depressakia] OECOPHOEIDAE 625 



Larva yellowish-green ; head black : amongst spun shoots of 

 Daucus carota ; G, 7. 



18. D. alstroemeriana, CI. 17-19 inm. Head and thorax 

 white. Fore wings white, more or less suftused with pale brownish- 

 ochreous, with a few black scales ; costa marked with blackish ; 

 first discal stigma black, preceded by a similar dot obliquely 

 above it ; a suffused blackish -grey spot touching middle of 

 costa, edged beneath with a thick red mark ; some black ter- 

 minal dots. Hindwings whitish-grey, darker terminally. 



Britain to Roxbiu-gh, E. Ireland, common ; C. and SW. 

 Europe, N. Asia ; 8-4. Larva pale green ; dorsal and subdorsal 

 lines darker; head yellowish-grccu : in rolled leaflets of 

 Conium inacuIatiDii ; G, 7. 



19. D. angelicella, lib. 15-17 mm. Head light ochreous- 

 yellow. Forewings rosy-ochreous, costa more rosy, somewhat 

 sprinkled with dark fuscous ; first discal stigma black, often 

 minute or obsolete, preceded by a larger similar dot obliquely 

 above it, second black, placed in a dark fuscous suft'usion some- 

 times tending to form an indistinct fascia, plical sometimes 

 distinct, black ; blackish terminal dots. Hindwings whitish- 

 grey. 



Britain to Argyll, N. Ireland, rather local ; C. Europe ; 7-9. 

 Larva greenisli-grey; dots black; head reddish-ochreous ; 2 

 ochreous-tingcd : in spun shootis of Angelica .si/lvestris ; 5, 6. 



20. D. purpurea, Ihv. {vaceineUa, Hb.) 11-14 mm. Head 

 grey, face white. Forewings crimson-fuscous, mixed with dark 

 fuscous and whitish, especially towards costa ; base more 

 whitish ; fii'st discal stigma black, posteriorly whitish-edged, 

 preceded by a similar dot obliquely above it, second white, 

 edged with dark fuscous; between and above these a dark 

 fuscous blotch reaching costa. Hindwings light grey, darker 

 posteriorly. 



England to Lancashire, E. and S. Ireland, rather local ; C. 

 and S. Europe, AVC'. Asia to N. Persia ; 8-4. Larva yellowish ; 

 head and plate of 2 black : in spun leaves of AntJtriscAis and 

 Daucus ; 6, 7. 



21. D. capreolella, Z. 14-lG mm. Forewings light fuscous; 

 base pale ; first discal stigma black, preceded by a similar dot 

 obliquely above it, second white, obscurely dark-edged, pre- 

 ceded by a similar dot ; dark fuscous terminal dots. Hindwings 

 whitish-fuscous, darker terminally. 



England to Westmoreland, E. Ireland, local : C. Europe, 

 Asia Minor ; 8-4. Larva green ; dorsal and subdorsal lines 



2 s 



