



" Genus hoc Oecophorce eam partem, quae esperellam, seleniellam, 

 chenopodiellaon, etc. continet, cum Elachistis aratella, modes- 

 tella, etc. conjungere videtur. Distinguitur ab utrisque antennis 

 non simplicibus, sed a basi ultra medium in latere exteriore pilosis, 

 palpis longioribus, abdomine latiore." 



= Staintonia, Stgr., Stett. Ent. Zeit., XX., 250 (1859). 

 Type, (? ? . Staintonia medinella, Stgr. 



" Caput obtusum, squamis appressis. Ocelli nulli.='' Antennae 

 crassae, in ^ pubescenti-ciliatae. Palpi labiales adscendentes, re- 

 curvi, acuminati. Haustellum longum, basi squamatum. Alae 

 anteriores elongatae ; posteriores angustissime lanceolatae, cellula 

 media aperta, costa media interiore tripartita, costa media exteriore 

 tripartita. Abdomen depressum, squamis lateralibus erectis. 



"Dem genus Butalis am niiclisten ; besonders durch den von 

 oben nach unten sehr stark zusammengedriickten Leib, dessen 

 Eander durch grosse seitlich abstehende Schuppen geziihnt 

 erscheinen, verschieden. Die Fiihler sind bedeutend dicker als 



* This is an error. I find ocelli present in my specimens 

 received from Dr. Staudinger. 



