18 CATALOGUE OF 



n — r. England. 



5, t. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



v. France. 



North America. 



9. Cymatophora caniplaga. 



Mas. Cineredj sat robusta ; caput et thorax anticus fusca ; palpi 

 capite breviores ; antenna subpectinatce ; abdomen subcervi- 

 num ; alee anticce fascia basali plagaque oblonga discali albi- 

 dis, li?ieis nonnullis transversis undulatis subinterruptis, litura 

 transversa discali guttisque submarginalibus nigris ; posticcc 

 fusco-cinerece, basi pallidiores, litura discali obscuriore. 



Male. Gray, rather stout. Head and fore part of the thorax 

 brown, the former dark brown in front- Palpi short, not extending 

 so far as the head; third joint very short. Antennae slightly pec- 

 tinated, whitish at the base. Abdomen somewhat fawn-colour. 

 Fore wings with a whitish band near the base, and a whitish oblong 

 patch in the disk, with some transverse undulating partly inter- 

 rupted blackish lines, with a transverse discal blackish mark, and 

 with a row of submarginal blackish dots. Hind wings brownish 

 cinereous, paler towards the base, and with a darker discal mark. 

 Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



This species has much resemblance to C.flavicornis, but forms 

 a distinct group in the genus. 



Canada. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Fam. 2. BRYOPHILID.E. 



Corpus gracile. Proboscis breviuscula. Palpi ascendentes, 

 caput paullo superantes ; articulus 3us truncatus aut acuminatus. 

 Antennae graciles, simplices. Abdomen alas posticas vix superans. 

 Pedes graciles ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae me- 

 diocriter latae ; anticse apice vix angulatce, margine exteriore sub- 

 obliquo. 



Bryophagidi, Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vi. 322. Steph. Cat. Brit. 



Lep. 118. 

 Bryophiliclae, Guen. Noct. i. 21. 

 Bombycoides Jaspidiae, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 

 Bombycoides, p., Boisd. Ind. Meth. 94. Duponch. 

 Bombycoidae, p., Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett. ii. 173. 



