prays] 



PLUTELLIDAE 



695 



J ; some irregular blackish marks towards termen ; sometimes 

 the whole wing is luiicolorous dark fuscous. Hind wings rather 

 dark grey. 



Britain to Caledonian Canal, Ireland, common ; C. Europe, 

 Asia jNlinor ; 6, 7. Larva greenish, marbled with red -brown 

 above; dorsal line deep green; head pale brown, dark-spotted ; 

 2 with two black spots : when young mining in leaves, after- 

 wards in bark of slioots, ultimately in spun shoots of ash : 

 10-5. 



3. YpuNd.MEUTA, Lafr. 



Head smooth. Antennae |, in c? Hlit'orin, minutely ciliated, 

 basal joint without pectcn. Labial 

 palpi moderate, curved, ascending, 

 second joint with appressed scales, 

 terminal as long as or longer than 

 second, somewhat roughened in 

 front, acute. Maxillary palpi rudi- 

 mentary. Forewings : 7 and 8 

 separate. Hindwings 1, elongate- 

 ovate, with transparent subbasal 

 patch, cilia § ; 4 absent, 6 and 7 



nearly parallel. Neuratiou of V^wnonuiita j)himhelhis. 



A rather small but nearly cosmopolitan genus, absent from 

 New Zealand. Imago with forewings elongate, rather narrow, 

 termen oblique. Larva gregarious, in a dense common web. 



1. Head grey . . .6. v if/in tipimcf at u>i. 



„ white . . . . .2. 



2. Forewings with blackish spot on fold . . 3. 



,, without such spot . . .4. 



3. Forewings with blackish suffusion in apical cilia 



5. phuahcUus. 

 „ without blackish apical suffusion 



4. irrorcUus. 

 4. Lowest series including 9-11 dots . 1. evonymdlm. 



., " 4-7 dots . . .' 5. 



5. Cilia of forewings white . . .2. cognateUm. 



,, ,, more or less grey . 3. padellm. 



1. Y. evonymellus, L. {padi, Z.) 20-23 mm. Head white. 



Forewings whitish ; five or six longitudinal series of numerous 



black dots, first not reaching middle, lowest including 9-11 



dots; some additional black dots before termen; cilia white. 



Hindwings dark grey. 



