694 TINEINA 



7. Labial palpi with second joint tufted, terminal acute 



9. Choreutis. 

 ,, ,, second joint not tufted, terminal 



not acute . .10. Simabthis. 



8. Labial palpi with second joint more or less tufted 



6. I'lutella. 

 ,, ,, second joint not tufted . 9. 



9. Hindwings with 3 and 4 remote . 4. Orthotaelia. 



,, 3 and 4 connate or stalked 



8. (iLYPIirPTERYX. 



1. Atemelia, IIS. 



Head above loosely haired. Antennae |, in $ simple, basal 

 joint rather short, with pecten. Labial palpi short, drooping, 

 filiform. Maxillary palpi rudimentary. Forewings : 7 and 8 

 stalked. Hindwings 1, elongate-ovate, cilia 1 ; 4 absent, 6 and 

 7 parallel. 



Licludes only a single species, nearly related to the following 

 genus. Lnago with forewings elongate, rather narrow, termcn 

 oblique. 



1. A. torquatella, Z. 10-11 mm. Forewings dark fuscous; 

 a cloudy ochreous-whitish subdorsal spot at ^, and another about 

 tornus, sometimes partially obsolete ; sometimes a dot on costa 

 towards apex, and an indistinct terminal spot below middle. 

 Hindwings dark fuscous. 



Durham to Perth, local ; Holland, Germany, Russia, Asia 

 Minor; 6, 7. Larva dull dark red, whitish - marbled ; head 

 pale brown ; 2 with two large black spots : in blotches in leaves 

 of birch and elm; 8-10. 



2. Prays, lib. 



Head with apprcssed scales. Antennae |, in S serrulate, 

 pubescent, basal joint without pecten. Labial palpi moderate, 

 curved, subascending, second joint somewhat rough beneath, 

 terminal longer than second. Maxillary palpi obsolete. Fore- 

 wings : 7 and 8 stalked. Hindwings 1, elongate-ovate, thinly 

 scaled near base, cilia ■§ ; 4 absent, 6 and 7 parallel. 



A very small genus, found in Europe, Asia, and Austi'alia. 

 Imago with forewings elongate, rather naiTow, termen oblique. 



L P. curtisellus, Don. 15-17 mm. Head white or greyish- 

 ochreous. Forewings white or greyish-ochreous ; some blackisli 

 dorsal strigulae ; a triangular blackish blotch, lighter or mixed 

 with whitish on costa, extending along costa from near base to 



