758 TINEINA [piiyllocnistis 



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preceded by one and followed by two dark fuscous streaks from 

 costa ; a round black apical dot ; three dark fuscous diverging 

 bars in apical cilia. Hindwings grey. 



S. England to Hereford and Norfolk, very common ; C. 

 Europe ; 7, 9-4. Larva pale green : in galleries in bark of 

 twigs and ultimately in leaves of Salioe fragilis and other 

 smooth-leaved species ; 6, 8. 



2. P. suflfusella, Z. 7-8 mm. Forewings shining white, 

 posteri(jrly more or less ochreous-tinged ; often a suffused spot 

 on dorsum near base and a larger one in middle of disc dark 

 fuscous ; a transverse dark fuscous line at §, preceded by one 

 and followed by two dark fuscous streaks from costa ; a round 

 black apical dot ; three dark fuscous diverging bars in apical 

 cilia. Hindwings light grey. 



S. England to Hereford and Norfolk, very common ; C. 

 Europe; 7, 9-4. Larva pale green: in blotches in leaves of 

 poplar ; 6, 8. 



14. Bedellia, Stt. 



Head rough above, face smooth. Tongue short. Antennae 

 1, in $ simple, basal joint rather stout, with large dense pecten. 

 Labial palpi short, porrccted, slender, pointed. Maxillary palpi 

 rudimentary. Posterior tibiae hairy. Forewings : lb simple, 

 3-5 absent, 6 and 7 stalked, 7 to costa, 8 absent. Hindwings 

 \, linear-lanceolate, cilia 6 ; transverse vein absent between 2 

 and 5, 3 absent, 4 absent. 



The single European species is now nearly cosmopolitan, and 

 its original home uncertain ; there is a second species in New 

 Zealand. Imago with forewings narrow-lanceolate; it i-ests 

 with the forepart slightly raised, the anterior legs retracted. 

 Larva mining blotches in leaves. Pupa exposed, angular, 

 attached by posterior or both extremities. 



1 . B. somnulentella, Z. 8-1 nmi. Forewings greyish-ochreous, 

 sprinkled with fuscous except along dorsum. Hindwings grey. 



England, local ; C. and S. Europe, N. America, Australia, 

 New Zealand, probably artificially introduced over part of its 

 range, though by no means confined to the neighbourhood 

 of gardens; 8, 10-5. Larva pale green, purplish-tinged; sub- 

 dorsal series of purple spots ; head ])ale brown : in blotches in 

 leaves of Convolvulus^ and Ipomoea ; 7, 8, 9. 



15. TlSCHEKlA, Z. 



Head rough above, face smooth. Tongue developed. 

 Antennae almost 1, in c^ witli long fine cilia (3), basal joint 



