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80 GELECHID®, 
adscendente, acuminato. Als mediocriter ciliatee, anteriores latius- 
cule ovate, posteriores ovate ante apicem levissime retusa. Ale 
anteriores: vena apicalis fureata ante apicem exit, infra eam vene 
quinque, venee submediane apex, medianam valde approximans, in- 
crassatus; vena subdorsalis furcata. Ale posteriores: yena apicalis 
simplex ante apicem exit, infra eam vense due e venula transversa ; 
vena mediana trifida. 
Head almost rough; scales produced in front in a little cone. Ocelli 
none. Antenne sctaceous. Tongue of moderate length, scaled. La- 
bial palpi arched ; the second joint long, with appressed scales ; the third 
joint smooth, ascending, pointed, Wings with moderate cilia; the an- 
terior rather broad, ovate; the posterior ovate, very slightly retuse be- 
fore the apex. In the anterior wings the furcate apical vein runs out 
before the apex; below it are five veins from the discoidal cell; the 
apex of the submedian vein, which closely approximates to the median, 
is thickened; the subdorsal vein is furcate. In the posterior wings 
the simple apical vein runs out before the apex, below are two veins 
from the transverse vein; the median vein is trifid. 
Only one species is known in this genus ; it is occasionally beaten 
out of hedges, and, both in flight and when first seen in the net, 
has some resemblance to a Sciaphila. The pale green larva feeds 
in August and September, on the underside of the leaves of the 
sloe, spinning a slight web, and causing the leaves to assume a 
slightly deflexed form. 
1. lobella, W. V. 138. 9 (1776); Hiib.; Schr.; Treit.—TZhun- 
bergana, Fab. ; Step.—Zhunbergii, Waw.—lugubrella, Dup. Alis an- 
ticis saturate griseis, punctis quinque scabris (tribus fere fasciam obli- 
quam ante medium formantibus, duobus disci oblique positis pone me- 
dium) nigris. Exp. al. 8 lin. 
Head and face dark grey. Palpi dark grey; terminal joint whitish, 
with the base and a ring before the apex black. Antenne dark fus- 
cous. Anterior wings dark grey, with five spots of elevated black 
scales, three before and two beyond the middle; the first three are 
placed obliquely in a transverse line, the other two are placed obliquely 
on the dise (the lower one being the posterior); the hinder margin is 
spotted with dark fuscous, and there are some small dark fuscous 
clouds along the costa; cilia pale grey. Posterior wings pale grey, 
with paler cilia. 
Not scarce, in hedges in June. ‘The larva plentiful in August 
and September on the sloe. 
Genus IV. PHIBALOCERA. 
Puisarocera, Step. H. iv.192 (1834). Carcina, Zell. Carcina p., 
Hiib. Lampros p., Treit. 
