jioe.sleustammiaJ TINEIDAE - 771 



2. R. erxlebella, F. 13-14 mm. Head orange. Antennae 

 i, with wiiitisli subapical band. Forewings bright sliining 

 golden-bronze. Hindwings dark fuscous. 



]')ritain to Sutlierland, local ; C. Euroj)e ; 5, C, 8, 9. Larva 

 on Tilia ; 7, 9, lU. 



22. AcEOLEPiA, Curt. 



Head rough above, face smooth. Tongue developed. 

 Antennae |, in $ simple, basal joint moderate, without pecten. 

 Labial palpi rather long, curved, ascending, second joint some- 

 what rough beneath, terminal joint longer than second, pointed. 

 Maxillary })alpi short, filiform. Posterior tibiae smooth-scaled. 

 Forewings : lb furcate, 7 to termen. Hindwings 1, elongate- 

 ovate or ovate -lanceolate, cilia 1 ; 3 and 4 connate or stalked, 

 5 and 6 stalked, 7 parallel. 



A small European genus, which seems to be most at home 

 on the shores of the Mediterranean. Imago with forewings 

 elongate, rather narrow. Larva mining blotches in leaves. 



1. Forewings mai'ked M'ith ferruginous-orange 4. p'^rlepijclla. 



,, not orange-mai'ked . . .2. 



2. Forewings with black sinuate streak towards a])ex 



3. pyymacana. 

 ,, without such streak . . .3. 



3. Forewings with dark fuscous dorsal spot at 3- 1. <iranitdln. 



,, without such spot . . 2. heUdeUa. 



1. A. granitella, Tr. 12-14 mm. Forewings more elongate, 

 grey or fuscous, becoming ochreous-brown towards dorsum, 

 more or less strigulated with blackish ; several darker spots on 

 costa ])osteriorly ; a dark fuscous dorsal spot at i, preceded and 

 followed by whitish spots; one or two whitish dorsal dots 

 towards tornus. Hindwings grey. 



England to Durham, E. Ireland, local ; C. and S. Europe, N. 

 Africa; 8. Larva pale 3'ellow - green ; dorsal line darker: in 

 leaves of Inula di/senterica ; 6, 7. Pupa in an open network 

 cocoon. 



2. A. betulella. Curt. 11-13 mm. Forewings more elongate, 

 fuscous: three irregular costal spots, a suffused streak along 

 dorsum, and a tornal spot dark fuscous, sometimes Avholly 

 absorbed in a general dark fuscous suffusion ; a small white or 

 whitish dorsal spot before middle, usually marked with one or 

 two dark strigulae ; a small black spot before apex, sometimes 

 indistinct. Hindwings grey, darker towards apex. 



York, Durham, local; not recorded elsewhere; 8-10. 



