ANESYCHIA. 61. 
or six spots; before the hinder margin is a row of smaller black spots, 
preceded by a few spots irregularly placed; cilia white. Posterior 
wings dark greyish-fuscous, with paler cilia. 
Plentiful in the south of England among spindle (Zuonymus 
Huropaus), in July and August. The larva defoliates the spindle 
in June; when they have devoured all the leaves, hunger compels 
them to gnaw the bark of the young stems. 
6. Padi, Zell. Isis, 1844. p. 226.—ZHvonymelia, Hiib. ; Freyer ; 
Guénée; Linn.?; Fab.?; Haw.?; Godart?; Step.? Dup.?. Alis an- 
ticis albis, seriebus quatuor longitudinalibus, duabus transyersis mar- 
ginem posticum versus, punctorum nigrorum; ciliis albis. Exp. al. 
114 lin. 
Head, face, and palpi white. Antenne whitish, Anterior wings 
white, with four longitudinal rows of black spots, éwo near the costa, 
and one on each side of the fold, the lower one consisting of from fen 
to twelve spots; towards the hinder margin is a row of small black 
spots, preceded by a short row nearly parallel to it; cilia white. | 
Posterior wings dark greyish-fuscous, with paler cilia. 
Not uncommon where the food of the larva grows; appearing 
in July and August. ‘The larva feeds on the bird-cherry (Prunus 
Padus), in June. ’ 
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Genus IV. ANESYCHIA. 
Anusycuta, Step. H. iv. 239 (1834). Yponomeuta p., Treit.; Curt. 
Aidia p., Dup. Psecadia p., Zell. 
Capilli depressi. Ocelli nulli. Antenne ¢ articulis subdentatis, pu- 
bescente-ciliatis. Haustellum mediocre, squamatum. Palpi labiales 
mediocres, reflewi, articulo tertio acuminato. Ale oblonge vel elon- 
gate, breviter ciliatae. Alee anteriores: vene apicalis furcate ramus 
inferior ante vel in apicem exit; cellula secundaria éantum indicata ; 
rami infra venam furcatam quinque separati; vena subdorsalis fur- 
cata; posteriores: vena mediana éiida; cellula costalis elongata, 
in medio non coarctata. 
Head smooth. Ocelli none. Antenne of the male with the joints 
rather dentate and pubescent-ciliated. Tongue of moderate length, 
clothed with scales towards the base. Labial palpi moderately long, 
refleced, with the third joint pointed. Wings oblong or elongate, with 
short cilia (the posterior with no hyaline patch towards the base). In 
the anterior wings the lower branch of the forked apical vein runs into 
the costa before or at the apex; below it are five separate veins from 
the discoidal cell; the secondary cell is only indicated; the subdorsal . 
vein is furcate. In the posterlor wings the median vein is érijid, and 
the elongated costal cell is not contracted in the middle. 
