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HOMCEOSOMA, Curtis. 

 The labial palpi are porrected horizontally considerably beyond tlie head, slender and tapering ; the spiral 

 tongue much shorter than the antennje, which are simple and setaceous ; tlie palpi minute, tlie abdomen termi- 

 nated by a pencil of scales ; the wings are convoluted in repose, the fore ones narrow, sub-lanceolate, and rather 

 obtuse ; the hind ones simple. 



Species 1. — Homceosoma gemina — (Haworth, &c. ; Wood, fig. 1475, and our Plate CXV., Fig. 32) — 

 Expands T- to 9 lines ; fore wings pale ochre, with an irregular brown bar in the middle, another forming a 

 border on the apical margin, and a third between them, with a faint crescent attached to it within. Epping 

 Forest, June. 



Species 2. — Homceosoma cinerea — (Plate CXV., Fig. 33) — Expands 11| lines ; entirely of a pale ashy- 

 buff or stone colour ; the hind wings rather lighter in colour, at a little distance before the middle of the fore 

 wings is a very slight, transverse, rather incurved streak, beyond the middle towards'the costa is a dusky dot, 

 and between this and the apex is a slender dusky line, angulated towards the costa, where it is most distinct ; near 

 the tip of the costa is a slight dusky spot. Taken by Mr. Joseph Standish near Eeading, Berks, and 

 communicated from Mr. Bentley's cabinet with the name employed above. 



NOMOPHILA, HiiBNER SCOPULA, Pars, Curtis. 

 The type of this genus has long narrow fore wings, which are more transparent than ordinary ; the palpi are 

 four in number, the labial porrected forwards and ascending, being thickly clothed with scales ; the body is long 

 and slender, with a small tuft at the apex, and the hind wings are large, with short cilia ; in repose the wings 

 are convoluted. • 



Species 1. — Nomophila htbridalis ^ — (Hiibner, &c. ; AVood, fig. 1476, and our Plate CXV., Fig. 34) — 

 Expands 10 to 14 lines i fore wings ashy, or reddish-brown, with two large dark trapeziform patches, one rather 

 before, and the other beyond the middle ; on the costa, near the tip, are several dark dots, and a row of wedge- 

 shaped spots on the apical margin. Taken in hedges and grassy places in July and August. 



*■ Synonyme. — Tinea noctuella, Wien. Verz. 



ONCOCERA, Stephens. 

 The palpi are four in number ; the labial ones long, slender, and erect ; the terminal joint long, slender, and 

 acute ; the spiral tongue is short ; the antennae in the males are furnished with a tuft of scales at the base ; 

 the wings are convoluted in repose, the anterior elongate- triangular, with the apex sub-truncate, the hind ones 

 much folded : the body is long and slender, and tufted at the tip, in the males. 



.Species 1. — Oncocera carddi <■ — (Haworth, &c. ; "Wood, fig. 1477; and our Plate CXV., Fig. 35) — 

 Expands 14 or 16 lines ; fore wings white, with numerous black dots ; hind wings brown, with the base and 

 inner margin white. Taken on thistles, in August, but rare. 



' Synonyme. — Tinea cribella, Hiibner. 



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