222 BRITISH MOTHS 



APHELOSETIA, Stephens. 

 The palpi are drooping, of moderate length, and incurved, with the terminal joint slender and acute at the 

 tip ; the antennje are rather short, the wings slightly deflexed in repose, rather broad and very short, generally 

 plain and palely-coloured, vpithout markings, except a few clouded spots in some species ; the hind wings are 

 broadish and the body is short and slender. 



Species 1. — Aphelosetia auritella — (Hiibner, &c ; Wood, fig. 1416, and our Plate CXIV., Fig. 6) — 

 Expands 3 i lines; fore wings snow-white, with a central brown fascia dilated into a triangular patch on the 

 costa, and a smaller one on the inner margin, and with a brown irregular spot near the apex ; hind wings ashy- 

 white. Taken in Monk's Wood, Hunts, in June, but very rare. 



Species'2. — Aphelosetia Cygnipennella — (Hiibner, &c.; Wood, fig. 1417, and our Plate CXIV., Fig. 7) 

 — Expands 4s lines ; all the wings and fringe pure white, shining, and immaculate. Taken near Dover and in 

 the fens in Hunts in June. Rare. 



Species 3. — Aphelosetia semialbella — (Stephens ; Wood, fig. 1418, and our Plate CXIV., Fig. 8) — 

 Expands 4^ to 5 lines ; fore wings and fringe clear white ; hind wings brownish, with white fringe. Ripley, 

 in June. 



Species 4. — Aphelosetia triatomea — (Haworth, &c. ; Wood. fig. 1419, and our Plate CXIV., Fig. 9) — 

 Expands 3^ lines ; fore wings snow-white, with three very minute black dots in a triangle near the anal angle ; 

 hind wings brownish. Norfolk and near London, in June. 



Species 5. — Aphelosetia floslactis — (Haworth, &c.; Wood fig. 1420; and our Plate CXIV., Fig. 10) 

 — Expands 4 lines ; fore wings and fringe pale flavescent : hind wings brown. Near London, in June. 



Species 6. — Aphelosetia rufo-cinerea — (Haworth ; Wood, fig. 1421, and our Plate CXIV., Fig. 11) — 

 Expands 4i to 5 lines ; fore wings and fringe reddish-ashy, varying to whitish, with ashy fringe ; hind wings 

 brown. Taken near London, in June. 



Species 7- — Aphelosetia oleella— (Fabricius ? Haworth, &c.; Wood, fig. 1422 ; and our Plate CXIV., 

 Fig. 12) — Expands 3| to 4 lines ; all the wings brownish, shining, and immaculate. Darenth Wood, in Jnne. 



Species 8. — Aphelosetia lucidella — (Stephens ; Wood, fig. 1423 ; and our Plate CXIV., Fig. 13) — 

 Expands 31 lines; fore wings fusco-lutescent, shining, immaculate; hind wings fuscescent, with paler fringe. 

 Ripley and Hertford, in June, 



Species 9. — Aphelosetia rdfipennella — (Haworth, &c.; Wood, fig. 1424 ; and our Plate CXIV., Fig. 

 14) — Expands 4 lines ; head and fore wings red, varying to whitish, with the apical portion darker, varying to 

 reddish ; hind wings brown. Woods round London, in June. 



Species 10. — Aphelosetia fulvescens — (Haworth; Stephens; Wood, fig. 1425; and our Plate CXIV., 

 Fig. 15) — Expands 4 to 4^ lines ; fore wings tawny-red, with the costa brownish ; the fringe pale ochreous-red ; 

 hind wings ashy-brown. Near London and the New Forest, in June. 



