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8 veins ; 2 and 4 equidistant from 3 ; 5 to upper half of cell and continued as 

 an internal vein to the base ; 6 and 7 from a short stalk ; 8 free. 



Abdomen somewhat stout. 



Legs : hind tibiae clothed with spine-like scales above, spurs moderate, the inner 

 longer than the outer, the first and second tarsal joints are also spined. 



This genus differs from Heydenia, Hfm., in the forking of the 

 apical vein of the fore-wings, and in the simple antennce ; moreover, 

 Heydenia has been hitherto described as having no maxillary palpi ; 

 these are present in fulviguttella, Z., and auromaculata, Fr., which 

 also possess the basal pecten to the antennsB and agree in other generic 

 characters with Gataplectica. 



Heydenia was originally described by Hofmann, Stett. Ent. Zeit., 

 XXIX, 292-3 (1868), as having in the fore-wings tw^elve separate 

 veins, but he included profugella and fulviguttella, pointing out that 

 their neuration differed from that of devotella (which he made the 

 type of the genus) in the junction of veins 7 and 8 of the fore-wings, 

 the chief point on which I now rely for the separation of this group 

 of species under the name of Gataplectica. 



The following is a list of the known European species : — 



I. — Veins 7 and 8 of fore-wings stalked. 



GATAPLECTICA, Wlsm. 

 1. Cataplectica Eaereni, Wlsm., sp. n. 



AntenncB dark leaden-grej above, paler beneath. 



Palpi loaden-grey. 



Head dark leaden-grey ; face rather shining grey. 



Thorax dark leaden-grey, slightly iridescent. 



Fore-wings blackish, mottled with whitish-ochreous, forming three ill-defined blotch- 

 like spots, followed by a subapical fascia ; of the three spots the first is costal, 

 the other two dorsal, the costal spot being at one-third from the base, diffused 

 downwards nearly to the fold, the two dorsal spots lying, the first before the 

 other beyond it ; the first at about one-fourth from the base reaching upwards 

 to the fold, the second before the commencement of the dorsal cilia reaching 

 across the outer end of the fold ; the fascia commencing at the beginning of the 

 costal cilia is more or less interrupted by dark scales, tending slightly inwards, 

 and somewhat attenuated towards the anal angle ; a few ochreous scales are 

 scattered towards the apex beyond it, and a few are also visible upon the dark 

 ground-colour in other parts of the wing, rendering the markings ill-defined 

 and variable ; cilia greyish-fuscous, paler at their tips. Exp. al., 9 — 10 mm. 



Hind-wings dark purplish-gi'ey ; cilia greyish-fuscous. 



Abdomen greyish-fuscous, anal tuft slightly ochreous. 



Legs fuscous, the spurs and tarsal joints inclining to pale ochreous. 



