366 PSYCHIDEA. By Dr. E. Strand. 



pulla. E. pulla Esp. (= plumella Schiff., plumistrea Haw., radiella Curt., pullella Brd., pulliparvella Brd., mar- 



ginenigrclla Brd.) (55 g). ^ sooty black, with the fringes of the same colour, the head short-hairy, the body 



shaggy, and the antennal pectinations long. Forewing 5 — 6 mm long. $ reddish yellow, with whitish anal 



wool. Larva wine-red, with black head and thoracic plates, the latter bearing 5 yellow longitudinal lines ; on grasses. 



Distributed in Central and Southern Europe, Livonia, at St. Petersbourg, Rouniania, Ionian Lslands, Western Asia 



pontbrillan- and Amurland. — pontbrillantella Brd. (= mentonella Mill., montana Heyl., \ silesiaca Wocke) (55 g) is per- 



lella. haps a distinct species. The forewing is more distinctly truncate and almost double the length (7 — 8 mm), 



montaneUa. deep black. Occurs in France, Northern Italy, questionably also in Silesia and England. — montanella Heyl., 



sieboldi. from the Alps of Southern France, has the forewing 7 mm. long, with the apex less rounded. ^ — sieboldi Beuiti 



( = heringi Hein., ? plumella 0., ? gruneriella Brd.) (55 h) has the wings shorter, less densely scaled and somewhat red- 



voelkeri. dish in tone, and is recorded from the mountainous districts of Germany and France, as well as from the Alps. — voel- 



keri T'rawYjn.hasmore broadly rounded wings with light yellow fringes, the thorax and abdomen being deej) black; 



at Jena. 



iuribulella. E. turibulella i^»c/(s (55 h), from Lombardy, is closely allied to £'. pulla, but the wings are more elongate, 



the forewing is distally but little widened, more densely and coarsely scaled, purer and deeper black, with the 



fringes unicolorous to their tips; the antenna with 18 — 19 long and very thick pectinations which are densely 



ciliated and quickly decrease in length towards the tip. Flies in July. 



ardua. E. ardua Mann (55 h), from the high Alps, Apennines and Caucasus, is smaller and shorter-winged 



than E. pulla (forewing 4.5 mm long); the wings more thinly scaled and pale brownish grey. Larva and case 

 alpina. smaller than in pulla, but otherwise similar. — alpina Heyl., from the Swiss Alps, is larger (expanse 13 mm) 

 and differs in neuration. 



retiella. E. retiella Xewtn. (= reticella Newm.) (55 h) has white wings with darker reticulation, the forewing 



being only 4 mm long. The antenna w'ith long pectinations and 15 segments. Body with white hair. $ yellow 

 with dark head and paler segmental incisions. Larva j^ellowish, with black head and thoracic plates, the latter 

 bearing pale stripes; on grasses (Poa) and Artemisia. The case 6 — 10 ram long, fusiform and covered with 

 stalks of grass. — England, Holland. 



undulella. E. undulella Fisch.-Bos. (55 h) differs from E. retiella in its larger size (forewing 5 mm long), narrower 



grey transverse lines, which render the wing paler, and in the antenna consisting of 19 segments. 5 similar 

 to that of E. jmlla. Larva reddish, with black-brown head and thoracic plates, the latter adorned with 5 nar- 

 row yellow stripes. Hungary, Southern Russia. Barrett (1894) has seen a specimen which was probably 

 paveli. British. In April. — paveli Uhryk, from Hungary, is larger with the reticulation black instead of grey. 



22. Genus: Psjcliitlea Bamb. 



Wings clothed with hair-scales and broad scales, the forewing with 11 marginal veins and a cell 

 m the cell. Fore tibia with a spine which is over half the length of the tibia. Antenna bipectinate. The 5 

 less reduced than in the preceding genera, possessing antennae as well as legs, but remains in the case. 



homhycella. P. bombycella Schiff. (55 h). The (J varies much in size (forewing 7 — 11 mm long); the wings broad 



and ochreous, the forewing with blackish reticulation. $ brownish, with whitish anal wool. Larva blackish 

 brown, with black head and thoracic plates, the latter bearing 5 pale longitudinal stripes, and the other 

 segments pale lateral dots. The case is widened centrally and covered with pine-needles and fragments of stalks. 



elongatella. Occurs in Central Europe (wdth the exception of England), in northern South Europe and Bithynia. — elonga- 

 tella Brd., from Italy and the river Doubs, is described by its author as a variety fo P. pectinella, and is said 

 to be distinguished by^ the still longer and a little darker wings, but probably belongs to bombycella. ■ — 



rohindella. fotundella Brd., from Switzerland, South-Eastern France, and questionably also from Piedmont, has the wings 

 not i-eticulated. 



veclinella. P. pectinella F. (= murinella Dnp.) (55 h) has browiiish grey wings which are not reticulated or only 



at the distal margin, and are narrower than in the last insect, the forewing measuring S — 9 mm in length; 

 moreover, the pectinations of the antenna are shorter and the abdomen darker. Fringes j'-ellowish and glossy. 

 Also the $ smaller than in P. bombycella. Larva dark browni, wath black head and thoracic plates, which 

 latter bear a pale median line. The case is anteriorh' pointed in cone-shape, about 18 mm long and 3 mm 

 broad. Austria-Hungary, Eastern Prance, PjTenees, Southern Russia, Roumania. Armenia, questionably 

 pcrlucidena. also in Bithynia and Mauretania. — A paler form from Dalmatia is perlucidella Brd. (55 h). 



proximo. P. proxima Led. (= ledereriella Brd.) (55 h), from the Altai and Apennines, is near P. bombycella' 



but deep black-brow-n with yellowish glossy fringes. Forewing 9 — 10 mm long. Flies in June. 



