102 GELECHIDZ. 
eam vena unica, e venula transversa (vel vena apicalis simplex in 
apicem exit, infra eam vence due e yenula transversa) ; vena mediana 
trifida. 
Head smooth. Ocelli none. Antennee with the joints thickly set. 
Tongue of moderate length, clothed with scales. Maxillary palpi very 
short. Labial palpi moderately long, or long, reflexed; the second 
joint beneath slightly broader, with appressed scales, hardly resembling 
a brush, sometimes quite smooth (G@. neviferelia); the third joint slen- 
der, smooth and pointed. Anterior wings oblong or elongate, with 
moderately long cilia; the posterior wings trapezoidal, slightly or deeply 
emarginate below the apex. In the anterior wings the fureate apical vein 
terminates in the costa before the apex; below it are five veins from 
the discoidal cell; more rarely (G. leucatella, bifractella, etc.) the apical 
vein is trifid, the third branch running into the hinder margin below 
the apex, and below it are only four veins from the discoidal cell. In 
the posterior wings the apical vein is fureate, terminating above and 
below the apex; below it is only one vein from the transverse vein; or 
else (costella, tricolorella, etc.) the apical vein is simple, and below it 
are two veins from the transverse vein; the median vein is trifid. 
A genus of great extent, and comprising a great diversity of 
species, but which unfortunately we cannot subdivide into other 
genera. In this country we have no less than ninety-five species, 
and probably as many more are known on the continent. 
As might be expected, there is considerable diversity in the 
habitats of the species; some frequenting stems of trees, other 
taking shelter in the grass. All the species are extremely active 
in the perfect state, and their flights are only for a short distance 
at a time; when they settle, they frequently immediately seek a 
place of concealment, whereby the collector is often baulked in 
his pursuit of some rarity. The habits of the larvee are extremely 
varied: that of G. Populella rolls up the leaves of the poplar and 
sallow much like a Zorériz-larva; that of G. rufescens twists up 
grass-leaves, bleaching them by eating them half through ; that of 
G. Malvella feeds in the seeds of the hollyhock, proceeding re- 
gularly through the circular row of seeds, much to the annoyance 
of the horticulturist; that of G. mudinella enters the unopened 
flower-buds of the furze and broom, and devours the incipient 
fructification of the flower, after having eaten which it proceeds to 
the next flower and repeats the process; that of @. diffinis, which 
is extremely active, feeds near the root of the dwarf sorrel (amex 
Acetosella); that of G. aewminatella mines in the leaves of the 
thistle ; that of G. notate//a burrows in the woolly substance on 
the underside. of the leaves of the sallow; that of G. scriptella 
turns down a piece of maple-leaf, fastens it in its position by se- 
veral silken cables, and eats the leaf half through; that of @. /ra- 
