NEMOPiior.A] TINEIDAE 793 



togetlier; the genus is correlated with JVe/noiois. Imago with 

 forcwiugs elongate, moderate, apex roniid - pointed, tei'uion 

 obliquely rounded ; hiudwiugs with hair-scales. Larva at first 

 mining in leaves, afterwai'ds feeding in a ])ortable case. 



1. Second discal stigma marked . . .2. 



„ ,, not marked . . .3. 



2. Forewings long, rather narrow . 2. sdtimr:,iclla. 



„ rather short and broad . 4. metaxeUa. 



3. Cilia of hindwings whitish-ochreous 1. swammerdaiiimella. 



,, ,, grey . . . 3. jiilella. 



1. N. swammerdammella, L. 16-21 mm. Head orange, face 

 whitish. Forewings long, pale shining ochreous, faintly darker- 

 strigulated. Hindwings pale grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 



Britain to Sutherland, E. Ireland, common ; C. Europe, WC 

 Asia to N. Persia ; 5, 6. Larva v.hitish ; head and plate of 2 

 black ; 3 and 4 with narrow purplish-brown plates : in a flat 

 case of leaf -fragments, on various low plants and fallen leaves ; 

 8-4. 



2. N. schwarziella, ^. 15-17 mm. Head orange. Forewings 

 long, light shining greyish-ochreous, indistinctly strigulated 

 with grey ; a grey discal mark beyond middle. Hindwings light 

 grey ; cilia whitish-grey. 



Britain to Sutherland, N. and E. Ireland, common ; C. 

 Europe ; 5, 6. 



3. N. pilella, F. 15-17 mm. Head orange, face whitish. 

 Forewings less elongate, shining greyish-ochreous or light 

 fuscous, faintly darker-strigulated. Hindwings grey ; cilia grey. 



York to Sutherland, local ; C. Europe, Asia Minor ; 6. 



4. N. metaxella, Hb. 15-17 mm. Head ochreous -orange, 

 face whitish. Forewings shorter and broadei", shining ochreous, 

 indistinctly brownish - strigulated ; a brownish discal mark 

 beyond middle. Hindwings fuscous ; cilia light grey, suffused 

 basally with ochreous. 



England to Westmoreland, N. Ireland, local ; N. and C. 

 Europe ; 6. 



43. Adela, Latr. 



Head rough, face usually smooth. Tongiie developed. 

 Antennae 1^-3, in (? filiform, sometimes thickened with scales 

 towards base, basal joint without pecten. Labial palpi moderate 

 or short, porrected, more or less hairy. Maxillary palpi 

 rudimentar}^ Posterior tibiae hairy. Forewings : lb furcate, 

 7 to costa, 8 and 9 sometimes stalked. Hindwings 1, elongate- 



