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228 BLACHISTID®. 
subeutanea,” given for Schefferel/a, and may therefore only put 
us on the wrong scent. The perfect insect in repose extends its 
hind legs (according to the observations of Linnaeus and Zeller) in 
a horizontal direction. 
1. pedella, Lin. F. S. 1433 (1761).—eylindrella, Fab.—eylin- 
dricus, Panz. 1. G. 24.—angustipennella, Wiib.; Treit.; Dup. L. F. 
xi. pl. 309. f. 10. Alis anticis dilute luteis, costa fusca, maculis tribus 
dorsi fuscis prima basali, secunda ante, tertia pone medium, secunda 
tertiaque costam versus linea fusca conjunctis. Exp. al. 43—5 lin. 
Head, face, and palpi pale yellow. Antenne pale fuscous. An- 
terior wings pale yellow, with the costa fuscous, and three fuscous 
spots on the inner margin; the first at the base, the second before the 
middle, and the third beyond the middle; the second and third are 
united towards the costa by a slender fuscous streak; in the apex is a 
small fuscous spot; cilia fuscous. Posterior wings fuscous, with paler 
cilia. 
Appears in July, frequenting alders. A specimen taken near 
Brandon, by Mr. Dunning, is in his collection. 
Genus II]. COSMOPTERY=. 
Cosmopteryx p., TWiib. v. 424 (1816); Zell.; Dup. Gracillaria p., 
Haw. Glyphipteryx p., Step. 
Capilli levigati, frons valde convewa. Antenne corporis longitudine, 
setaceze, articulo basali valde Zongo, clavato, reliquis valde confertis, 
crassiuscule, nude. Palpi labiales longiusculi, tenues, recurvi, ar- 
ticuli secundi apice incrassato, Haustellum mediocre, squamatum. 
Tibize posticee parum incrassatz, fasciculate, spinis mediocribus cras- 
siusculis. Ale longissime ciliate, anteriores anguste, posteriores 
setacer ; anteriores: cellula discoidalis elongata, postice non clausa ; 
rami apicales tenues, basi libera; vense median rami tres elongati ; 
submediana simplex, juxta subdorsalem furcatam ; posteriores : vene 
ramique plane odsoleti. 
Head smooth; the forehead extremely conver, Antennie as long as 
the body, setaceous, with the basal joint very long and clavate, the 
remainder very thickly set together, rather thick, without hairs. La- 
bial palpi rather long, slender, recurved, the apex of the second joint 
thickened. ‘Tongue moderate, clothed with scales. The hinder tibice 
slightly thickened, tufted, with moderately long, rather thick spines. 
Wings with very long cilia, the anterior narrow, the posterior seta- 
ceous. In the anterior wings the elongate discoidal cell is posteriorly 
not closed; the slender apical veins have the base free; from the me- 
dian yein three elongate branches proceed; the simple submedian vein 
