douglasia] 



ELACHISTIDAE 



685 



Hindwings h, narrow-lanceolate, cilia 4 ; transverse vein partly 

 absent, 3 absent, 5 and 6 stalked. 



. There is only one known species. Imago with forewings 

 elongate-lanceolate. 



1. D. ocnerostomella, Stt. 8-10 mm. Forewings rather darl< 

 grey, irrorated with pale; sometimes a faint pale dorsal spot 

 before tornus ; cilia with lines of blackish points. Hindwings 

 grey. ': 



Kent and Sussex to Norfolk, E. Ireland, local ; Holland, 

 Germany, Asia Minor; 7. Larva in stems of Echium ; 9, 10. 

 Pupa within the stem. 



19. Perittia, Stt. 



Antennae |-, in S simple. Labial palpi rather short, droop- 

 ing, filiform, pointed. Posterior tibiae rough-haired. Fore- 

 wings : lb furcate, 5 absent, 6 and 7 stalked, 7 to costa, 8 

 absent. Hindwings f, lanceolate, cilia 3 ; 5 absent, 6 and 7 

 stalked. 



There is but one species. Imago with forewings elongate- 

 lanceolate. 



1. P. obscuripunctella, Stt. 8-10 mm. Forewings light 

 shining grey, somewhat darker-sprinkled ; plical stigma dark 

 fuscous, elongate, followed by some whitish scales, second discal 

 fuscous, indistinct. Hindwings grey. 



England, common ; Holland, Germany ; 5. Larva greenish- 

 grey; dorsal line darker ; head dark brown ; plate of 2 blackish : 

 in blotches in leaves of Lonicera ; 7. The imago flies along 

 hedges on sunny afternoons. 



20. SCYTHRIS, lib. 



Antennae 4, in S shortly ciliated. Labial pulpi long, curved, 

 ascending, second joint smooth- 

 scaled, terminal shorter, acute. 

 Posterior tibiae rough - haired. 

 Forewings : lb shortly furcate or 

 simple, 5 seldom absent, 6 and 7 

 stalked, 7 to costa, 8 absent. 

 Hindwings |- to almost 1, lanceo- 

 late, cilia 14-3; transverse vein 

 sometimes absent, 4 and 5 some- 

 times stalked or coincident. 



A rather large and practically cosmopolitan genus, though 

 seemingly much more numerous in the warmer parts of Europe 



Neuration of Scythris fuscocuprea. 



