ephestia] PHYCITIDAE 373 



1. E. elutella, Hb. (semirufa, Hw. ; Roxhurghii, Gregs.) 

 14-19 mm. Forewings in $ less elongate, with costal fold 

 enclosing flocculent scales ; grey, sprinkled with whitish and 

 mixed with dark fuscous, towards dorsum often also with 

 ferruginous-reddish ■ lines pale, dark-edged, first straight, rather 

 oblique, second almost straight ; two darker transversely placed 

 discal dots. Hindwings pale fuscous, anteriorly thinly scaled, 

 in cj with median and subdorsal whitish-ochreous basal hair- 

 tufts. 



England to Cumberland, Ireland, common ; Europe, WC. 

 Asia to Turkestan, N. Africa, N. America, Australia; 6-10. 

 Larva brown-whitish ; dots brown ; head and plate of 2 reddish- 

 brown : on biscuit, chocolate, figs, etc. ; 8-4. 



2. E. ficulella, Barr. (? demetelia, Walk.) 15-19 mm. 

 Forewings in S with costal fold enclosing long hair-pencil ; 

 fuscous, irrorated with whitish, and sprinkled with dark fuscous ; 

 lines pale, first somewhat bent, not oblique on dorsum, pos- 

 teriorly dark-edged and marked with two darker spots, second 

 dark-edged, indented above middle ; two dark fuscous trans- 

 versely placed discal dots. Hindwings subhyaline, fuscous- 

 tinged, veins and termen fuscous, in S with subdorsal whitish- 

 ochreous l)asal hair-tuft ; subbasal line of cilia very faint. 



England to York, E. Ireland, local ; S. Europe, N. Africa, 

 Australia ; 8-10. Larva pinkish-ochreous-whitish ; dorsal, sub- 

 dorsal, spiracular, and subspiracular lines pink ; spots dark 

 brown ; head and plate of 2 dark brown : on figs, dried 

 currants, etc. ; 9-6. 



3. E. cahiritella, Z. {jmssuJella, Barr.) 14-20 mm. Fore- 

 wings in $ with costal fold enclosing long hair-pencil ; greyish- 

 ochreous or fuscous, irrorated with grey-whitish ; lines hardly 

 paler, first slightly bent, not oblique on dorsum, suflfusedly 

 dark-edged posteriorly, second very faintly dark-edged, some- 

 what indented above middle ; two indistinct darker transversely 

 placed discal dots. Hindwings subhyaline, fuscous-tinged, 

 veins and termen fuscous, in S with subdorsal whitish-ochreous 

 basal hair-tuft ; subbasal line of cilia fuscous, well-marked. 



England to York, local ; SC. and S. Europe, N. Asia, Japan, 

 N. Africa, America, Australia; 5-10. Larva pinkish-ochreous- 

 whitish ; dots dark brown ; a black white-centred lateral spot 

 on 3 and 1 2 ; head and plate of 2 dark brown : on dried figs, 

 beans, ciu-rants, etc. ; 7-4. 



4. E. calidella, Gn. (Jicelki, Dgl. ; xanthotricha, Stgr.) 18-22 

 mm. Forewings with costa more arched posteriorly, in $ with 



