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78 GELECHIDS, 
Head, face, and palpi pale ochreous. Antenne ochreous, with darker 
annulations. Anterior wings ochreous, with the inner margin and a 
broad space between the fold and the costa dark fuscous, in which 
however all the veins are conspicuous as pale ochreous streaks; along 
the fold are four or five dark fuscous spots, of which the two first are 
the most conspicuous, and on the dise beyond the middle is a dark 
fuscous blotch; cilia fusecous. Posterior wings white, with a pale fus- 
cous cloud near the base; cilia whitish. 
In some specimens the anterior wings are of a uniform purplish-fus- 
cous, with only the costa narrowly pale ochreous. 
Not scarce among Sparganium in July and August. The larva 
feeds in the Spargunium in May and June. 
Genus Il. SEMIOSCOPIS. 
Snmroscoris, Hiib. V. 402 (1816); Step.; Zell. Zpigraphia, Dup. 
Lemmatophila p., Treit. 
Capilli appressi, in conulum frontalem producti. Ocelli parvi, pone 
oculos. Antenne crassiuscule, ¢ pubescentes. Haustellum breve, 
squamatum. Palpi labiales areuati, articulo secundo squamis appres- 
sis, articulo tertio acuminato, Als mediocriter ciliate, anteriores ob- 
longo-ovate, posteriores ovatee. Ale anteriores: vene apicalis fur- 
cate: ramus inferior supra vel in apicem exit, infra eam venee quin- 
que, ultima interdum cum penultima connexa, valde curvus; vena 
subdorsalis fureata; alee posteriores: vena apicalis ante apicem 
exit, infra eam venze duze e venula transversa, vena mediana bifida. 
Head smooth, the scales prolonged in front, forming a little cone. 
Ocelli small, behind the eyes. Antenne rather thick, in the ¢ pubes- 
cent. Tongue short, clothed with scales. Labial palpi arched; the 
second joint with appressed scales; the third joint acuminate. Wings 
with moderately long cilia; the anterior oblong-ovate; the posterior 
ovate. In the anterior wings, the lower branch of the forked apical 
vein runs out in or above the apex; below it are five veins from the 
discoidal cell, the last much curved, sometimes united with the penulti- 
mate; the subdorsal vein is furcate. In the posterior wings the apical 
vein runs out before the apex, below it are two veins from the trans- 
verse vein; the median vein is bifid. 
There are only two British species in this genus, although two 
others are known on the continent. They both appear in the 
early spring, and being sometimes met with on palings and on 
the trunks of trees, are the objects of many a healthful walk to 
the young collector. 
The structure of the palpi affords sufficient character at once to 
recognize our species. 
