278 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 



THE TWENTY-PLUME MOTH. ORNEODES HEXADACTYLA. 



(Plate CLVIIL, Fig. 10.) 



Alucita hexadactyla, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. (ed. x.) i. p. 542, 

 no - 35 ( J 758); id. Faun. Suec. p. 371, no. 1458 (1761); 

 Stephens, 111. Brit Ent. Haust iv. p. 378 (1835); Curtis, 

 Brit. Ent. xv. pi. 695 (1838) ; Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and 

 Moths, p. 415 (1883). 



Alurita polydactyla, Hiibner, Eur. Schmett. ix. fig. 28 (1803 ?) ; 

 Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. iv. p. 379 (1835). 



Orneodes polydactylus, Treitschke, Schmett. Eur. ix. (2), p. 257 



(1833). 



The Twenty-Plume Moth is found in Temperate and Southern 

 Europe and Asia Minor. It expands from half an inch to two- 

 thirds of an inch across the wings. 



Each of the wings is divided into six plumes. When arranged 

 together, the fore-wings show a rusty-yellow ground, with twc 

 violet transverse bands, bordered with white. On the costal 

 area are five violet spots, two in front of the first band, one at 

 the commencement of the first band, a crescent-shaped spot 

 between the first and second bands, and lastly one which forms 

 the commencement of the second band. At the tips are small 

 dark dots on a light ground. The hind-wings are paler rusty- 

 yellow, with each of the six areas dotted with dark brown. 



TORTRICES. 



The Tortrices, or Bell Moths, are an extensive group of small 

 moths, with the fore-wings usually broad and truncated at the end, 

 and rounded hind-wings. The antennae are simple, the palpi 

 and fringes usually short, and the wings almost always entire. 

 The fore-wings are of bright or variegated colours, and the 

 hind-wings are almost always unicolorous white or brown. 



