sohmsokenbteinia] 



KLACIIISTIDAK 



Nnuration mid head of Ejiermen'a 

 cfcai rophylldla. 



America; 5, 6, 8. Larva pale green; dorsal line darker; 

 head and plate of 2 green : beneath leaves of Jiubvs • 7, 9. 



25. Epbkmehia, llli. 



Antennae £, in (J evenly ciliated. Labial palpi long, re- 

 curved, thickened with loose 

 scales, terminal joint about half 

 second, rather obtuse. Posterior 

 tibiae rough -haired. Forcwings 

 with one or more dorsal scale- 

 teeth : lb furcate, 7 and 8 some- 

 times stalked, 7 to termeu. 

 Hindwinga %, elongate-lanceolate, 

 cilia 2-4; G and 7 approximated 

 or stalked. 



Though not numerous in 

 species, this genus is nearly cosmopolitan, lina, > with fore- 

 wings more or less narrowly elongate, pointed. Pupa in an 

 open network cocoon. 



1. Forcwings with four dorsal scalo-tcotb . . 2. 



„ ,, two dorsal scale-teeth . . 3. 



2. Dark line of cilia subfalcatc at apex 2. c/iaerophyllella. 



„ „ „ not subfalcatc . . 3. davcella. 



3. Forewings pale ochreous . ■ . 1. iUigereUa t 



,, grey . . ■ • '1. inseaurella. 



1. E. illigerella, Kb. 12 II mm. Forewings pale ochreous; 

 costa fuscous on anterior half; an indistinct, fuscous streak 

 from base of dorsum to beneath .'. of costa; a rather dark 

 OohreOUS-fuscous fascia from middle of costa obliquely inwards, 

 dilated on costa, emitting from dilation a streak totornus ; an in- 

 wardly oblique dark ochreous fuscous spot on costa before apes ; 

 second discal stigma dark fuscous ; two black dorsal scale-teeth ; 

 dark line of cilia Subfalcate at apex, llindwings dark grey. 



S. England to Worcester and Norfolk, local ; C. Europe ; 

 6, 7, 8, 9. Larva yellow-green; dorsal line darker; bead 

 vellowish-brown : amongst spun leaflets or umbels 0,1 Angelica 

 and Aegopodivm; 5, G, 8. The threads spun by the larva of 

 this and the following species are covered with minute drops of a 

 sticky secretion. 



2. E. ehaerophyllella, Gz. 12-13 mm. Forewings brown, 

 mixed with whitish and more or less sprinkled with black, on 

 costa strigulated with black ; a black inwardly oblique fascia 

 from costa before middle, followed by a darker brown suffusion ; 



