coleophora] ELACHISTIDAE 653 



yellowish -tinged. Antennae white, basal joint with long 

 ochreous - whitish tuft. Forewings pale yellow; a strong 

 streak from beneath costa at ^ to costa at f , a short streak 

 in disc beyond middle, a streak along fold and another along 

 dorsum shining white ; space between subcostal and discal 

 streaks brown, extending to apex. Hindwings rather dark 

 grey. 



Sui'rey, local ; C. Europe ; 7. Larva brown ; head, plate of 



2, four spots on 3, and two on 4 black : in a rather flat 

 slightly curved blackish -brown case of fragments of leaves, 

 on Centaurea ; 8-5. 



38. 0. vibicigerella, ^. 12-14 mm. Head white. Antennae 

 white, basal joint with very long ochreous-greyish tuft. Fore- 

 wings pale ochreous -yellow ; a strong costal streak, a discal 

 streak from \, a streak along fold and another along dorsum 

 shining white ; space between costal and discal streaks brown, 

 extending to apex. Hindwings grey. 



Essex, local ; C. Europe, WC. Asia to N. Persia ; 6, 7. Larva 

 in a long curved somewhat flattened black silken case, on Arte- 

 misia maritima and A. ca7n2yestris ; 9-5. 



39. C. pyrrhulipennella, Z. 11-12 mm. Head light bronzy- 

 grey, whitish-mixed. Antennae white, ringed with fuscous, 

 basal joint with light ochreous-greyish tuft. Forewings 

 brownish-ochreous, lighter dorsally ; a costal streak, one in 

 disc from middle, one along fold, and one along dorsum shining 

 white. Hindwings grey. 



England to Westmoreland, common ; C. Europe, Asia Minor ; 

 7. Larva yellowish ; head, plate of 2, four triangular spots on 



3, and two on 4 black : in a long slender somewhat curved black 

 silken case, on Calluna and Erica ; 9-5. 



40. 0. vulnerariae, Z. 12-14 mm. Head white, crown 

 ochreous -tinged. Antennae white, ringed with fuscoiis, basal 

 joint with short yellowish tuft. Forewings light yellowish ; a 

 costal streak to near apex, one in disc posteriorly, one along 

 fold, and one along dorsum white, edged with scattered fuscous 

 scales. Hindwings grey. 



Kent, local ; C. Europe, Sicily, Asia Minor ; 6. Larva on 

 Arhthyllis vulneraria ; 5. 



41. 0. saturatella, Stt. {tinctoriella, Coverdale) 12-14 mm. 

 Head white, sometimes light brownish on crown. Antennae 

 white, ringed with darli fuscous, basal joint with short tuft. 

 Forewings dark brown, becoming yellow -ochreous towards 

 dorsum anteriorly and base ; a strong white costal streak 



