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the last joint of the inferior palpi is manifestly shorter than the pre- 
ceding one(1). 
YpronoMEUTA, Lat. 
Where the proboscists also very distinct and of an ordinary size; 
but the last joint of the inferior palpi is at least almost as long as 
the preceding. 
These Insects seem to be connected with the Lithosiz. 
¥. evonymellas Tinea evonymella, Fab.; Res., Ins., I, Class. 
IV, Pap. Noct., viii. Superior wings glossy-white, with nu- 
merous black points; inferior ones blackish. 
Y. padella; Tinea padelia, Fab.; Rees., Ibid., viii. Superior 
wings lead-grey, with about twenty black dots. 
The caterpillar, like that of-the evonymella, lives in society 
forming a numerous community under a web. It is sometimes 
so abundant on the fruit trees in Europe, the leaves of which it 
devours, that the branches seem to be covered with crape(2). 
In the following subgenus, or the 
CE copnora, Lat. 
The inferior palpi are covered over the head like horns, taper toa 
point, and even extend to the back of the thorax. 
The Teigne des blés, which is so destructive in the southern 
departments of France, and of a uniform brownish cream- 
colour, belongs to this subgenus. 
I also refer to it the 7. harisella, whose caterpillar, accord- 
ing to the observations of Hubert, Jun., forms a sort of ham- 
mock(3). 
Sometimes the inferior palpi are very small and hairy. The 
antenne are almost always very long, and the eyes are closely ap- 
proximated. 
AvE.LA, Lat.—/lucita, Fab. 
These Insects are found in the woods, and several species appear 
(1) Crambus carneus, Fab., and some other species. 
are marked inferiorly by a knot-like inflation. 
(2) See Lat., Gen. Crust. et Insect., IV, 222; and the Hist. Nat. des Lépid. de 
Fr., of Godart. 
(3) The Tinea majorella, Geoffroyella, rufimitrella, &c. of Hiibner. For this and 
Vout. 1V.—2 C 
The antennz of the males 
