750 TINEINA [gracilaria 



long, filiform, porrected. Posterior tibiae smooth-scaled. Fore- 

 wings : lb simple, 3 sometimes absent, 7 to costa. Hind wings 

 about ^, linear-lanceolate, cilia 4-5 ; 3 sometimes absent, trans- 



verse vein absent between 4 

 ^^^^,^-^5?^^^]^]^^^^^^^^^^^^ and 5, 5 and 6 stalked. 



^;?i=*'^^;^^^--^^^2H_^'-''^^^^^^^''^ ^ genus of considerable es- 



'\ll^-r:rrrrT^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ tent and universal distribution. 



^^ZIi:==^°^^'^ Its immediate ancestry is ob- 



^ scure, but it is probably an ofF- 



^ ^'''""'----^^r-^^^^^^^ ^ shoot from a form approaching 



"^ ^^^^T --T-^ ^:^=— ^""""^ \^-~) -Zelleria. Imago with fore- 



\. -OJ '^^ings narrow-elongate, pointed, 



^^^^ff) or elongate -lanceolate. Larva 



Neuratiun and head of Craci/aria without prolegS OU 10, mining 



aichimieiia. blotches Or forming rolled 



conical chambers in leaves. The imago sits with the fore- 

 part much raised, the anterior and middle legs prominently 

 displayed. 



1. Forewings with several pale marginal spots or fasciae 2. 



,, with not more than two pale spots . 8. 



2. Forewings with apical white spot . . .3. 



,, without apical white spot . . 5. 



3. Forewings with two anterior subdorsal spots 13. ononidis. 



„ without subdorsal spots . . 4. 



4. Crown white except at back . 15. hofmanniella. 



„ wholly dark fuscous . 14. imperialella. 



5. Forewings with pale entire fasciae . 9. syringeUa. 



,, without entire fasciae . . .6. 



6. Forewings with oblicpie streaks from costa 12. omissdla. 



„ Avith spots only . . ^ 7. 



7. Forewings with three costal spots 10. jj/uisianipennella. 



,, ,, one subcostal and one costal spot 



11. auroguttcUa. 



8. Forewings with white costal streak 8. tringipennella. 



,, without white costal streak . . 9. 



9. Forewings with white streak from costa before y^ 



5. semifascia. 

 ,, without such streak . . .10. 



10. Forewings with small l)lack median costal spot 



6. 'populetorum. 

 ,, without such spot . . .11. 



11. Costal blotch whitish . . . .12. 



„ ,, yellowish or obsolete . . 13. 



