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trella, 189; S. mannii, 193 ; S. 



pallida, 195; S. clathrella .. 196 



Nearctic species, S. walshella .. 199 



Taleporiidae . . . . . . 199 



Bankesia . . . . . . . . 200 



B. douglasii . . . . . . 201 



B. staintoni . . . . . . 202 



Taleporia .. .. .. ..213 



T. tubulosa ..215 



abs. guenei, and minor .. 218 



(T. politella, T. borealis, T. im- 



provisella) . . . . . . 219 



Lufnidae 229 



intermediate between Micro- 

 and Macro-Psychids . . . . 230 



Luffiidi 232 



Luffia 232 



L. lapidella . . 234 



var. pectinella . . . , . . 237 



L. ferchaultella . . . . . . 245 



Bacotia . . . . . . . . 252 



B. sepium . . . . . . . . 254 



Macro-Psychina . . . . . . 264 



Position of the Fumeids, 264. 

 Classification of Hiibner ; of 

 Hofmann, 265 ; oi Heylaerts, 

 266. Connection of Bijugis, 

 Epichnopteryx and Fumea, 268. 

 Classification of Speyer ; of 

 Standfuss, 270 ; of Wallengren, 



271. 



Double moult before 



pupation. — Importance of tibial 

 spurs, 272. Classification by 

 antennas and by tibial spurs 

 identical. — Division into two 

 groups, 273. Classification 

 adopted, 274. Principal charac- 

 ters of Macro-Psychids, 275. 

 Length of life. — Position of 

 pupae. — Rapidity of wing-ex- 

 pansion . . . . . . . . 276 



Fumeidae .. .. . .. 276 



Proutiinae .. .. .. ..278 



Proutia 279 



P. betulina 283 



P. eppingella 295 



Fumeinae .. .. .. .. 298 



Palsearctic species of Bruandia 302 



B. reticulatella, 302 ; B. rai- 

 blensis ; B. comitella, 303 ; B. 

 norvegica . . . . . . 304 



Masonia . . . . . . . . 305 



M. crassiorella . . . . . . 307 



(var. affinis) 310 



M. mitfordella 314 



M. hibernicclla . . .. 314 



Palsearctic species of Masonia not 



yet recognized as British . . 314 



M. saxicolella, 314 ; M. sub- 



flavella, 315 ; M. edwardsella 316 



Fumea • • • . . • • 3 x ^ 



F. scotica . . . . . . . . 320 



F. casta 320 



var. interraedieUa ; ab. minor ; 

 and var. bowerella . . . . 324 



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Neuration and tibial spurs of Psy- 



chids. Plate, and explanation . . 336 

 Epichnopterygidae . . . . . . 337 



Epichnopteryginse . . . . . . 338 



Whittleia . . . . . . . . 339 



W. retiella (with plate) . . . . 340 



Epichnopteryx . . . . . . 347 



E. pulla . . . . . . . 349 



(vars. silesiaca, sieboldii 354 



heringii), pullisimilella . . 356 



ab. plumistrea, (var.'innitidella) 357 



Psychidae . . . . . . 366 



Description of <f ; of ¥ , 366. 

 Mode of pairing. — Partheno- 

 genesis. — Eggs, 368 ; cases ; 

 larvae, 369 ; pupae ; antennae, 

 370 ; scales, 371; imagines, 

 372. Heylaert's descriptions. — 

 Neuration. — Chapman's views 

 on Macro-Psychid classification 373 

 Explanation of Plate v. Thyridop- 



teryx ephemeriformis . . . . 374 



Acanthopsychinae . . . . . . 375 



Acanthopsyche .. .. . . 377 



A. opacella . . . . . . . 379 



(var. senex) . . . . . . 383 



Pachythelia . . . . . . 393 



P. villosella . . . . . . . . 395 



vars. nigricans . . . . . . 399 



(hirtella) . . . . . . 400 



(cinerella) . . . . . . 401 



Psychinae .. .. .. . . 413 



Sterrhopterix. . .. .. .. 418 



S. hirsutella .. .. .. .. 419 



var. fusca . . . . . . 422 



Explanation of Plate vi (placed 



opposite page 458) .. ..431 



Catalogue of Palaearctic Psychides . . 43 1 

 Addendum (Proutia salicolella) .. 434 

 Lachneides . . . . . . . . 434 



Characteristics of imagines. — 

 Egg. — Mode of egg-laying, 435. 

 Larvae, 436. Modified hairs, 

 437. Tubercles, 438 ; in the first 

 instar, 439. " Ear-tubercles." 

 — Larva of Eustaudingeria van- 

 dalicia, 440. Grouping of 

 larvae of British Lachneids. — 

 Gregarious habit, 441. 

 Cocoons, 442. Double cocoons. 

 — Pupae, 443. Distinctions be- 

 tween Lachneid and Notodont 

 pupae. — Coloration of imagines, 



444. Specialized scales. — 

 Antennae. — Absence of frenu- 

 lum. — Sexual dimorphism, 



445. — Prevalence of gynan- 

 dromorphism. — Resemblance 

 to dead leaves, 446. Variation 

 in larval habits of Lasiocampa 

 qucrcus, 447, and Trichiura 

 cratacgi. — Stage of hybernation. 

 — Time of appearance, — No- 

 menclature, 448. Early group- 

 ings, 449 ; Hubner's 450 ; Auri- 



