724 TINEINA [nepticula 



tinged ; apical cilia ochreous-white except at base. Hindwings 

 light grey. 



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

 pale yellowish : in rather broad irregular galleries in leaves of 

 hazel and hornbeam ; 7, 9, 10. 



52. N. lapponica, Wk. 6-7 mm. Head ferruginous-orange to 

 blackish. Antonnal eyecaps whitish. Forewings light fuscous ; 

 a somewhat oblique shining whitish-ochreous fascia at f ; apical 

 area beyond this darker purple-fuscous; cilia round apexochreous- 

 whitish except at base. Hindwings light grey. 



Sussex, Hereford, York to Westmoreland, local ; N. Europe ; 

 5, 7. Larva yellow ; head blackish : in long angular galleries 

 in leaves of birch ; 6, 9. 



53. N. confusella, Wlsm. 5-6 mm. Head ochreous-yellow. 

 Antennal eyecaps whitish. Forewings fuscous, faintly purplish- 

 tinged, especially posteriorly ; a hardly oblique whitish fascia 

 at f ; outer half of cilia whitish. Hindwings light grey. 



Sussex, Norfolk, Hereford, local ; ^ not recognised elsewhere ; 

 5. Larva green-whitish ; head pale yellowish : in long angular 

 galleries in leaves of birch ; 7. 



54. N. septembrella, Stt. 5-6 mm. Head ferruginous- 

 ochreous, collar whitish. Antennal eyecaps whitish. Posterior 

 tarsi whitish. Forewings dark fuscous, somewhat pale-spi'inkled; 

 a subtriangular whitish tornal spot ; tips of apical cilia whitish. 

 Hindwings grey. 



England to Durham, E. Ireland, common; C. Europe; 5, 8. 

 Larva pale yellowish : in galleries becoming convoluted blotches 

 in leaves of HypericAim ; 7, 9, 10. Pvipa within the mine. 



55. N. catharticella, Stt. 5-6 mm. Head ferruginous-orange, 

 collar whitish. Antennal eyecaps whitish. Posterior tarsi 

 whitish, spotted with dark fuscous. Forewings dark fuscous, 

 faintly purplish -tinged ; a roundish white tornal spot; outer 

 half of cilia white. Hindwings grey. 



England to York, local ; C. Europe ; 5, 8. Larva green : 

 in rather broad irregular galleries in leaves of Rhamnais 

 catharticus; 7, 9, 10. 



56. N. intimella, Z. 5-6 mm. Head ferruginous -orange, 

 collar whitish. Antennae wholly ochreous-whitish. Forewings 

 blackish or dark fuscovis, faintly purplish-tinged ; an ochreous- 

 whitish dorsal spot hardly beyond middle ; tips of apical cilia 

 white. Hindwings grey. 



^ Quite recently published ; I have not seen specimens. 



