gelechia] GELECHIADAE 601 



Kent, local ; Germany, Switzerland ; 8, 9. Larva pale 

 greenish or yellowish ; dorsal and subdorsal lines indistinctly 

 pale ; spots black ; head pale greenish-brown : in spun shoots of 

 Hippo])/iae rhamnoides ; 7. 



52. G. rhombella, Schif. 13-14 mm. Terminal joint of 

 palpi as long as second. Forewings pale ochreous to light 

 fuscous, sprinkled with black ; a black spot along costa at 

 base, and another at f ; stigmata black, plical minute, second 

 discal usually forming a bent mark ; a dark tornal spot ; 

 sometimes a faint pale angulated fascia at | ; usnally blackish 

 terminal spots. Hind wings somewhat over 1, pale grey, darker 

 terminally. 



England to Durham, E. Ireland, local ; C. Europe ; 7. Larva 

 dai'k green, sides reddish-tinged ; subdorsal and spiracular lines 

 whitish ; head dark brown ; plate of 2 black, bisected : between 

 joined leaves of apple ; 5, 6. 



53. G. solutella, Z. 16-19 mm. Terminal joint of palpi 

 somewhat longer than second. Forewings dark fuscous, more 

 or less sprinkled with grey-whitish ; a blackish oblique mark 

 in disc towards base ; stigmata rather large, blackish, first 

 discal rather beyond plical ; a pale angulated fascia at f, some- 

 times interrupted, often very indistinct. Hindwings over 1, 

 light grey. 



Cornwall, York, Durham, Perth, local ; C. and S. Europe, 

 Asia Minor; 5. Larva in galleries amongst Genista ; 7. 



54. G. distinctella, Z. {celerella, Stt.; fumatella, Dgl.) 12-17 

 mm. Terminal joint of palpi as long as second. Forewings 

 brown, usually mixed with dark fuscous ; usually indistinct 

 dark fuscous spots on costa near base, at ^, and beyond middle, 

 and in disc near base and at ^ ; stigmata black, often partly 

 edged with whitish, first discal beyond plical ; an indistinct 

 pale ferruginous-tinged angulated fascia at |, sometimes almost 

 obsolete. Hindwings over 1, light grey. 



England to York, local ; C. and S. Europe, Asia Minor ; 7, 

 8. Stainton's celerella was described from small distinctly 

 marked specimens. The supposed British record of G. 

 strelitziella, HS., was founded on an example of this species. 



55. G. diflB.nis, Hiv. 14-16 mm. Terminal joint of palpi as 

 long as second. Forewings ochreous-brownish, violet- tinged, 

 more or less densely irrorated with blackish and whitish ; an 

 angulated oblique fascia of three violet-black raised marks 

 about \ ; stigmata blackish, first discal slightly beyond plical, 

 second forming a transverse mark or pair of dots ; an indistinct 



