@COPHORA, 155 
yellow spot; some iridescent scales mark the course of the veins to 
beyond the middle, and also indicate the termination of the discoidal 
cell; cilia fuscous, iridescent in certain lights. Posterior wings pale 
yellow, with the anterior and hinder margins dark fuscous, and a slight 
fuscous cloud at the base; cilia pale fuscous. 
Very common in the south of England, appearing with the 
first setting in of summery weather ; it delights to fly in the day- 
time along old hedges. ‘The larva is to be found throughout the 
winter, under the bark of old posts and decaying trees. 
2. Oliviella, Fab. EB. S. iii. 2. 316. 132 (1794); Lat.; Curt. ; 
Step.; Dup. xi. pl. 308. f.1; Zell—Olivieri, Haw.—emulella, Hib. ; 
Treit.—dractella, Fab. ?—crassicornis, Four.? Alis anticis nigris, pos- 
tice albido-squamatis, macula triangulari basali prope dorsum, /asciaque 
pone medium (ad dorsum repandata, costam non tangente) dilute luteis, 
striga ante medium, striga curvata (plicam tangente) pone fasciam lu- 
team, iridescentibus ; adis posticis saturate purpureo-fuscis. xp. al. 
8 lin. 
Head and face very dark metallic-purple, Palpi yellow; terminal 
joint externally dark fuscous. Antenne black to beyond the middle, 
then white, with the tips black. Anterior wings purplish-black, with 
a triangular pale yellow spot at the base towards the inner margin, and 
a pale yellow fascia (rather expanded on the inner margin, and not reach- 
ing to the costa) beyond the middle; before the middle is an iridescent 
striga, and beyond the yellow fascia is another slightly curved irides- 
cent striga, not reaching beyond the fold; beyond it are numerous 
scattered whitish scales; cilia dark purplish-fuscous. Posterior wings 
dark purplish-fuscous, with paler cilia. 
Not uncommon among oaks, from the end of June to the be- 
ginning of August. 
Genus XXI. CECOPHORA. 
@eophora p., Zell. Isis, 1839. p. 191; Dup. Cat.  Recurvaria p., Haw. 
Lampros p., Treit. Anacampsis p. et Batia, Step. Pancalia p. et 
Batia, Curt. Borkhausenia, Denisia p., et Schiffermiilleria p., Wiib. 
Capilli depressi. rons lata, convexa. Ocelli nulli. Antenne denves, 
& ciliate. Palpi labiales reflewi, viv thoracis longitudine, articulo 
secundo longiore compresso, squamis appressis; tertio tenui acuto. 
Haustellum mediocre, squamatum. Ale oblong vel clongatie, 
longius ciliate, posteriores angulo anali obtuso; anteriores: vence 
apicalis ramus inferior supra apicem exit ; vena subdorsalis furcata ; 
posteriores: e venula transversa vena dua procedunt. 
Head smooth. Forehead broad, convex. Ocelli none. Antennee 
slender, in the @ ciliated. Labial palpi reflewed, hardly as long as the 
