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a. Third joint of the palpi erect, rather long. Antenne of the ¢ 
densely ciliated. Species 1. 
aa. Third joint of the palpi ascending, rather short. Antenne of the 
& pubescent. Species 2. 
1. phryganella, Hiib. Tin. f. 10 (1801); Haw.; Treit.; Step. ; 
Dup.; Lienig. 9 Novembris, Haw.: Step.; Curt. B. E. fo. 743. Alis 
anticis dilute brunneis, costam versus saturatioribus, squamis sparsis 
disci albidis, maculis duabus fere obsoletis fuscis, altera in medio, 
altera pone medium; ? alis anticis brevibus et postice acutissimis, 
albido-griseis, fusco-signatis, stria angulata saturate fusca in medio, 
utrum marginem non attingente, punctis duobus disci, maculaque ob- 
liqua transversali apicem versus saturate fuscis. xp. al. g 10} lin.; 
@ 8 lin. . 
Head and face reddish-grey. Palpi fuscous; the base of the second 
joint greyish-ochreous; terminal joint ochreous, with a fuscous ring 
before the apex. Antenne greyish, annulated with fuscous. Anterior 
wings rather pale brown, darker towarks the costa, with some scattered 
whitish scales on the dise, and two faintly indicated oblique fuscous 
blotches, one in the middle, the other beyond the middle; before the 
apex near the costa is a faint fuseous blotch; cilia pale fuscous. Poste- 
rior wings fuscous, with paler cilia. 
The female has the anterior wings short, and posteriorly extremely 
acute, whitish-grey, marked with fuscous; in the middle is a dark 
fuscous or black angulated mark, not reaching either margin, beyond 
are two dark fuscous spots on the dise, followed by an oblique dark 
fuscous fascia-form mark. 
Generally distributed. The perfect insect appears in October 
and November ; the ¢ flying freely in the daytime, the @ may be 
found resting on the trunks of trees. The larva (according to 
Lienig) feeds in June on oaks; that of the ¢ when young having 
the third pair of feet club-shaped. 
2, Pagella, W. V. 135.34 (1776); Fab.; Hiib.; Treit.; Step. ; 
Dup. L. F. xi. pl. 287. f. 1, 2.—Zugi, Fab.; Haw.; var. Dormoyella, 
Dup. L. F. xi. pl. 287. f. 38, 4. Alis anticis addidis lutescentibusve, 
fusco (interdum valde) suffusis, stria angulata saturate fusca ante me- 
dium, infra plicam interrupta et dorsum non attingente, punctis duobus 
disci feve in medio (inferiore posteriore), tertio disci pone medium, 
striaque transyersali cellulam discoidalem terminante, saturate fuscis, 
striga obsoleta angulata ac indentata marginem posticum versus, mar- 
gine postico apiceque costa saturate fusco-punctatis; 9 alis anticis 
angustioribus brevioribus, apice acuto, saturatioribus, signis obsoletiori- 
bus. Exp. al. ¢ 18 lin.; 9 9 lin. 
Head and face whitish-grey, mixed with fuscous. Palpi whitish- 
grey, mixed with fuscous; tip of the terminal joint pale-ochreous, 
Antenne: whitish-grey, annulated with fuscous. Anterior wings ehitish, 
more or less inclining to yellowish, suffused (sometimes very much so) 
