AND THEIR TRANSFORMATIONS. g^j 



Species 1. — Chilo forpicellus— "i (Timnberg, &c. ; AVood, fig. 1523; and our Plate CXVII., Fitr. 1) 



Expands 10 tb 14 lines ; fore wings of the male pale ocliraceoiis, with an ill-defined brown streak from the base 

 nearly to the tip, a discoidal brown dot, an obliq\ie brown streak extending from the apical ano-le, and an apical 

 row of small brown dots ; those of the female narrower, more acute, and paler, with a more distinct, longitudinal 

 dark streak ; hind wings pale or white ; the markings vary in intensity. Taken in marshy places round London 



and elsewhere, in June. 



1 Synonymes. — Tinea consortella, Hiibner ; Haworth (male). 

 Tinea lanceolella, Hilbncr ; Curtis, Brit. Ent. pi. 727, (female). Palparia hirta, Haworth, (v.arietv). 



Species 2. — Chilo pumeds — (Haworth, &c. ; Wood, fig. 1524; and our Plate CXVII., Fiw. 2) 



Expands 12 to 13i lines ; fore wings obtuse, dusky-straw coloured, with a darker broad costal margin, a discoidal 

 brown dot, and all the wings witii an oblique, subapical, dusky, abbreviated fa.scia ; the markings are 

 occasionally much less distinct. Very rare ; in marshy places ; and supposed by Stepliens to be a variety of 

 the preceding. 



SpeciesI 3.- — Child punctigerellus — (Stephens ; "Wood, fig. 1525 ; and our Plate CXVII., Fig. 3) — 

 Expands 13 lines ; fore wings obtuse, pale brownish, with more dusky cloudings ; the apical margin with a row 

 of brown dots; hind wings whitish, with a slight interrupted submarginal streak, and a few minute, blackish 

 apical dots. Very rare. Whittleseamere, in July. 



Species 4. — Chilo phragmitelltjs ' — (Hiibner, Sec; Wood, fig. 1526; and our Plate CXVII., Fig. 4) — 

 Expands 10 to 16 lines ; fore wings of the male retuse, acuminated, sublanceolate in the female, straw or clay- 

 coloured, more or less distinctly streaked with dusky, tlie middle witli a black dot, and a row of minute 

 apical dots ; hind wings whitish, with a faint row of apical dusky dots. Whittleseamere, &e., in June. 



' Synonyme. — Palparia rhombea, Hawortli. 



Species 5. — Child gigantellus ' — (Wien. Verz., &c. ; Wood, fig. 1527 ? and our Plate CXVII., Fig. 5) 

 — Expands 18 to 20 lines ; fore wings acuminate at the tip, ashy-yellowish, immaculate, the apex obscurely 

 streaked, and the inner margin .slightly dusky-atomose ; hind wings glossy white. Tlie caterpillar feeds during 

 the summer on the stems of Arundo Phragmites. Very rare ; in marshes. 



' Synonvme. — Lithosia convoluta, Fabricius. 



Species 6. — CniLo cacdellus' — (Linnaeus, &c. ; Wood, fig. 1528?) — Expands 15 lines; fore wings sub- 

 caudate, those of the male grayish-testaceous, with a longitudinal brownish streak,- and a pale costa, those of the 

 female narrower and paler, without the brown streak. Taken in marshes and woods in Kent, wiiere Iris 

 pseudacorus abounds. 



' Synokymes. — Tinea mucronella^ Wien. Verz., &c. 

 Tinea acuminella, Hiibner. 



THERISTIS, HiJBNEB, Stephens. PLUTELLA, pars. Schrank, Steph. Cat. 

 These insects approach those of the preceding genus in the long porrected labial palpi ; but in this group this 

 appearance is produced by the greatly elongated scales with which they are clothed, the third slender joint 

 being visible on their upper margin, near the middle, like a spur ; the fore wings are very long and narrow, with 

 their tips acutely falcate ; they are slightly convoluted in repose : the body and legs are long and slender 



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