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also stalked; M 3 and Cu x completely united, sometimes lost (A. prae- 

 maturella). Hind -wing* narrower, lanceolate, with R x strong, but 



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Figs. 128-135. cycxodiid^:, douglasiid^, and heliozeltjxe 

 128, Cyenodia cy gnip>ennella- (Xorth Africa), venation; 129, Aphelosetia argen- 

 tella (Europe), venation; 130, Douglasia ocnerostomella (Europe), venation; 131, 

 Tiiiagma dryadis (Europe), venation; 132, Do-uglas-ia balteolellu (Europe), seta 

 map of larva; 133, Coptodisca species (on grape), venation; 134, Antispila treit- 

 schkiella (Europe), venation; 135, Heliozela stannella (Europe), venation (after 

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crowded to extreme base of wing ; Sc and R s widely separated, Sc in 

 Aphelosetia ending at middle of costa ; R 2+3 lost in Aphelosetia, present 

 as a short spur in Cyenodia; R 4+5 running to costa near apex, M x (in 

 our species) stalked with it; M 2 lost in Aphelosetia; M 3 associated 

 with Cu-stem, the cell usually weakly closed. Anal region reduced. 



This description is based on Aphelosetia, the only genus in eastern 

 North America; in Cyenodia all the veins are present, and R s of the 

 hind wing is less widely separated from Sc. Superficially the moths 

 are like Cosmopterygidaa ; but can be distinguished by the radically dif- 

 ferent hind wing; the moderately long, divergent palpi are also rare 

 in the Cosmopterygidas. ' 



The larvae of Aphelosetia are leaf-miners on various grasses and 

 sedges; they are flattened, with normal mouth-parts and sixteen legs. 

 The mines vary in character, and the frass, unlike that of Cosmopteryx, 

 is left in the mine. The pupa is formed exposed or in a mesh-work 

 cocoon, and is attached by a band around the middle. In several species 

 there are three longitudinal raised dark stripes. All its parts are fused. 



