PROUTIA. 279 



Luffiids and Micro-Psychids, whilst in Fumea these structures are 

 marked with whiter lines, as in so many of the higher Psychids. 



Genus : Proutia, Tutt. 



Synonymy.— Genus : Proutia, Tutt, "Ent. Bee," xi., pp. 211, 238 (1899); 

 Chapman, "Proc. Ent. Soc. London," 1899, p. xxiv (Dec. 1899). Psyche, 

 Zell., "Isis," 1839, p. 283 ; Spey., "Ms," 1846, p. 34; Brd., "Mem. Soc. Doubs," ii., 

 livr. 1-2, p. 65 (1845); " Mon. Psych.," p. 100 (1853) ; Tompkins, " Zool.," 1859, 

 p. 6464; Mitfd., " Zool.," 1861, p. 7452; "Ent. Mo. Mag.," vi., p. 94 (1869) ; p. 186 

 (1870). Talaeporia, Hdrch., " Lep. Eur. Cat.," ed. 3, p. 78 (1851); Koch, " Schm. 

 S.-W. Deutsch.," p. 372 (1856). Fumea, Speyer, " Geog. Verb. Schmett.," i,, pp. 

 311, 460 (1858) ; ii., p. 280 (1862) ; " Verb.. N. H. Ver. Preuss. Bhein.," xxiv., p. 183 

 (1867) ; Hein., " Schmett. Deutsch.," i., p. 187 (1859) ; Wilde, " Zeits. Nat. Halle," 

 xvi., p. 306 (1860) ; "Prlanz. Baup. Deutsch.," ii., p. 73 (1861) ; Staud. and Wocke, 

 " Cat.," 2nd ed., p. 65 (1871) ; Wocke, " Zeit. Ent. Bresl.," ii., p. 26 (1872) ; Glitz, 

 "J.-B. Nat. Ges. Han.," xxiv., p. 36 (1874); Mill., " Cat. Lep. Alp.-Mar.," pt. 3, 

 p. 105 (1875) ; Foucart, " Mem. Soc. Agric. Nord," (2), xii., p. 520 (1875) ; Sink, 

 " Arch. Nat. Liv.," (2), vii., p. 335 (1876); Behb., "Abh. Nat. Ver. Brem.," vi., 

 p. 468 (1879); Frey, " Lep. der Schweiz," p. 92 (1880) ; Peyer., " Cat. Lep. Als.," ed. 

 2, p. 59 (1880) ; Heyl., "Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg.," xxv., p. 73 (1881) ; Boss., "J.-B. 

 Nass. Ver. Nat.," xxxiii.-iv., p. 227 (1881) ; Snell., " De Vlinders," p. 443 (1882) ; 

 Jourd., " Mem. Soc. Aube," xlvii., p. 46 (1883) ; Schmid, " C.-B. Nat. Ver. 

 Begensb.," xxxix., p. 85 (sep., p. 37) (1885); Jordan, " Schmett. N.-W. Deutsch., "p. 94 

 (1886) ; Calberla, " Iris," i., p. 154 (1887) ; Biihl, " Soc. Ent.," iii., p. 11 (1888) ; v., 

 p. 154 (1891) ; Teich, " Arb. Nat. Ver. Biga," N. F. vi., p. 20 (1889) ; Zimm., 

 "Verh. Nat. Ver. Hamb.," vii., p. 20 (1891); Stein., " Iris," v., p. 413(1892); 

 Paux, "Eev. Biol. Nord," v., p. 322 (1893) ; Hed., " Ent. Medd.,"iv., p. 262 (1894); 

 Barr., "Ent. Mo. Mag.," xxx., p. 267 (1894); [nee. xxxi., p. 275 (1894)]; "Brit. 

 Lep.," ii., p. 361 (1895) ; Car., " Iris," viii., p. 88 (1895) ; Meyr., " Handbook," p. 774 

 (1895) ; Schiitze, "Iris," ix., p. 335 (1896) ; Lutz., " K. B. Ver. Biga," xxxix., no. 

 52 (1896); Horm., "Ver. z.-b. Ges. Wien," xlvii., p. 323 (1897) ; Eeutti, "Lep. 

 Bad.," 2nd ed., p. 306 (1898) ; Tutt, " Ent. Eecord," xi., p. 211 (1899). Epichnop- 

 tenjx,H. Sch., "Sys., Bearb.," v., p. 62 (1853); " Neu. Schmett.," p. 8 (1856); 

 Hofm., 'Berk Ent. Zeits.," iv., p. 31 (I860) ; Staud. and Wocke, "Cat.," 1st ed., 

 p. 29 (1861) ; Nolck., "Lep. Fn. Estl.," p. 121 (1867) ; Knaggs, " Ent. Ann.," 1870, 

 p. 136 (1869). 



This genus was first separated from Fumea in the Fntom. Record, 

 vol. xi., p. 211, where it is noted as follows : 



Proutia, the larvaa of which cover their cases with pieces of leaf and bark placed 

 irregularly, and represented in Britain by betulina and salicolella. 



We would here cite betulina as the type of the genus, the chief 

 characters of which may he summarised as follows : 



Ovum. — Oval in outline (length : breadth : : 5 : 3) ; surface smooth ; colour pale 

 yellow. 



Case. — Straight, carried horizontally, fixed vertically for pupation ; silken 

 tube covered with small scraps of vegetable debris (rarely grass), not regularly 

 arranged as in Fumea. 



Larva. — Slender (compared with Fumea) ; head black, retractile ; pro- and 

 mesothoracic dorsal plates, lateral mesothoracic plates, small metathoracic dorsal 

 and lateral plates, all with pale longitudinal markings (except dorsal line) ill- 

 developed ; tubercle i anterior to but outside ii, latter with the shorter hair ; the 

 corneous plates of dorsal tubercles distinct, forming summit of lateral ridge ; iii 

 with porrected seta ; anal segment with dark corneous plate ; 3rd pair of true legs 

 less strong (than in Fumea) ; prolegs short with the oval of crochets broken on 

 inner margin. 



Pupa. — $ . (Compared with Fumea) darker and of more robust appearance ; 

 labrum as long as broad, lower margin in line with that of cheek ; maxilla? pointed; 

 mandibles well marked ; spiracles more projecting but surrounding vallum less 

 pronounced, ventro-anal hooks more terminal and wider apart, darker and slightly 

 longer ; labial palpi narrower basally ; wing apex to near end of 3rd tarsi (one 

 • width of tarsi). ? . Labium very short, mandibles large ; second hair of labrum 

 rather dwindled ; cheeks, labium and maxillae rounded ; maxillse not marked off 



