632 TINEINA [psecapia 



Kent, Bucks, very scarce, perhaps a douljtful resident ; C. 

 and S. Eui'ope, Asia Minor, N. Africa ; 5, 8. Larva whitish ; 

 dorsal series of orange spots and black dots ; subdorsal series 

 of subconfiuent blackish spots ; spiracular line orange ; sub- 

 spiracular dark grey ; head black : in a slight web amongst 

 leaves and flowers of Echiuvi ; 6, 7, 9. Said to frequent poor 

 sandy soil. 



5. P. pusiella, Roem. 25-31 mm. Palpi long. Forewings 

 white ; a thick irregular median black streak from base of 

 costa to near termen, with three quadrate projections on each 

 edge ; two spots towards costa anteriorly, one on middle of 

 costa, two dots towards dorsum anteriorly, three together be- 

 neath costa at f, and a series along posterior half of costa 

 and termen black. Hindwings grey-whitish, becoming greyer 

 towards apex, white towards tornus. 



Kent, recorded many years ago, perhaps now extinct ; C. 

 and S. Europe, WC. Asia to Turkestan ; 6, 7. Larva on 

 Lithospermum and Fulmonaria ; 5. 



12. Hakpei.la, Schrk. 



Tongue developed. Antennae -|, in c^ ciliated with long 

 fascicles (4), basal joint with pecten. Labial palpi extremely 

 long, second joint rough-scaled beneath and sometimes above, 

 terminal shorter. Forewings: 7 to apex. Hindwings 1, 

 elongate-ovate, cilia f ; 3 and 4 connate. 



A verj' small genus, inhabiting the European region. Imago 

 with forewings elongate, apex rounded, termen veiy obliqiie. 

 The species fly in bright sunshine. 



Forewings with bluish-silvery streaks from base 1. f/eoffrella. 

 ,, without such streaks . . 2. hractella. 



1. H. geoflfrella, L. 17-21 mm. Head and thorax yellow, 

 with a central dark fuscous stripe. Forewings yellow, 

 posteriorly becoming deeper and suffused with dark fuscous, 

 especially on veins ; a bluish-silvery blackish-edged sti'eak from 

 base al)ove middle to -|, thence bent down to join a similai' 

 straight subdorsal streak from base above middle of dorsum ; a 

 bluish-silvery blackish-edged transverse strcalv from costa befori' 

 middle to disc; a large whitish -yellow dark -edged triangular 

 spot on costa at |, and another before tornus. Hindwings dai-k 

 fuscous. 



England to Yoi-k, S. Ireland, connnon ; ('. Europe; 5, i\. 



2. H. bractella, L. 14-17 mm. Ilcid and thorax yellow. 

 Forewings dark fuscnns ; basal 'r and a lai-ge costal sjjot beyond 



