^13 ARCTIADJE. 



Geiuis CYBOSIA. rp^p^ 



,/.- /io.i-\ mesomella. 



tV^om, Iliibn. Vei-z. p. 16/ (18J0 



fro,., n.iddloofcrU.curveaai^Da=c u .... ^^ ^^^ H anastomosing with 

 ;"«^H:,i^:':ng'Sh^:i^2 f^;:;; i "^^d nndd,e of cell; 3 tVuna close toangle; 

 4:5 stalked ; h stalked ; 8 fron. before uuddle of ceU. 



8SG. Cybosia mesomella. 



„ T- o =f x-it i V, 535(1758'); Clerck, Icones, pi. 4. 

 ^rH;^^S:f -liiTr^^'l^lUl^l fA; Stiud.Cat.p.53; Klrb,. 



ff. 104, :iC.G; Sleph. III. Brit. Ent., Haust. n. p. lUU, i..p. teUnuett. 

 iv. p. 08, pi. Vl3. if. 1-5. . ,._„.. 



Vhala-naqiuifnlh, Fonrcr. ImU. Tan-S ir P- 294 (1-8o). 

 Z-//Ao*(a /«Mre//a, Ilaw. Lep. liril. p. H» (l^^^V- 

 Head and tegula. orange-yellow; thorax and basal half of 

 ° abdomen whitish ; ter- 



minal half of abdomen, 

 ])ectus and legs orange- 

 yellow, the last streaked 

 ^vith fuscous. Fore wing 

 yellowish white; the costa 

 orange-yellow, widening 

 towards apex; termen and 



Y\g.2fiSs.—Cyho&ia mesomella, S ■ \. cilia orange-yellow ; black 



points just beyond middle, 

 below costa, and on vein 1. Hind wing suffused with fuscous, the 

 termen and cilia orange-yellow. 



Ab. 1. Thorax, basal half of abdomen, and fore wing orange- 



vcllow. 



Hah. Europe, Central, North Central, and Eastern ; Asia, 

 "Western and Northern, Zell. & Frey Colls. Exp. 30-34 millim. 



Unva. Mcyrick, Bi-it. Lep. p. 29; Barrett, Lep. Brit. ii. p. 207, pi. 66. f. 5. 



Blackish ; hairs black ; head and a patch on 1st somite deep 

 "black. Foud-2)li(nt, lichens ; 8-5. 



Genus PHILEA. t, „ 



Type. 



Philea, Zett. Ins. Lapp. p. 031 (1840) irrorella. 



Proboscis aborted, minute ; palpi porrect, not extending beyond frons, which 

 is sliglillv liairy; antenna^ of male minutely serrate, with bristles and cilia; 

 tibia- with the "spurs moderate; abdomen somewhat roughly scaled; wings 

 thinly scaled. Fore wing rather narrow ; vein 'I from middle of cell ; 3 from 

 before angle ; 4, 5 from angle ; (l from upper angle : 7, 8, 9 stalked ; U» free ; 

 11 anastomosing with 12. Hind wing with vein 2 from middle of cell; 3 from 

 angle; 4, 5 stalked, sometimes nearly to termen or rarely coincident; 6, 7 

 stalked ; 8 from middle of cell. 



8b7. Philea irrorella. 



T^inca irrorella, Linn. Syst. IS'at. i.p. 353 (1758); Clerck, Icones, pi. 4. 

 f. 5 ; Slcph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 90, pi. 17. f. 1 ; Esp. Schmett. iv. 



