150 GELECHIDA. 
dicated by whitish scales; in the extreme apex is a dark fuscous spot ; 
cilia pale grey, traversed by dark fuscous lines. Posterior wings grey- 
ish-fuscous, with paler cilia. 
The perfect insect is not uncommon at West Wickham Wood, 
and in Headley Lane, in June and July. The wings are rather 
convoluted in repose. 
2. humerella, Hiib. Tin. 292; Dup.; W. V.? Allis anticis nitide 
Juscis, stria basali costee ante medium a costa deflexa, strigulis tribus 
costa, unaque dorsi, pone medium albis, puncto apicis nigro. xp. al. 
5 lin. 
Head and face pale grey. Palpi pale grey; tip of the terminal joint 
dark fuscous. Antenne: dark fuscous. Anterior wings bright fuscous, 
with a white streak along the costee deyinning at the base, deflexed from 
the costa a little before the middle, terminating on the disc beyond the 
a middle; beyond the middle of the costa are three white streaks, the 
first is narrow and oblique, pointing posteriorly, and almost meeting a 
less distinct white streak from the anal angle; the other two streaks 
are shorter, pointing internally ; a slender short black streak lies on the 
dise beyond the middle, and aé the extreme apex is a black spot; cilia 
greyish-fuscous. Posterior wings greyish-fuscous, with paler cilia. 
Two specimens, in Mr. Doubleday’s collection; locality un- 
known, 
Genus XVII. PLEUROTA. 
Pleurota p., Wiib. V. 406 (1816). Palpula p., Treit.; Dup. Macero- 
chila p., Step. Aplota p., Curt. Anchinia p., Zell. 
* Capilli decumbentes, ultra frontem producto, Ocelli nulli. Antenne 
articulis distinctis, @ ciliate. Palpi maxillares breves, filiformes. 
Palpi labiales vecti, longiuseuli, compressi, arliculo secundo valde pi- 
loso, basi tenui, articulo tertio tenui, levi, aculeiformi, brevi. Ale 
elongate acute, posteriores trapezoidali-lanceolate, prope angulum 
analem leviter sinuatee, longius ciliate; anteriores: vene apicalis 
ramus inferior infra apicem exit; medianze ramus primus parum 
curvus ; submediana a mediana distat ; vena subdorsalis furcata. 
Hairs of the head decumbent, produced in front. Ocelli none. An- 
tenn with distinct joints, ciliated in the @. Maxillary palpi short, 
filiform. Labial palpi straight, rather long, compressed, the second 
joint extremely hairy, slender at the base, the remainder uniform, the 
terminal joint slender, smooth, pointed, short. Wings elongate, acute, 
the posterior trapezoidal-lanceolate, towards the anal angle slightly 
sinuated, with rather long cilia. In the anterior wings the lower 
branch of the furcate apical yein runs into the hinder margin below the 
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