52 LEPIDOPTEKA. 



is well known throughout Southern Europe, France, Northern 

 and Eastern Germany, Austria, Syria and the Canaries. 



2. E. ficulella (E. M. M., 11, p. 271).— Expanse g to | 

 inch (15-19 mm.). Fore wings very narrow at the base, 

 broader behind, slate-grey ; first line erect, darker grey, not 

 distinct ; a tuft of long hair-scales lies on the underside. 

 Hind wings white. 



Antennse of the male simple, brown ; palpi slender, up- 

 raised, pointed, chocolate-brown ; head and thorax glossy 

 pale grey, the latter narrow ; abdomen very pale brown, the 

 anal tuft ochreous. Fore wings long, very narrow at the 

 base, somewhat broader behind ; costa arched, especially so 

 beyond the middle ; apex and hind margin decidedly rounded ; 

 colour pale slate-grey dusted with darker grej' ; first line 

 erect but indistinct, formed of darker slate-grey dots on the 

 nervures ; this is edged towards the base by a shade paler 

 than the ground colour ; second line faintly darker grej-, 

 hardly perceptible, but deeply indented below the costa ; 

 discal spot indicated by one or two obscure grey-black dots ; 

 hind margin faintly dotted with dark grey, cilia slate-grey. 

 Hind wings ample, rounded behind, shining pearly white, 

 with a faint slender pale brown line along the hind margin ; 

 cilia white. Female similar. 



Underside of the fore wings shining grey ; in the male 

 having a costal lappet furnished with a tuft of long hair- 

 scales lying lengthwise ; hind wings shining white. Body 

 and legs pale brownish-slate. 



On the wing in July and August, and apparently as a 

 second generation in October. 



Larva about half an inch long ; head highly polished, the 

 lobes rounded, and the mandibles prominent, dark sienna- 

 brown ; body cylindrical, tapering in front, pale flesh-pink, 

 varying in depth in different examples ; dorsal, subdorsal 

 and spiracular lines distinct, equal in width, pink ; another, 



