180 



Onited Kingdom, also C. and S. Europe, Iceland, Asia Minor and 

 N.E. Africa. Lord Walsinffham also found it in Or. 



pods of TJlex, Genista, Lotus, &c. 



In 



(pol 



Local in the southern English counties (plentiful where found), 

 scarce in the midlands and north ; very scarce in Scotland and 

 Ireland ; also C. and S. Europe and Asia Minor. Lord Walsing- 

 ham found it in Oregon, N.A. In the root stocks of Achillea 

 Millefolium. 



Dischrorampha plumbagana, Tr. 



Common in the S. and N. of England, local in Scotland, coast 

 only m Ireland; Europe and Asia Minor. In the steins of 



Millefolium, 



) 



Abundant in England, scarce in Scotland and Ireland ; also 

 G. and S. Europe, N. America and California. In the roots of 

 Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum . 



TINEINA. 



This probably is the largest and most ancient group in the 

 order, but owing to the small sizes of the species (at times almost 

 microscopical), has not received the attention from entomologists 

 wnich has been bestowed on the larger moths. There are probably 

 nearly 750 moths in this group in the British Isles alone, 

 but in a very large number of instances the life history of the 

 insect is but little known owing to many of the species being so 

 closely allied, the distinction between the genera so subtle and the 

 imagines in many cases being unicolor, the classification is 

 rendered exceedingly difficult. Many of the moths can therefore 

 only be determined by obtaining a knowledge of the food plants, 

 methods of feeding and pupation and following the insect through 

 its life history. The phylogeny of the group, so far as can at 

 present be traced, would rather tend to shew that the branch from 

 wnicn it has come has not been discovered, or possibly the original 



ago 



Gelechiadae. 



T,wf7^ Xten8ive . fa . miIy ' P racti <*lly cosmopolitan, not being so 

 plentiful however in Australasia. 



Tachytilia 



0n P o5 iful in , the S - 1 J \ nd Mid - aunties of England and S. Ireland. 

 Un oaltx, poplar and birch. 



local 



nigra, Haw. ( 



berland ; also C. Europe. On Populus 



wsiecnia encetella, Hub. 



Mil^TZn" s throa ^ ou * the British Isles, Europe, and Asia 

 darkform, ^reT *"** ° f ^ * nd *»"■* Extremely 



