SEMioscopis] OECOPHORIDAE 617 



Britain to Pertli, local ; N. and C. Europe ; 3, 4. Larva 

 whitish-green ; dorsal line darker ; head and plate of 2 green : 

 in a web beneath leaves of Tilia parvifoJla (and probabl}' other 

 trees); 7-0. 



2. S. steinkellneriana, Sdiiff. 18-21 mm. Forewings light 

 brown, sometimes rosj-tinged, with a iii\Y dark fuscous scales ; 

 a small black subcostal dot near base ; a bent blackish longi- 

 tudinal mark in disc before middle ; second discal stigma 

 forming an angulated blackish transverse mark, connected with 

 a fuscous spot on costa; 2 and 3 stalked. Hindwings light 

 grey. 



Britain to Sutherland, rather common ; N. and C. Europe ; 

 4. Larva whitish-green ; dorsal line darker ; head and plate of 

 2 black-marked : in a web beneath leaves of hawthorn and 

 Pyrus aiicujiaria; 7-9. 



8. Knicostoma, StplL. 



Tongue developed. Antennae I, in S shortly ciliated, basal 

 joint without jjecten. Labial palpi very long, second joint 

 somewhat rough beneath, terminal short. Forewings with 

 scale-tufts on surface; 7 to costa. Hindwings 1, oblong-ovate, 

 cilia ^ ; 3 and 4 approximated or connate. 



Only includes the one species. Luago with forewings 

 elongate, termen oblique. 



1. E. lobelia, ;S'c/w^'. 16-19 mm. Forewings fuscous; stigmata 

 raised, blackish, fir'st discal somewhat before plical, an addi- 

 tional blackish dot obliquely before and above it, and another 

 below second discal. Hindwings grey. 



Kent to Dorset and Norfolk, rather local ; C. Europe ; 6. 

 Larva whitish -green, incisions whitish; dorsal line darker, 

 edged with whitish lines ; head whitish ; 2 with a whitish 

 central line and two l)lack dots : in a web beneath leaves of 

 blackthorn ; 8, 9. 



9. EXABIIETIA, Sit. 



Tongue developed, xintennae f , in S pubescent, basal joint 

 with pecten. Labial palpi very long, second joint thickened 

 with dense scales, somewhat rough and furrowed beneath, 

 terminal rather shoi't, in 9 thickened with scales towai'ds base. 

 Thorax crested. Forewings : 2 and 3 stalked, 7 to apex. 

 Hindwings 1, oblong-ovate, cilia f ; 3 and 4 connate. 



Also fovmded on a single species. Imago with forewings 

 elongate-oblong, termen little oblique. 



