leucoptera] TINEIDAE 755 



3. Postmedian costal bar nearly touching anteapical 



spot . . 5. waileseUa. 



„ ,, remote . . .4. 



4. Sides of anteapical spot parallel . .1. lahurndla. 



„ ,, M slightly converging 



2. sjmrtifoliella. 



5. Last two bars in cilia forming an angle of 15° 3. 07'ohi. 



,, ,, ,, an angle of 30° 



4. latliyrifoliella. 



6. A})ex of forewings black ... 6. lotella. 



., ,, orange . . 7. scifella. 



/Section A. Head wholly smooth ; 10 of forewings absent. 



1. L. lalturnella, Stt. 7-9 mm. Forewings white ; an oblique 

 ochreous-yellow bar from costa beyond middle, edged with dark 

 fuscous ; a nearly vertical ochreous-yellow costal spot before 

 apex, edged with dark fuscous jJiT-i'^-Hel lines ; beneath this 

 a pale violet -golden -metallic post-tornal spot, edged on sides 

 with black and above with yellowish ; aitex yellowish ; three 

 diverging dark fuscous bars in apical cilia. Hindwings whitish. 



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

 green-whitish : in sjiiral blotches in leaves of Cytisiis laburnum; 

 6, 7, 9. 



2. L. spartifoliella, lib. 7-9 mm. L)ifters from L. lahurneUa 

 as follows : forewings with anteapical spot of costa more oblique, 

 its margins rather converging downwards, metallic post-tornal 

 spot more broadly black-edged, usually preceded by a yellowish 

 mark. 



Britain to Ross, Ireland, common ; C. Europe ; 6, 7. Larva 

 greenish : within the bark of stems of Cytisus scojjarius ; 4, 5. 



3. L. orobi, Stt. 6-7 mm. Difters from L. lathyrifolidla as 

 follows : forewings with last two dark bars in apical cilia much 

 less divergent, forming an angle of about 15°. 



York, local; not recorded elsewhere; 5. Larva in blotches 

 in leaves of Lathyrus macrorrhiziis ; 8. 



4. L. lathyrifoliella, Stt. 6-7 mm. Difters from L. laburnella 

 as follows : forewings with postmedian costal bar longer, touch- 

 ing yellow u])per margin of post-tornal spot, dark edgings 

 sharper-marked, apex of wing dark fuscous ; hindwings rather 

 dark grey. 



Devon, local ; not recorded elsewhere ; 5. Larva in blotches 

 in leaves of Lathyrus sylvestrls ; 8. 



5. L. wailesella, Stt. 6-7 mm. Difters from L. laburnella as 



