GLYi'HiPTEKYx] PLUTELLIDAE 705 



Europe, Asia Minor ; 5, 6. Larva on seeds of Carex vulpina 

 and other species ; 8-4. 



4. Gr. equitella, Sc. 9-10 mm. Forewings dark bronzy- 

 fuscous ; from five to seven white streaks fi'om posterior half of 

 costa, first markedly broadest and most oblique, others some- 

 times bright leaden -metallic in disc ; a curved very oblique 

 white streak from middle of dorsum, reaching half across wing ; 

 an erect silvery-metallic mark before tornus ; a silvery-metallic 

 mark along tornal margin ; a blackish apical spot ; dark line 

 of cilia indented below apex ; a dark hook above apex. Hind- 

 wings grey. 



England, N. Ireland, common ; C. and S. Europe, Asia 

 Minor; 6, 7. Larva pale yellow; head and plate of 2 black: 

 in shoots of Sedum acre; 5. 



6. G. fischeriella, Z. {scJioenicoJeUa, Stt.) 7-9 mm. Fore- 

 wings narrower than in G. equitella, dark bronzy -fuscous ; five 

 equally narrow white streaks from posterior half of costa ; a 

 slightly curved slender very obliqvie white streak from middle 

 of dorsum, sometimes partially or wholly obsolete ; an erect 

 silvery -metallic mark before tornus, meeting second costal 

 streak ; a silvery-metallic mark along tornal margin ; a blackish 

 apical spot ; dark line of cilia indented below apex ; a dark 

 hook above apex. Hindwings dark grey. 



Britain to the Orkneys, E. Ii-eland, common : C. and S. 

 Europe, Asia Minor, N. Africa; 5, 6. Larva whitish - green ; 

 dorsal vessel dark grey ; head and plate of 2 blackish : on seeds 

 of Dactylis glomerata and probably Schoenus ; 7. 



9. Choreutis, lib. 



Head smooth. Antennae |, in ^ ciliated with long fascicles, 

 basal joint sometimes with horny apical projection, without 

 pecten. Labial palpi moderately long, subascending, second 

 joint with rough projecting tuft beneath, terminal as long as or 

 shorter than second, acute. Maxillary palpi obsolete. Fore- 

 wings : 7 and 8 separate. Hindwings 1, ovate, cilia ij ; 3 and 4 

 connate or stalked, 6 and 7 parallel. 



A very small northern temperate genus, of which one species 

 ranges also throughout most of the world. Imago with forewings 

 elongate-triangular, apex obtuse, termen oblique. 



1. C. myllerana, F. (scintibilana, Hb.) 10-12 mm. Fore- 

 wings blackish-brown, whitish-sprinkled in middle, especially 

 towards dorsum ; about eight scattered dots or marks, an erect 

 streak from tornus, and a streak almost on termen violet-silvery- 



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