BUCCULATRix] TINEIDAE 733 



England to Durham, E. Ireland, rather local ; C. and SE. 

 Europe, Asia Minor, N. Africa ; 5, 6. Larva dull green, more 

 yellowish above ; dorsal line darker ; dots yellowish ; head pale 

 brown ; 2 marked with dark grey : on hawthorn ; 7, 8. 



11. B. demaryella, Stt. 8-9 mm. Head whitish, mixed 

 in middle with dark fuscous. Forewings brownish-whitish, 

 irrorated with dark fuscous ; two pairs of oblique whitish costal 

 and dorsal streaks before middle and at f , intermediate space 

 dark fuscous towards costa. Hindwings gi'ey. 



Britain to Sutherland, local ; not recorded elsewhere ; 5, 6. 

 Larva dull green, more whitish laterally ; spots white ; head 

 brown : on birch ; 8. 



6. OiNOPHILA, St2)h. 



Head roughly tufted on forehead, face and back of crown 

 smooth. Tongue short. Antennae 1, in S simple, basal joint 

 rather thick, without pecten. Labial palpi rather short, 

 filiform, drooping, second joint with some apical bristles 

 beneath, terminal joint shorter than second, somewhat pointed. 

 Maxillary palpi moderate, filifoi'm, drooping. Posterior tibiae 

 hairy. Forewings : lb simple, 3-5 absent, 7 to costa, 8 absent, 

 1 1 absent. Hindwings ^, narrow-lanceolate, cilia .3 : transverse 

 vein absent between 3 and 5, 4 absent, 6 absent. 



Contains only the one species ; apparently related to the 

 preceding genus. Imago with forewings narrow - lanceolate, 

 apex somewhat produced. Larva very elongate, feeding on 

 fungus. 



1. 0. v-flavum, Hw. 8-12 mm. Forewings ochreous-fuscous; 

 a slender light yellowish angulated fascia before middle, angle 

 emitting a short longitudinal line, sometimes extended to apex ; 

 a light yellowish spot on costa before apex, and another on 

 dorsinn somewhat anterior and sometimes connected. Hind- 

 wings fuscous. 



England to York, E. Ireland, local ; Holland, Germany ; 7, 

 8. Larva ochreous-whitish ; head and plate of 2 pale brown : 

 in silken galleries amongst fungus growing on walls in cellars, 

 also said to feed on corks ; 5, 6. 



7. LiTHOCOLLETIS, lib. 



Head roughly tufted on crown, face smooth. Antennae 

 almost 1, in c? simple, basal joint thick, with pecten. Labial 

 palpi moderate, porrected or drooping, filiform, pointed. Max- 

 illary palpi rudimentary. Posterior tibiae with appressed hairs. 



