220 COLEOPHORID.E. 



29. hemerobiella, Scop. F. C. 252. 650 (1763); Schr. ; Zell. ; 

 F. V. 11. pi. 09. pi. 70. f. l.—ansenpenneUa, lliib. Tin. 319; Treit. ; 

 Step. ; Diip. Alls anticis albis fusco-irroratis, piuicto postieo fusco ; 

 anteiinis albidis nigro-aniuilatis, articulo basali griseo-fusco iion peni- 

 cillato. Exp. al. 8 lin. 



Head pale grey. Face and palpi dark grey. Antennae wliitisli, 

 annnlated with dark fuscous ; the basal joint greyish-fuscous, slightly 

 thickened, not tufted. Anterior wings white, with numerous scattered 

 fuscous scales, and with a more conspicuous fuscous spot above the 

 anal angle ; cilia greyish-fuscous. Posterior wings fuscous, with paler 

 cilia. 



Appears in orchards in July ; occui's at Putney and Hammer- 

 smitli plentifully in the larva state. The larva has a large, nearly 

 straight, cylindrical, dark brown case ; it feeds on the pear, plum, 

 and cherry in jMay. 



30. juncicolella, Sta. Sup. Cat. p. 7 (1851). Alis anticis oclireo- 

 griseis, unicoloribus ; antennis fuscis, articulo basali vix incrassato, 

 non penicillato. Exp. al. 3i lin. 



Head, face, and palpi ochreous-grey. Antennre nnanunJcded, dark 

 fuscous; the basal joint slightly thickened, not tufted. Anterior wings 

 ockreons-grcy, with paler cilia. Posterior wings grey, the apex ex- 

 tremely pointed, with pale grey cilia. 



Has occurred in July among rushes at Kilmun and near Folk- 

 stone; in Mr. Douglas's collection and in my own. 



31. Laricella, Hiib. Tin. 427 (1810); Dup.; Zcll. ; Stn.—Iari- 

 cinella, Piatz. — argyropennella, Treit. Alis anticis ///sco-griseis unico- 

 loribus ; antennis i^ fuscis, $ albidis fusco-annulatis, articulo basali 

 vix incrassato, fusco, non penicillato. Exp. al. 4-5 lin. 



Head, face, and palpi shining grey. Autcunai of the $ fuscous, of 

 the $ whitish, ainiulated with fuscous ; the basal joint slightly thick- 

 ened, fuscous, not tufted. Anterior wings greyishy««co««, with paler 

 cilia. Posterior wings p;de grey, with paler cilia. 



(Jommon among larches in June ; the larva has a short, dirty- 

 white case, and feeds on the leaves of the larch in autumn and 

 spring. 



32. albitarsella, Zcll. L. E. iv. 378 (1849); Sta.; Dougl. Ent. 

 Trans, ii. u. s. 79. pi. xi. f. 1. — nionacella, Schr.? Alis anticis nitidis 

 vioJaceo-w^n^; antennis albis nigro-annulatis, basim versus violacco- 

 nigris, apicc longe albo, articulo basali parum incrassato, pcnicillo 

 brcvi ; pcdii)us griseis, tarsis albis. Exp. al. 5-G lin. 



Head violet-black. Face and palpi silvery-grey. Antcnu;e with 

 the slightly enlarged basal joint and several of the succeeding joints 

 violet-grey, then white, annnlated with black ; the apex entirely white. 

 Anterior wings shining viohi-hlviok, with paler cilia. Posterior wings 

 grey, with paler cilia. Legs shining grey ; the tarsi tvkite. 



