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Show 216 INSECTA. TINEA· short and forme d of two little memthe roboscis is very head is crested. Where p d threads. The Ill xx 2-4. Upper branous and separateF b • Reaum., Insec~. ' w:n as the head, P. tapezana, ~ ., . or extremity as k. thelr posterl wings blac ' h woollen stuffs on h. 1 h and ot er . w lte. ·uar attacks c ot 1 heath formed of their :he. cal~er~loncealed in a semi-~ubudar ~ces. It is one of the which It Ies . . 1 thens as It a va . 1 s which It eng partldc eT'nere of Reaumur(1). III vi 9, 10. Silver-grey; J seu o- 1 F b • Reaum., Ins., ' ' T. arcitellce, a '' h ax •• a dot on each side of the t or nd other woollens, weaving a white terpillar lives on clot? ad 'lth silk a portable tube; The ca · 1 s m1xe w 1' • ith the.l r detached part1c. e oport1. on as 1· t grows, and s Its 1t iwt length en s it at o. ne end mb par dd.m g ano ther piece. Its freces · rease its diameter y · h it feeds. ~:v~:~he colour of the wool on ;!~cct., III, vi, 12-16. Upper T. pellionella, Fab.; Reaum., black dots on each. . win~s silver grey,.wit~·~:ea ~~~::tube on furs; it cuts thehaus The caterpillar mba 1 The . . t base and rapidly destroys ~he~.cabinets of natural hlstory m a T. jlavifrontella, Fab., ravage .. the same way(2). Ins I Class IV, Pap. Noct., xu. T. granella, Fab.; Rres., d :th 'grey, brown and black, and Its upper w.m gs are marble Wl 1 d u posteriorly. d bUs--connects severa turne p '11 -~'ausse-teigne es b" h it occa· The caterpl ar J, ~ rms a tube from w lC . of wheat with silk, and o d It is very noxious. grams £ d upon those see s. sionally issues to ee ILITHYIA, L at.-Crambus, Fa b. d. y size, and Where the prob 0 scis is very distinct and of an or mar ( 208) in its palp.l an d app earance, and perhaps ( 1) It approaches the Volucr;e P· . . and other analo-forms a new subgenus. ho have described or figured Tmeltes we find it impoas( 2) All the auth~s ~ g paid but little attention to exactness,. us subgenera. gous Lepidoptera, avln . mentioned by them to our varlo ible to refer most of the species LEPIDOPTERA. 217 the last joint of the inferior pal pi is manifestly shorter than the prew c.eding one(l ). YPoNol\IEUTA, Lat. Where the proboscis is also very distinct and of an ordinary size; but the last joint of the inferior palpi is at least almGst as long as tile preceding. These Insects seem to be connected with the Lithosi~. .Y. evonymelta; Tinea evonymella, Fab.; Rces • ., Ins., I, Class. IV, Pap. Noct., viii. Superior wings glossy-white, with numerous black points; inferior ones blackish. .Y. padella; Tinea padelta, Fab.; Rres., Ibid., viii. Superior wings lead-grey, with about twenty black dots. The catet·pillar, like that of the evonymella, Jives in society forming a numerous community under a web. It is sometimes so abundant on the ft·uit trees in Europe, the leaves of which it devours, that the branches seem to be covered with crape(2). In the following subgenus, or the ffiooPHoRA, Lat. The htferior palpi are covered over the head like horns, taper to a point, and even extend to the back of the thorax. The Teigne des bles, which is so destructive in the southern departments of France, and of a uniform brownish creamcolour, belongs to this subgenus. I also refer to it the T. harisella, whose caterpillar, according to the observations of Hubert, Jun., forms a sort of hammock( 3). Sometimes the inferior palpi are very small and hairy. The antennre are almost always very long, and the eyes are closely approximated. ADELA, Lat.-.!llucita, Fab. These Insects are found .i.n the woods, and several species appear ( 1) CraTnbus carn.eU8, Fab ., and some other species. The antennllC of the males are marked inferiorly by a knot-like inflation. . (2) See Lat., Gen. Ct·ust. et Insect., IV, 222; and the Hist. Nat. des L6pid. de Fr., of Godart. (3) The Tinea majorella, Geo.lfroyella, rujimitrella, &c. of HUbner. }'or thiaand VoL. IV.-2 C |