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NEPTICULA. 295 
Appears at the beginning of June and beginning of August; 
the only locality where it has hitherto occurred is the old tram- 
road near Croydon, where it has occasionally been taken by sweep- 
ing. 
Famity XIII. NEPTICULID. 
Capilli superne ac in fronte hirsuti. Antenne breves, crasse, conchula 
modica instructe. Palpi maxillares longiusculi, plicati, articulis ul- 
timis pendulis. Palpi labiales breves, subporrectze, Ale anteriores 
latiuscula, breves, grosse-squamatée ; posteriores lanceolate. 
Head hairy above and in front. Antenne short and thick, the basal 
joint furnished with a moderately-sized eye-cap. Maxillary palpi rather 
long, folded, the last joints drooping. Labial palpi short, subporrect. 
Anterior wings rather broad, short, coarsely scaled ; the posterior wings 
lanceolate. 
This family contains at present only two genera, the distinctive 
character of which lies in the neuration of the wings. 
Genus I. NEPTICULA. 
Nepricuna, Zell. L. B. iii. 301 (1848). Tinea p., Haw. Microsetia 
p-, Step. Lyonetia p., Zell. Isis, 1839; Dup. Cat. 
Capilli superne ac in fronte hirsuti. Antenne breves, crass, nude, 
conchula modica instructe. Palpi maxillares longiusculi, plicati, 
articulis ultimis pendulis. Palpi labiales breves, subporrecti. Alee 
anteriores breves, grosse-squamate, posteriores ovato-lanceolate ; 
anteriores: vena subcostalis furcata, ramo inferiore cum mediana per 
venula coheerente, vena mediana postice in tres ramos divisa, sub- 
dorsalis in basi furcata ; posteriores: vena mediana longissime fur- 
cata. 
Head hairy above and in front. Antenne short, thick, naked, the 
basal joint furnished with a moderate-sized eye-cap. Maxillary palpi 
rather long, folded, the last joints drooping. Labial palpi short, sub- 
porrect. Anterior wings short, coarsely sealed, the posterior ovate- 
lanceolate. In the anterior wings the subcostal vein is fureate, and 
the lower branch is connected by a transverse vein with the median 
vein; the median vein divides posteriorly into three branches, the sub- 
dorsal vein is fwrcate at the base. In the posterior wings the median 
vein is furcate. 
The resemblance in this genus to Mrcropreryx,.as shown by 
the short antennee, folded maxillary palpi, and transverse connect- 
ing vein of the anterior wings, is very singular. 
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