242 BRITISH MOTHS 



Species 1. — Theristis aclnacidella " — (Hiibner, &c. ; Steph. IlL, pi. 40, fig. 1 ; "Wood, fig. 1529 ; and 

 our Plate CXVII., Fig. 6) — Expands 14 to 16 lines; fore wings very narrow, ochreous straw-coloured, with 

 numerous black atoms, sometimes forming streaks, one towards the base of the wings, being rather large ; hind 

 wings whitish, shining, with very long straw-coloured fringe. The caterpillar feeds on Euonymus Europaeus. 

 Taken, in the autumn, in marshes and woods ; Kent, Dorsetshire, &c., but very rare. 



" Synonyme. — Tinea cultrella, Hiibner ; Curtis. 



Species 2. — Theristis nemorella ^ — (LinnsBus, &c. ; Wood, fig. 1530 ; and our Plate CXVII., Fig. 

 7) — Expands 10 to II lines; fore wings not so narrow as in the preceding, falcate at the tip, straw-coloured, 

 streaked with brown, and with a central black spot ; hind wings whitish, with the tips darker. Taken in woods 

 and marshes through the summer. The caterpillar feeds on Lonicera Caprifolium. 



y Synonvme. — Tinea hameila, Hiibner. 



HARPIPTERYX, HiiiBNER. 

 These insects are closely allied to the preceding, but have the wings broader, with the tips strongly falcate, 

 with dark streaks, and the inner margin pale ; the labial palpi are formed, as in the preceding group, 

 with the spiral tongue short ; the wings are deflexed at the sides of the body in repose. The caterpillars are 

 spindle-shaped, with sixteen feet. They form fusiform cocoons open at each end. 



!■,. >. ~ ■-.>- A Species 1. — Harpipteryx dentella ^ — (Fabricius, &c.; Wood, fig. 1531 ; and our Plate CXVII., Fig. 8) 



**-*''■*■ ("''V — Expands 8 to 9^ lines; fore wings very falcate, purplish-brown ; the inner margin with a waved white 

 streak emitting a branch towards the costa beyond the middle ; hind vrings brown. The caterpillar feeds on 

 the honeysuckle ; and the moth appears through the summer, and is common in gardens. 



» Synonyme. — Tinea harpella, Hiibner ; Curtis. 



Species 2. — Harpipteryx palcella *■ — (Hiibner ? Stephens ; Wood, fig. 1532 ; and our Plate CXVII., 

 Fig. 9) — Expands 8 to 10 lines ; fore wings deep ashy-brown, with a purplish copper tinge, with darker atoms; 

 the inner margin ashy-whitish, with two or three black patches ; hind wings ashy-gray, slightly metallic. 

 New Forest, in the summer. 



"> Synonyme. — Harpipteryx subfalcatella, Blunt IIS. ; Curtis. 



Species 3. — Harpipteryx scabrella'' — (Linnseus; Curtis, Brit. Ent., pi. 535 ; Wood, fig. 1533 ; and 

 our Plate CXVII., Fig. 10) — Expands 9 to 10 lines ; fore wings falcate, with the costal portion pale-bufi', ^vith 

 dusky streaks ; the inner portion dull castaneous purple, with incomplete pale stria, and black tufts of scales : 

 hind wings whitish, with the margin brownish. It varies considerably in the strength of its markings. It is 

 stated to feed on the common plum. The moth appears in June and July. 



' Synonyme. — Tinea pterodaclylelta, Hiibner; Haworth. 



HYPSOLOPHA, HSbner. 

 This genus has the labial palpi straight, and directed forwards ; the tip clothed with long scales forming a 

 deflexed beak ; in one species the fore wings are strongly falcate, as in the preceding, the others have the apical 

 margin truncate, and the tip acute ; the head has a short crest of scales, and the body is rather long and slender. 



