. A handbook of British lepidoptera. Lepidoptera. l'YKAMDINA 9 coincident. Hindwings six-cleft, cell very short, 5 absent, 7 out of 6 near origin, 8 free. The curious genus which alone constitutes this family stands very isolated, the earlier connecting forms being apparently all extinct. Imago with forewings triangular, cleft almost from the base into six linear segments; flight crepuscular. Larva moderately elongate, with few hairs. Pupa in a cocoon above ground. 1. Orneodes, Latr. Face with projection of scales. Antennae in $ minutely ciliated. Labial palpi long, obliquely ascending, second
. A handbook of British lepidoptera. Lepidoptera. l'YKAMDINA 9 coincident. Hindwings six-cleft, cell very short, 5 absent, 7 out of 6 near origin, 8 free. The curious genus which alone constitutes this family stands very isolated, the earlier connecting forms being apparently all extinct. Imago with forewings triangular, cleft almost from the base into six linear segments; flight crepuscular. Larva moderately elongate, with few hairs. Pupa in a cocoon above ground. 1. Orneodes, Latr. Face with projection of scales. Antennae in $ minutely ciliated. Labial palpi long, obliquely ascending, second joint with projecting scales beneath, somewhat tufted, terminal pointed. Forewings: 5 and (> absent, 9 and 10 absent. A genus of about 20 known species, pretty evenly distributed throughout the world. 1. 0. hexadactyla, L. (j>oly- dactyla, Hb.) 13-16 mm. Ter- minal joint of palpi as long as second. Forewings ochreous-grey; two costal spots before and one beyond middle, a median fascia projecting inwardly above and outwardly below middle, and narrow subterminal fascia dilated with whitish ; apex of segments blackish; cilia grey, mixed with blackish and barred with whitish. Hindwings grey, barred throughout with blackish and whitish ; cilia grey, with whitish bars forming four transverse lines. Britain to Aberdeen, Ireland, common ; Europe, Asia Minor ; 8-4. Larva yellow ; head brownish-ochreous : amongst flower- buds of Lonicera ; 6, 'miration of Ornrndrs liextulactylu middle blackish edged 6. PSYCHINA. Eyes glabrous. Maxillary palpi rudimentary or obsolete (yet sometimes well marked in pupa). Posterior tibiao with spurs very short (except Ileterogeneidae), middle-spurs often absent. Forewings: lb furcate, lc usually developed, 5 more or less approximated to 4. Hindwings with frenulum, retina-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations ma
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