HYPONOMEUTA. 299 



blackish cervical plate. The third and fourth segments are 

 jpotted with grey above. 



GENUS HYPONOMEUTA. (Hyponomeutidtz.) 

 Yponomeiita, Latreille, Hist. Nat. Crust. Ins. iii. p. 417 (1802), 



xiv. p. 417 (1805); Treitschke, Schmett. Eur. ix. (i), 



p. 208 (1832). 

 Hyponomeuta, Zeller, Isis, 1844, p. 199; Stainton, Jns. Brit. 



Tineina, p. 58 (1854); Von Heinemann, Schmett. Deutschl. 



(2) ii. (i), p. 107 (1870). 



These are rather large moths for Tinea, and are easily 

 recognisable by their long white or grey wings, with rows of 

 conspicuous black dots. The larvae spin webs over their 

 food plant, and are often very destructive, the various species 

 feeding on apple, hawthorn, sloe, box, spindle-tree, &c. 



THE SMALL ERMINE MOTH. HYPONOMEUTA PADELLA. 



(Plate CLVL, Fig. 6.) 



Tinea padella, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. (ed. x.), i. p. 535, no. 240 

 ( I 75 8 ) ; id. Faun. Suec. p. 354, no. 1364(1761); Hiibner, 

 Eur. Schmett. viii. fig. 87 (1801), figs. 393-395 (1816). 

 (?) Yponomeuta cognatella, Treitschke, Schmett. Eur. ix. (i), 



p. 220 (1832). 

 Yponomeuta padella, Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. iv. p. 243 



Hyponomeuta padella, Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and Moths, 



p. 413(1883). 



Hyponomeuta padellus, Stainton, Ins. Brit. Tineina, p. 60 (1854). 

 Hyponomeuta variabilis^ Zeller, Isis, 1844, p. 214 ; Von 



Heinemann, Schmett. Deutschl. (2), ii. (i), p. 109(1870). 



The Small Ermine Moth is found throughout the greater 

 part of Europe and Asia Minor. It expands from half to 

 three quarters of an inch. 



