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DEPRESSARIA, Haworth. 

 These insects are well distinguished by their very flat bodies in both sexes ; their long, obtusely lanceolate 

 fore wings, horizontally incumbent when at rest ; their long palpi curved upwards, with the terminal joint very 

 slender, the spiral tongue not being longer than the palpi ; the maxillary pair of palpi not developed, and the 

 abdomen broad, depressed, and elongated beyond the hind wings. 



Species 1. — Depressaria Heracleana' — (Plate CII., Fig. 2) — Measures from 11 to 14 lines in expanse ; 

 fore wincrs pale gray, with numerous short, interrupted black streaks on the disc, those towards the base most 

 distinct, with a pale, nearly central spot, and a pale, angulated streak beyond the middle, the intervening and 

 following space dotted with black ; the apical margin also pale, with a row of dark dots : hind wings brownisli. 

 The caterpillar is pale, with black dots and a yellowish head : it feeds on umbelliferous plants in June, and the 

 moth appears in woods in July, and is far from uncommon. 



j Synonyme. — PhaliEna Tortrix Heracleana^\Aun-s^u^\ Haworth; Albin, pi. 38, fig. 61, a — d; Reaumur; Mem. ii., tab. 6, fig. 1 ; 



Stephens; Wood, fig. 1163. 



Species 2. — Depressaria umbellana '^ — (Plate CII., Fig. 3) — Measures 10 or 11 lines in expanse; fore 

 wings orray, striped with dark radiating lines, with two approximating {emarginate Fabr.) black dots on tlie 

 disc, and a row of minute ones along the apical margin : hind wings pale. The caterpillar is green, with the 

 head, neck, and two dotted streaks on the segments black : it feeds on the heads of umbelliferous flowers. 

 Found in July and August. 



■' Sywonymes. — Pyralis umbellana, Fabricius ; Stephens; Wood, fig. 1164. 

 Depressaria umbellarum, Haworth. 



Species 3. — Depressaria venosa ' — (Plate CII., Fig. 4) — Measures 9 or 10 lines in expanse ; fore wings 

 red-brown or reddish, with all the veins streaked with white, and generally with a brownish subapical patch : 

 the apical margin obtusely sub-truncate : hind wings whitish or pale-brownish. Taken in July and August in 

 various parts of the south of England. 



* Synonyme. — Depressaria venosa, Haworth ; Stephens ; Wood, fig. 1 1 65. 



Species 4. — Depressaria nervosa '" — (Plate CII., Fig. 5) — Measures about | of an inch in expanse ; 



fore wings dull red, with the veins at the tips, as well as the apical margin, dusky ; on the disc, near the 



middle of the wing, are two minute white dots placed longitudinally, and edged with red ; hind wings very 



pale reddish brown. Taken near London, in July and August. I have also taken it at Enshani, in Oxfordshire. 



•" Synonyme, — Depressaria nervosa, Haworth ; Stephens ; Wood, fig. 1166. 



Species 5. — Depressaria apicella ° — (Plate CII., Fig. 6) — Measures 10 lines in expanse; fore wings 



grayish-brown with a red tinge, with numerous obscure dusky streaks and whitish ashy scales, and with a 



dusky cloud at the base of the costa and inner margin : hind wings ashy-gray, with a reddish-brown border. 



The caterpillar feeds on the carrot, and the moth appears in August, but is rare. 



" Synonymes. — Tinea apicella, Hiibner; Stephens ; Wood, fig. 1167. 

 Depressaria apiosa, Haworth. 



Species 6. — Depressaria badiella° — (Plate CII., Fig. 7)— Measures 8 to 10 lines in expanse; fore 

 wings bay-coloured, with very indistinct, darker interrupted lines, the base being clouded with dusky, and the 

 apical margin, especially towards the apex, dotted with blackish ; hind wings pale-brownish. Taken in July 

 and August, in Norfolk, Kent, Hertfordshire, &c. 



"Synonyme. — Tinea badiella, Hiibnei ; Haworth; Stephens; Wood, fig. 1168. 



