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Capilli depressi, frons obtusa. Antenne alis multo longiores, articulis 
compressis. Haustellum mediocre, squamatum. Palpi mazxillares 
brevissimi. Palpi labiales mediocres, adscendentes, articulo secundo 
longiore infra pilis appressis, apicem versus incrassato, tertio sub- 
erecto, tenui, acuminato. Alee oblonga, mediocriter ciliate, anteriorum 
costa convexa, apice acuto. Ale anteriores: venze apicalis rami supra 
et infra apicem exeunt; cellula secundaria indicata; venee medians 
ramus primus a secundo Jongissime distat, secundus et tertius in fur- 
cam coaliti. Ale posteriores: cellula costalis datiuscula ; vena api- 
ealis a sequente separata; vena mediana trifida. 
Head smooth, in front obtuse. Antenne much longer than the wings ; 
the joints compressed. ‘Tongue of moderate length, scaled. Maxillary 
palpi very short. Labial palpi moderately long, ascending ; the longer 
second joint with appressed scales beneath, thickened towards the apex, 
third joint nearly ereet, slender, pointed. Wings oblong, with moderate 
cilia; the costa of the anterior wings convew; the apex acute. In the 
anterior wings, the branches of the apical vein run out above and below 
the apex ; the secondary cell is indicated; the first branch of the me- 
dian vein is very remote from the second; the second and third are 
united into a fork. In the posterior wings the costal cell is rather 
broad ; the apical vein is unconnected with the following; the median 
vein is trifid, 
This genus contains only one British species (another is, I be- 
lieve, known on the continent) ; it is frequently beaten from hedges 
and bushes, when it may be observed flying sluggishly, or rather 
falling to the ground; for indeed it only appears to make use of 
its wings to break its fall. The larva is polyphagous, feeding 
under a web on the underside of the leaves of the oak, beech, 
pear, bramble, etc. 
1. Quereana, Fab. 8. H. 652. 89 (1775); Don.; Haw.; Step.— 
Fagana, W.V.; Wiib.; Schr.—Faganella, Treit.—cancella, Hiib. Alis 
anticis dilute griseo-rufis, coste basi, macula quadrata costz pone me- 
dium ciliisque dilute flayis. Exp. al. 9 lin. 
Head and face pale rosy-grey. Palpi pale reddish-ochreous, inter- 
nally paler. Antennee pale rosy-grey. Anterior wings pale rosy-grey, 
somewhat suffused with rosy, with an obscure oblique dark striga be- 
fore the middle, and two fuscous spots on the disc, one in the middle, 
the other beyond the middle, sometimes united to a fuscous blotch on 
the fold; the base of the costa, and a quadrate spot on the costa be- 
yond the middle, are pale yellow; the hinder margin and apex of the 
costa rosy-fuscous ; cilia pale yellow, at the anal angle pale rosy-grey. 
Posterior wings whitish, with a slight rosy-fuscous tint, with paler cilia. 
An abundant species in July and August, The larva poly- 
phagous in May and June. 
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