218 COLEOPHORIDiE. 



Not commonly met with in the perfect state, appearing in June 

 and July amongst Eiipator'ium cannalinmii and Inula dysenteric a, 

 on the leaves of which plants the larva feeds in May, in a long, 

 nearly straight, cylindrical case of a uniform dirty-ochreous colour, 

 except a brown ])atch on the basal half of the back. The speci- 

 mens Mr, Douglas bred from the Inula have narrower anterior 

 wings than the typical insect, which I have bred both from Inula 

 and Euj)alorinm, and the cases, though similar in form and colour, 

 were much smaller; it is possible it may yet prove a distinct 

 species. 



24. lineolea, Haw. L. B. 534 (1829) ; Step. ; Sta. — crocogrammos, 

 M) "TTT- Zell. Alls anticis lat'msculis albis, veuis dilatatis ochreis, postice cou- 



— ' fluentibus, costa late usque medium alba; alls posticis griseis, ciliis 

 5-b oclireo-gxheh ; antennis albis totis, vel fuscesceuti-ainiulatis, articulo 



basaU hicrassato, iion pcnicillato. Exp. al. 6.V liu. 



Head, face, and palpi pale ochreous. Antenna) white, unannulated 

 or annulatcd with pale fuscous, the basal joint sliglitly thickened, not 

 tufted. Anterior wings rather broad, white, with the veins pale ochre- 

 ous, posteriorly confluent ; the costa is broadly white nearly to the 

 middle ; cilia grcyish-ochrcous. Posterior wings grey, with ocltrcous- 

 grey ciha. 



Common in June and July among Stachys sylvalica and Bal- 

 lota nigra, on which plants the larva may be found from March 

 to May. It feeds on the leaves; the places mined by it are of a 

 pale brown colour ; the case is rather flat, angulated at each side, 

 and is extremely hairy. 



25. murinipennella (F. v. E.), Zell. L. E. iv. 334 (1849); Sta. 

 — leucapennh, Haw.? — leucapenndlu. Step.? Alis anticis aiigiiafis albidis, 

 venis dilatatis griseo-oclireis, postice contluentibus ; antennis albis, fusco- 

 annulatis, articulo basali vix incrassato albido, non peuicUlato. Exp. 

 al. 6 lin. 



Head, face, and pali)i grcyish-ochrcous. Antennre white, annnlated 

 with fuscous, the basal joint whitisli, scarcely thickened and not tuftetl. 

 Anterior wings narrow, white, witJt. the veins rather broadly grcyish- 

 ochreoiis, posteriorly contluent, and, in the male especially, much con- 

 cealing the ground-colour; cilia pale grcyish-ochrcous. Posterior 

 wings grey, with paler cilia. 



Common in ilowery meadows in May and June. 



20. csespititiella, Zell. Isis, 1839, p. 208; Sta.— Yni:? alt icolel la, 

 Zell. ; Sta, — Var. ? laciniicolella, ZcU. ; Sta. Alis anticis aiigiistis acutis 

 nitidis, griseo-ochreis, vcl grisco-luteis, costa anguste alba ; aiiteiuiis albis 

 fusco-annulatis, articulo basali fusccsccntc paruni incrassato, non peiii- 

 cillato. Exp. al. 5,^ lin. 



Head, face, and palpi greyish-ochreous. Autenmc white, auuulated 



