1750 



CATALOGUE OF 



postmediis fuscis, punctis marginalibus nigris ; posticcs pallide 

 cinerece. 



Male. Very pale fawn-colour, pale cinereous beneath. An- 

 tennae stout, very minutely pubescent. Legs stout, rather long. 

 Win»s long, rather broad. Fore wings acute, with slender brown 

 streaks between the veins beyond the middle ; marginal points 

 black; exterior border straight, very slightly oblique. Hind wings 

 pale cinereous. Length of the body 7? lines; of the wings 

 18 lines. 



Genus SCIRPOPHAGA, C. L. H. xxvii. 145. 



SCIRPOPHAOA PR^LATA, C. L. 11. XXVli. 145. 



a. Italy. From Dr. Leach's collection. 



Genus ANCYLOLOMIA, C. L. H. xxvii. 145. 

 Ancylolomia palpella, C. L. //.xxvii. 145. 

 a. Italy. From Dr. H.-Schaeffer's collection. 



Ancylolomia siccella. 



Frem. Testacea ; palpi capitis latitudine paullo lonqiores, articulo 

 2osubfimbriato,3o lanceolato parvo ,- aim antic* scute, sat 

 angustm.fusco conspersm, linea marginali fusca, moraine exte- 

 riore recto sat obliquo ; posticcs aneo-albidce. 



Female. Testaceous. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi porrect 

 lanceolate, with a short thick fringe above, a little longer than the 

 breadth of the head; third joint lanceolate, minute. Abdomen ex- 

 tending much beyond the hind wings. Legs moderately long and 

 stout, fore wings acute, rather narrow, with minute brown speckles 

 which are most conspicuous along the exterior border; marginal 

 line brown; fringe cinereous, interlined with brown near the bW • 

 exterior border straight, rather oblique. Hind wings ameous- 

 whitish. Length of the body 3£ lines ; of the wings 0$ lines. 



o. Cape. From M. Drege's collection. 



