284 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 



Cheimatophila gelatella, Curtis, Ent. Mag. i. p. 191 (1833). 

 Oxypate gelatella^ Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. iv. p. 235 



(1834). 



Exapate gelatella, Stainton, Ins. Brit. Tineina, p. 12 (1852). 

 Exapate congelatella. Von Heinemann, Schmett. Deutschl. 

 (2) i. (i), p. 66 (1863). 



This Moth is widely distributed in Europe. The male 

 expands nine lines and a half, but the female only expands 

 four lines. 



The fore-wings are reddish ashy-grey, with a broad whitish 

 streak on the disc, in which are two dark brown spots, one 

 before, and the other beyond the middle. The apex is whitish, 

 and on the costa, near the apex,' is a dark brown spot. The 

 hind-wings are greyish-brown. 



The fore-wings of the female are very short and narrow, ol 

 a whitish-grey, with brownish margins. 



The larva feeds on privet, whitethorn, &c. 



FAMILY 



Antennae often pectinated, more or less thickened before 

 the tip, which tapers to a point ; proboscis generally long ; 

 palpi long, pointed, ascending ; abdomen long, and most fre- 

 quently slender, often with coloured belts, and tufted at the 

 tip. Legs slender, often thickly tufted, with long spurs on the 

 tibiae, one pair on the middle, and two pairs on the hind tibiae. 

 Frenulum present. Wings long and narrow, the hind-wings 

 nearly always, and the fore-wings often, transparent, except at 

 the edges. Hind-wings with two or three sub-median nervures. 

 Flight diurnal (rarely nocturnal). The smaller species fly very 

 rapidly, and settle on leaves; the stout-bodied species are 

 sluggish, and rest on the trunks of the trees on which the larvse 

 have fed. 



