PARASIA. 139 
A scarce species ; appears in June and July among Znula dysen- 
éerica ; has occurred at Molkstone and near Bristol. Several spe- 
cimens have been bred from the flower-heads of the Juw/a, gathered 
during the winter. 
95. subocellea, Step. H. iv. 214 (1834); Dougl.— infernella, 
Lienig. Allis anticis albis, dorso fusco, costa apiceque fusco-nebulosis, 
maculis duabus longis prope angulum analem, liveisque oppositis ob- 
liquis ante apicem saturate fuscis, punclo apicis subocellato nigro. xp. 
al. 5—54 lin. 
Head and face white. Palpi white, beneath fuscescent. Antenne 
fuscous. Anterior wings white, with the inner margin fuscous, and 
the costa and apex of the wing more or less clouded with fuscous ; near 
the anal angle are two elongate dark fuscous spots, and before the apex 
are two oblique opposite dark fuscous lines; at the extreme apew is a 
black spot, followed by two dark lines in the whitish cilia. Posterior 
wings pale grey, with greyish-ochreous cilia. 
Common among marjoram (Origanum vulgare) in July. The 
singular larva was first detected by Mr. Jordan, in August, feeding 
on the flowers of the Origanum, and constructing a case of the 
blossom, hence very difficult to distinguish from the blossoms when 
in its young state; as it increases in size, it enlarges its case by 
the addition of other flowers, till by the middle of winter its case 
will be found to consist of four or five flowers, inserted one in an- 
other; it is then easily detected on the dry flower-heads by those 
who have had a little practice. The case has not the complete 
finish of a Coleophora case. 
How many similar instances of wonderful contrivance, to ensure 
concealment, may yet remain undiscovered ! 
Genus IX. _PARASTIA. 
Panasta, Dup. Cat. 350 (1844). Recurvaria p., Haw.  Cleodora p., 
Step. Gelechia p., Zell. 
Capilli depressi. Ocelli nulli. Antenne articulis confertis, vix denti- 
culatis. Haustellum mediocre, squamatum, Palpi maxillares bre- 
vissimi. Palpi labiales medioeres, reflexi, articulo secundo longo 
squamis appressis, tertio brevi squamis appressis, ipso apice levi acumi- 
nato, Ale anteriores elongatee, posteriores trapezoidales ante apicem 
profunde emarginata, longe ciliate ; anteriores: vena apicalis trifida, 
infra eam venze guatuor e cellula discoidali; posteriores: vena apica- 
lis simplex ix apicem ewit, infra eam ven due e venula transversa, 
cellula costalis ante medium desinente. 
Head smooth. Ocelli none. Antenne: with the joints thickly set, 
