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transverse nearly central fascia of tlie same colour, behind which, as well as the spot, is a silvery streak ; hind 

 wings black. Common on palings and hedges in June and July. 



^ Synonyme. — Tinea dEmuhlla^ Hiibner, 



Species 2. — CEcophora sulphurella'— (Fabricius ; Curtis, pi. 408; "Wood, fig. 1252,* and our Plate CIX., 

 Fig. 6) — Expands 6 A to 8 lines ; Male^ fore wings brown, with golden irrorations, with a yellow stripe on the 

 costa, and sometimes an obscure one along the middle and a triangular yellow spot near the anal angle. Female, 

 fore wings bluish-black, irrorated with golden scales, with the two yellow basal streaks more conspicuous, and 

 two triangular yellow spots on the opposite margin ; hind wings in both sexes yellow, tipped with brown. I 

 have reared this insect from the caterpillar, which is a dirty, fleshy-coloured, naked grub, with a few short hairs 

 scattered about the body, and wliich has the power of walking about as quickly backwards as forwards : it forms 

 a web as a covering, which is filled with excrement and bits of gnawed wood, and feeds under the bark of decayed 

 damp stumps of trees in the winter, and the moth appears in the spring, and is common in gardens, hedges, &c. 



1 Synonymes. — Tinea orioneffa, Hiibner, (male). Alucita Jlavella, Fabricius, (female). 



Tinea eornutella, Fabricius, (female). 



ADELA, Latheille. CAPILLARIA, Hawokth. 

 The antennae are of an extraordinary length in this group, particularly in the males, which have some of the 

 joints at the base dilated and setose ; the head is small and hairy, with the eyes large in the males, and the palpi 

 slender and curved upwards, and hairy ; the fore wings metallic, and, when at rest, much deflexed at the sides 

 of the body. The species fly in swarms in the sunshine in open spaces in woods. The caterpillars reside in 

 moveable cases, and the chrysahs is inclosed in a loose elongated web, spun between the leaves. 



A. Species with metallic wings : — 

 Species 1. — Adela Latreillella — (Hubner ; "Wood, fig. 1254, and our Plate CIX., Fig. 7) — Expands 

 3i- to 4i lines ; fore wings golden-brown, with a very short indistinct whitish interrupted fascia on the inner 

 margin near the anal angle ; hind wings brassy-black. Taken in July in the north of England. 



Species 2. — Adela Sultzella"' — (Linnseus, &c. ; "Wood, fig. 1255, and our Plate CIX., Fig. 8) — Expands 

 from 5i to 7 lines ; fore wings brassy-black, obscurely streaked with yellowish radiating marks, with a nearly 

 central transverse yellow bar, edged on each side with purple copper ; hind wings brownish brass. Taken in 

 hedges and woods around London, New Forest, Devonshire, Suffolk. 



■" Synonyme — Phalana Tinea Podieella, Linnseus ; Donovan, viii., pi. 267, fig. 3. — (Female ?). 



Species 3. — Adela Degeerella" — (LinuEeus, &c. ; Donovan, viii., pi. 267, figs. 1, 2; "Westwood, Ent, 

 Text Book, pi. 5, fig. 6 ; "Wood, fig. 1256, and our Plate CIX., Fig. 9)— Expands from 7 to 8^ lines ; fore 

 wings broNvn, with longitudinal golden radiating streaks, and with a transverse yellow fascia beyond the middle, 

 bordered with black and silver ; hind wings dusky brass, with a slight purple tinge. Common in June, and 

 widely dispersed. The transformation of this species was observed by Lyonnet (Rech. Post., pi. 19). The 

 larva inhabits a flattened case formed of bits of leaves, and the chrysalis is remarkable in havincr the greatly 

 elongated antennae coiled up in a roll at the extremity of the abdomen. See my Introd. to Mod. Class, of Ins. 2 

 pi. 405, figs. 112, 10, 11, 12, 13, for copies of Lyonnet's figures. 



" Synokyme. — Alucita striatella, Fabricius. 



* Wood has unfortunately transposed the names of the two species of this genus. 



