goniodoma] 



ELACHISTIDAE 



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orange; a slender costal streak from base to middle, a discal 

 streak from J to a spot at f, a streak along fold throughout, a 

 dorsal streak from base to near tornus, three inwardly oblique 

 marks on costa posteriorly, a streak along termen, and an 

 apical dash golden-metallic, edged with dark fuscous scales. 

 Hindwings rather dark grey. 



Kent, I. of Wight, local ; other records doubtful ; 7, 8. Larva 

 pale yellow ; head, two spots on 2, and four on 3 brown : in a 

 case made of a dead flower, on flowers of Statice limonhim; 9. It 

 bores into a stem for pupation, leaving the case attached outside. 



2. COLEOPHORA, Rh. 



Antennae |, porrected in repose, often thickened with scales 

 towards base, in S simple, basal 

 joint long, usually with rough 

 scales or projecting tuft. Labial 

 palpi rather long, recurved, 

 second joint more or less rough- 

 scaled or tufted towards apex 

 beneath, terminal shorter, acute. 

 Posterior tibiae rough - haired. 

 Forewings with costa often long- 

 haired beneath ; lb furcate, 4 

 sometimes absent, 5 absent, 6 

 and 7 connate or stalked, 7 to 

 costa, 8 absent. Hindwings 

 f , linear-lanceolate, cilia 3-4 ; transvei'se veins sometimes partly 

 absent, 4 usually absent, 6 and 7 closely approximated or stalked. 



A very large genus, but apparently confined to the Northern 

 hemisphere, with the exception of two or three stragglers ; it 

 seems to reach its greatest development in Southern Europe, 

 but is numerously represented throughout Europe, N. and C. 

 Asia, and N. Ameinca. The species are often extremely similar 

 and hard to distinguish accurately unless the habits of the 

 larvae are known. Many are unicolorous ; hardly any show a 

 trace of the stigmata, and none have any transverse markings, 

 but longitudinal lines on the veins are frequent. Imago with 

 forewings very elongate-lanceolate. Larva mining when very 

 young, afterwards inhabiting a portable case ; attaching this to 

 the leaf or seed-vessel on which it feeds, it bores into the interior; 

 in leaves a pale blotch is usually produced, with a round hole 

 in one membrane, which distinguishes the mines of this genus 

 from all others. Pupa normally within the larval case. In 



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Neuration and head of Coleoplwra 

 onosmella. 



