508 TORTRICINA [pammene 



S. England to Hereford and Essex, local ; C. and SW. 

 Europe ; 6. Larva whitish ; spots red ; head black ; plate of 2 

 yellowish, black-marked: in galls on oak; 9, 10. 



10. P. spiniana, Dup. 10-11 mm. Forewings dark fuscous, 

 with obscure violet - metallic striae, costa obscurely paler- 

 strigulated ; a triangular white median dorsal spot, usually 

 enclosing an obscure fuscous dorsal dot. Hindwings fuscous, 

 in (J w4th broad terminal and dorsal dark fuscous fascia, in $ 

 darker throughout. 



England to York, E. Ireland, rather common in hedges ; C. 

 Eui'ope ; 8. 



11. P. populana, /^. (f^)/i?i(9^ia»a., Hb.) 10-11 mm. Forewings 

 dark fuscous, costa posteriorly strigulated with whitish ; a 

 triangular ochreous-white median dorsal blotch, apex somewhat 

 bent posteriorly, including a small triangular dark fuscous 

 dorsal spot ; three streaks from costa and margins of ocellus 

 leaden-metallic. Hindwings dark fuscous, base lighter. 



England to York, local; C.Europe; 7. Larva whitish-green; 

 head black; plate of 2 black, anteriorly whitish-green: on 

 Salix cwprea and S. repens; 5, 6. 



12. P. regiana, Z. 13-15 nun. Forewings dark fuscous, 

 costa posteriorly with whitish strigulae yellower beneath ; a 

 rather large yellow pentagonal median dorsal blotch, not nearly 

 reaching tornus, sometimes with a few dark fuscous scales ; a 

 streak from costa beyond middle and margins of ocellus bluish- 

 metallic. Hindwings dark fuscous, in $ with blackish suffusion 

 on Ic towards termen. 



England to York, E. Ireland, common ; C. and SE. Europe, 

 Asia Minor ; 6, 7. Larva whitish ; head brown ; plate of 2 

 pale ochreous : beneath bark of sycamore ; 9-4. 



13. P. trauniana, Schiff. 12-13 mm. Differs from P. 

 7-e(jiana as follows : wings narrower, costal strigulae yellow, 

 ending in leaden-metallic dots, metallic markings more leaden, 

 dorsal blotch larger, more elongate and rounded, nearly reaching 

 tornus. 



Kent, Surrey, York, local; 0. Europe; G. Larva probably 

 beneath bark of ma]:)le. 



22. Laspeykesia, lib. 



Antennae in S simple or minutely ciliated. Palpi moderate, 

 curved, ascending. Thorax smooth. Forewings with termen 

 hardly sinuate. Hindwings : 3 and 4 connate or stalked, 5 

 nearly parallel to 4, 6 and 7 closely approximated towards base. 



