aplota] OECOPHORIDAE 615 



S. England to Essex and Hereford, local ; Germany ; 7, 8. 

 Larva yellow-whitish ; subdorsal and spiracular lines irregular, 

 purplish ; head and plate of 2 black : in silken galleries, 

 gregariously, on moss; 10-6. The images are very retired in 

 habit. 



5. ChkimophiijA, Hh. 



Tongue rudimentary. Antennae §, in $ moderately ciliated, 

 basal joint without pecten. Labial palpi moderately long, 

 second joint with long rough spreading hairs, terminal short, 

 concealed. Forewings : 7 to termen. Hindwings 1, elongate- 

 ovate, cilia |- ; 3 and 4 approximated or connate or seldom 

 coincident. Wings in $ abbreviated, lanceolate, incapable of 

 flight. 



Contains only one species. Imago with forewings elongate, 

 apex rounded, termen oblique. Larva with third pair of legs 

 placed on a stem. 



L C. salicella, Hh. S 17-20 mm. Forewings fuscous, some- 

 what whitish-sprinkled ; costal edge whitish-rosy ; an irregular 

 ill-defined dark fuscous transverse rather oblique fascia before 

 middle, not reaching dorsum, and transverse mark in disc at |, 

 each preceded by a whitish suffusion. Hindwings fuscous. 



5- 7-8 mm. Forewings grey, whitish -sprinkled ; blackish 

 oblique median and posterior fasciae. Hindwings light grey. 



England to Westmoreland, local ; N. and C. Europe ; 4. 

 Larva dull whitish-green ; spots grey ; head blackish ; 2 with a 

 blackish -gi'een crescentic plate : in rolled leaves of Potentilla 

 anserina, perhaps also other plants ; 6-9. 



6. Chimabache, HI). 



Tongue rudimentary. Antennae -|, in $ moderately ciliated 

 or with long fascicles, basal joint without pecten. Labial palpi 

 moderate or long, second joint with dense loose scales somewhat 

 projecting terminally, terminal short. Forewings somewhat 

 rough-scaled; 7 to apex. Hindwings about 1, oblong-ovate, 

 cilia \ ; 3 and 4 approximated or connate. Wings in 5 

 abbreviated, lanceolate, incapable of flight. 



Restricted to the two following species. Imago with fore- 

 wings elongate, apex round-pointed, termen oblique. 



Antennae with long fascicles of cilia . 1 . phryrianella. 



„ shortly and evenly ciliated . 2. fagella. 



Q f Palpi moderate (somewhat over 2) . \. phryganella. 



^ \ „ very long (over 4) . . .2. fagella. 



