MirnopTKRYx] MICROFTERYGIDAE 805 



with ochreous-whitish. Antennae h- Forewings elongate, 

 bronzy-purple, more or less sprinkled with pale shining golden; 

 a narrow slightly curved transverse white dorsal spot before 

 tornus, reaching about half across wing ; cilia grey ; 9 present. 

 Hindwings grey, posteriorly purplish-tinged. 



Britain to Caledonian Canal, E. Ireland, common ; N. and 

 •C. Europe ; 4. Larva whitish ; head brown, mouth darker, 

 posterior lobes showing through 2 as blackish spots ; 6 with 

 small projections : in blotch in leaves of birch ; 5. 



8. M. subpurpurella, Hw. (fastuosella, Z.) 11-14 mm. Head 

 ochreous-grey-whitish mixed with dark fuscous. Antennae i. 

 Forewings elongate, pale shining golden-bronzy, usually with a 

 few (sometimes more numerous) scattered purple strigulae ; an 

 indistinct obscurely paler dorsal spot before tornus ; cilia grey; 

 9 present. Hindwings brassy-grey, posteriorly purplish-tinged. 



Britain to Caledonian Canal, E. Ireland, very common ; (J. 

 and SE. Europe, Asia Minor; 5. Larva whitish; head pale 

 brown : in blotch in leaves of oak ; 6. 



2. Eriocephala, Curt. 



Mandibles developed. No tongue. Labial palpi obsolete. 

 Posterior tibiae with spurs placed in groups of bristles. Fore- 

 wings : 7 to costa, 1 1 connected 

 by bar with 12, 12 giving rise 

 to an additional vein (13) about 

 middle. Hindwings as forewings, 

 but 13 usually absent. 



Includes about a score of 

 species, inhabiting especially S. 

 Europe, Asia Minor, Syria, and 

 N. Africa. The imagos frequent 

 blossoms {Carex, etc.), feeding 



on pollen. Ovum spherical, -SGm&iwn of Eriocephala aathella. 



studded with minute erect rods. Larva stout, with legs on 2-4) 

 hooked prolegs on .5-12; antennae well-developed, 4-jointed ; 8 

 rows of subglobose tubercular processes, paired on 4 longitudinal 

 ridges; a trilobed anal sucker beneath: feeding in wet moss. 

 Pupa in cocoon of silk and refuse. 



1. Head black . . . .3. ntanmetclld. 



,, fexTuginous . . . .2. 



2. Forewings with transverse fasciae . . 3. 



,, not fasciated . . . .5. 



