LEPIDOPTERA. 307 



The others, in which the superior palpi are not alwa^^s ver}' dis- 

 tinct, have the upper Avings long, narnnv, sometimes moulded on 

 the body, and sometimes laid perpendicularly against its sides. In 

 this state the form of the insect is always narrow and elongated, 

 approaching that of a cylinder or cone. 



Here the inferior palpi, always large, are directed forwards ; the 

 last joint at most is turned up. The superior palpi are apparent, 



Crambus, Fa6., 

 Where there is a distinct proboscis, the inferior palpi advance to 

 the end in the manner of a straight rostrum. Found in dry pastures 

 on various plants *. 



Alucita, Lat. — Ypsolaphus, Fab., 

 Where there is also a distinct proboscis; but the last joint of the 

 inferior palpi is turned up. The antennas are simple f. 



Euplocamus, Lat. — Phycis, Fab., 

 Where the proboscis is very short, and but slightly apparent; the 

 last joint of the inferior palpi is turned up, and the scales of the 

 preceding one form a fascis. The antennae of the males have a 

 dovible range of barbulse %. 



Phycis, Fab., 

 Entirely similar to Euplocamus, except in the antennae, which at 

 most are ciliated §. 



There the inferior palpi are entirely raised, and in several, even 

 curved over the head. 



Sometimes the inferior palpi are very apparent, and of a moderate 

 size. The antennae and the eyes are distant. 



In the two following subgenera, the inferior palpi scarcely extend 

 beyond the front. 



Tinea., 

 Where the proboscis is very short, and formed of two little mem- 

 branous and separated threads. The head is crested. 



P. tapezana, Fab,;Reaum., Insect. Ill, xx, 2 — 4. Upper 

 wings black ; their posterior extremity as well as the head, white. 

 The caterpillar attacks cloth, and other woollen stuffs, on 

 which it lies concealed in a semi-tubular sheath, formed of their 

 particles, which it lengthens as it advances. It is one of the 

 Pseudo- Tinece of Reaumur ||. 



T. sarcitcUce, Fab.; Reauin., Ins., Ill, vi, 9, 10. Silver- 

 grey ; a white dot on each side of the thorax. 



* Fab., Entom. Sj'st, .Supp. ; and Lat., Gener. Crust, et Insect. IV, 232. See 

 Hiibner, Tin., V — VIII. The Crambus carndlus belongs to another subgenus, 

 Ilithyia. 



f Lat., Ibiil., 233, refer to the same subgenus, the Cranibi of divis., II, 2, p. 

 232. 



X Lat., Gen. Crust, et Insect., IV, 233. 



§ Phycis botefi, Fab. 



II It approaches the Volucrae (p. 208) in its palpi and appearance, and perhaps 

 forms a new subgenus. 



