418 AECTIAD^. 



Genus CYBOSIA. ^ 



Type. 



Cyhosia, Hiibn. Verz. p. 167 (1827) mesomella. 



Proboscis aborted, minute ; palpi porrect, not reaching beyond the froos, which 

 is clothed with rough hair ; antennas with bristles and cilia ; tibia with the 

 spurs moderate; abdomen clothed with rough hair. Fore wing with vein 2 

 from middle of cell, curved at base ; 3 from well before angle ; 5 from above 

 angle; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10 free; 11 anastomosing with 

 I'i. Hind wing with vein 2 from beyond middle of cell; 3 from close to angle; 

 4, 5 stalked ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from before middle of cell. 



886. Cybosia mesomella. 



, Tinea mesomella, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 535 (1758) ; Clerck, leones, pi. 4. 



f. 14 ; Godt. Lep. Fr. v. p. 11, pi. 41. f. 1 ; Stand. Cat. p. 53 ; Kirby, 



Cat. Het. p. 355. 

 lioctua eborina, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 68 (1776) ; Hiibn. Eur. Schrnett. ii. 



ff. 104,266; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 100; Esp. Schmett. 



iv. p. 98, pi. 93. ff. 1-5. 

 Thcdcena quatrilis, Fourcr. Ent. Paris, ii. p. 294 (1785). 

 Lithosia Marella, Haw. Lep. Brit: p. 148 (1809). 



Head and tegulse orange-yellow; thorax and basal half of 



abdomen whitish ; ter- 

 minal half of abdomen, 

 pectus and legs orange- 

 yellow, the last streaked 

 with fuscous. Eore wing 

 yellowish white; the costa 

 orange- yellow, widening 

 towards apex ; termen and 

 Fig. 329. — Cyhosia me&omella, (^ . \. cilia orange-yellow ; black 



points just beyond middle, 

 below costa, and on vein 1. Hind wing suffused with fuscous, the 

 termen and cilia orange-yellow. 



Ab. 1. Thorax, basal half of abdomen, and fore wing orange- 

 yellow. 



Hah. Europe, Central, JSTorth Central, and Eastern ; Asia, 

 Western and JSTorthern, Zell. & Frey Colls. Ex]). 30-34 millim. 

 Larva. Meyrick, Brit. Lep. p. 29; Barrett, Lep. Brit. ii. p. 207, pi. 66. f. 6. 

 Blackish ; hairs black ; head and a patch on 1st somite deep 

 black. Food-plant, lichens ; 8-5. 



Genus PHILEA. 



Type. 

 Philea, Zett. Ins. Lapp. p. 931 (1840) irrorella. 



Proboscis aborted, minute ; palpi porrect, not extending beyond frons, which 

 is slightly hairy ; antennas of male minutely serrate, with bristles and cilia ; 

 tibia with the spurs moderate ; abdomen somewhat roughly scaled ; wings' 

 thinly scaled. Fore wing rather narrow ; vein 2 from middle of cell ; 3 from 

 before angle ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10 free ; 

 11 anastomosing with 12. Hind wing with vein 2 from middle of cell; 3 from 

 angle; 4, 5 stalked, sometimes nearly to termen or rarely coincident; 6, 7 

 stalked ; 8 from middle of cell. 



887. PMlea irrorella. 



Tivea irrorella, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 353 (1758); Clerck, Icones, pi. 4. 

 f.5; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. ^. 99, pi. 17. f. 1 ; Esp. Schm'ett.'iv! 



