nepticula] TINEIDAE 723 



Essex to Lincoln, local ; Germany ; 6. Lai'va green-whitish : 

 in blotches in leaves of Ruhus friUicosus ; 10. 



47. N. arcuatella, HS. (arcuosella, Dbld.) 4-5 mm. Head 

 ochreoiis-yellowish to fnscous. Antennal eyecaps white. Fore- 

 wings blackish ; an oblique somewhat curved shining silvery 

 fascia in middle ; outer half of cilia be3'ond a blackish line grey- 

 whitish. Hindwings grey. 



England to Westmoreland, local ; Germany, Switzerland ; 5, 



8. Larva pale greenish : in long in-egular galleries in leaves of 

 Fotenti.n a fraf/ariastruni and P. to7'mentilla ; 7, 9, 10. 



48. N. fulgens, Stt. 5-6 mm. Head light ochreous-yellowish. 

 Antennal eyecaps whitish. Forewings deep shining bronzy ; a 

 golden-tinged silvery-metallic hardly oblique fascia at § ; apical 

 area beyond this dark purple-fuscous ; cilia round apex beyond 

 a blackish median line white. Hindwings rather dark grey. 



Lancashire, Westmoi'cland, local ; not recorded elsewhere ; 

 5, 8. Larva pale greenish -3'ellow ; head pale brown : in long- 

 irregular galleries in leaves of beech ; 7, 9, 10. 



49. N. mjrrtillella, Stt. 4-5 mm. Head ferruginous-yellowish, 

 collar paler. Antennal eyecaps whitish. Forewings dark 

 fuscous, faintly purplish -tinged ; a rather oblique somewhat 

 shining whitish fascia beyond middle; outer half of cilia ochreous- 

 white. Hindwings light grey. 



Hereford to Perth, common ; Germany ; 5, 8. Larva yellow : 

 in irregular galleries in leaves of Vaccin/iun myrtilhis; 7, 



9, 10. 



50. N. salicis, Stt. {diversa, Glitz.) 5-6 mm. Head ferrugin- 

 ous-orange, collar paler. Antennal eyecaps whitish. Forewings 

 fuscous or dark fuscous, faintly purplish -tinged, somewhat 

 sprinkled with pale yellowish ; an ochreous - whitish rather 

 oblique fascia beyond middle ; apical area beyond this some- 

 times more blackish ; outer half of cilia ochreous-white. Hind- 

 wings grey. 



Britain to the Clyde, common ; C Europe ; 5, 8. Larva 

 yellowish : in narrow irregular blotches in leaves of Salix, 

 especially ^S*. caprea; 7, 9, 10. Supposed British examples of 

 JV. vimineticola, Fr., would seem to have been pale specimens 

 of this species. 



51. N. floslactella, Hiv. 5-7 mm. Head ferruginous-^^ellowish, 

 collar paler. Antennal eyecaps yellow - whitish. Forewings 

 dark fuscous, mixed or almost wholly suftused with pale ochreous- 

 yellowish ; a pale ochreous-yellowish oblique fascia beyond 

 middle ; apical area beyond this dark fuscous, faintly purplish- 



