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TINEINA 



[exaeretia 



1. E. allisella, Stt. 20-21 nmi. Forewings reddish -grey, 

 irregularly and sufFusedly irrorated with whitish ; a cloudy 

 ferruginous fascia from middle of costa to tornus, marked with 

 a dark fuscous spot in middle, and edged anteriorly with 

 whitish suffusion. Hindwings pale yellowish-grey. 



Kent, Surrey, Norfolk, Cheshire to Cumberland, local ; 

 Germany, Finland ; 7. Larva greyish-green, dorsally reddish- 

 tinged ; spots dark grey; head yellow-brown: in stems and 

 roots of Artemisia vulgaris; 10-5. 



10. Dbpebssabia, Hiv. 



Tongue developed. Antennae f, in $ simple, basal joint 

 with pecten. Labial palpi very long, second joint with dense 



roughly projecting scales and 

 furrowed beneath, terminal 

 shorter. Thorax sometimes 

 crested. Abdomen flattened. 

 Forewings : 2 and 3 sometimes 

 stalked, 7 to costa or apex. 

 Hindwings 1, oblong-ovate, cilia 

 about h ', 3 and 4 connate or 

 short-stalked. 



A very large genus, yet al- 

 most wholly confined to temper- 

 ate regions of the Northern 

 hemisphere, and mainly char- 

 acteristic of Europe. Imago 

 with forewings elongate-oblong 

 or elongate, apex usually obtuse 

 or rounded, termcn little oblique. 

 Larva usually feeding in rolled 

 or spun leaves, especially on UmheUiferae and Comj^ositae. 

 Many of the species hibernate in the imago state, and these 

 are particularly fond of concealing themselves in thatch. 



1. Forewings with 2 and 3 stalked . . .2. 



,, ,, 2 and 3 remote . . . 26. 



2. Forewings with blackish dot near base of dorsum 



25. rotundella. 

 ,, without such dot . . .3. 



3. First discal stigma obliquely preceded by a black 



dot, sometimes confluent to form a curved mark 4. 

 First discal stigma single, dot-like . . 20. 



4. Head and thorax white . . 18. alstrocmeriana 



Neuration and head of Depressaria 

 arenella. 



