194 BRITISH MOTHS 



Species 2. — Cleodora rtjfescens — (Haworth ; Wood, fig. 1237, and our Plate CVIII., Fig. 5) — Measures 

 7i lines in expanse ; fore wings shorter than in C. silacea, and more obtuse, or rather subtruncate, rufescent, and 

 immaculate ; hind wings obtuse, brownish-buif, with yellowish fringe. Near London and in the New Forest, in 

 August. 



Species 3. — Cleodora nebulella — (Stephens ; Wood, fig. 1238, and our Plate CVIII., Fig. 6) — 

 Expands about ^ an inch ; fore wings " pale grayish-brown, glossy, with darker or brownish clouds, and a some- 

 what triangular whitish spot on the costa towards the apex ; hind wings very slender, ashy-brown, shining, with 

 darker cilia." July, near Ripley, and in the New Forest. 



Species 4. — Cleodora ochroleucella — (Stephens ; Wood, fig. 1239, and our Plate CVIII., Fig. 6) — 

 Expands ^ an inch ; fore wings glossy whitish ochre, obscurely clouded ; hind wings brownish. End of July, 

 near Ripley. Mr. Stephens. 



Species 5. — Cleodora lucidella — (Stephens ; Wood, fig. 1240, and our Plate CVIII., Fig. 7) — 

 Expands 7 lines ; fore wings with the tip sub-acute, shining gray-brown, immaculate ; hind wings shining black ; 

 fringe brown. July, New Forest. 



Species 6. — Cleodora falcifoemis — (Haworth ; Wood, fig. 1241, and our Plate CVIII., Fig. 9) 

 — Expands ^ an inch ; fore wings subfalcate, ashy, or grajdsh, with brownish lineolae, or striote somewhat 

 confluent on the disc ; fringe umber ; hind wings brown-leaden coloured, and glossy. July and August, in 

 Norfolk, and near London. 



ACOMPSIA, Hubner, Stephens. 

 The palpi are long, slender, and recurved, with the terminal joint very long and acute, the head small and 

 glossy, the fore wings acutely truncate along the apical margin ; the disc destitute of markings, and of an 

 uniform colour, and the hind wings broad, and not attenuated at the outer angle, as in the last group. 



Species 1. — Acompsia unitellaS — (Hiibner, &c. ; Wood, fig. 1243, and our Plate CVIII., Fig. 10) — 

 Expands from 4 to 7 lines ; fore wings clear fulvous brown, or snuff-coloured, immaculate, with fringe of the same 

 colour ; hind wings blackish ; head ochre-yellow. The caterpillar feeds on the apple and pear. Near London, 

 from June to August. 



s SvNONYME. — Tinea fusco-aurella, Haworth? 



Species 2. — Acosipsia cinerella — (Hiibner, &c. ; Wood, fig. 1242, and our Plate CVIII., Fig. II) — 

 Expands 8 to 9h lines ; fore wings pale ashy-brown and immaculate, with rather paler fringe ; hind wings rather 

 darker, with yellowish fringe ; head glossy ash-brown. Darenth Wood, Kent, beginning of July. 



Species 3. — Acompsia tinctella — (Hiibner, &c. ; Wood, fig. 1244, and our Plate CVIII., Fig. 12) — 

 Expands 6 or 7 lines ; fore wings ochre-yellow, shining, almost immaculate ; hind wings yellowish-white, with 

 paler fringe ; head pale ochre. Darenth Wood, end of June. Mr. Stephens. 



MACROCHILA, Stephens. APLOTA, pars Curtis. 

 The palpi are very long, porrected, and densely squamosa, with the second joint very long, the scales 

 forming a brush at the apex, and the third joint very slender and acute, appearing beyond the brush like a 



