382 PYRALIDINA [ACROBASIS 



subdorsal, and lateral lines dark grey ; a whitish black-ringed 

 lateral spot on 3 ; head and plate of 2 yellow-brownish, darker- 

 dotted : in a silken gallery amongst spun leaves of oak ; 5, 6. 



2. A. sodalella, Z. 20-24 mm. Forewings brown-reddish, 

 somewhat whitish - sprinkled ; first line greyish-ochreous on 

 lower f, thick, towards costa confluent with a straight white 

 transverse shade preceding it, included narrow space blackish- 

 mixed ; a broad fascia of white irroration from costa before 

 second line to lower extremity of first, including two blackish 

 transversely placed discal dots ; second line whitish ; a terminal 

 fascia of whitish irroration. Hindwings light fuscous, darker 

 terminally. 



Pembroke, perhaps overlooked elsewhere, local ; C. and SE. 

 Europe; 7, 8. Larva greenish-white; dorsal, subdorsal, and 

 lateral lines blackish; white black-centred lateral spots on 3 

 and 12; head and plate of 2 yellow-brownish, black-marked: 

 amongst spun leaves of oak ; 5, 6. 



3. A. Zelleri, Bag. (twnidella, Zk.) 19-23 mm. Forewings 

 fuscous, tinged with red and sprinkled with ochreous-whitish; 

 basal area reddish-ochreous, limited by a straight white line 

 separated by a dark fuscous shade from obscure reddish-ochre- 

 ous costally obsolete first line ; a broad obscure fascia of ochre- 

 ous-whitish irroration from costa before second line to lower 

 extremity of first, including two darker obliquely placed discal 

 dots ; second line obscurely whitish, edged anteriorly with 

 darker, posteriorly with reddish ; an ochreous-whitish terminal 

 irroration. Hindwings fuscous. 



England to York, common ; C. Europe ; 7, 8. Larva green- 

 ish-yellow ; several indistinct whitish lines above ; head darker : 

 amongst spun leaves of oak ; 5, 6. 



4. A. tumidana, Schiff. (rubrotibiella, F.R.) 18-22 mm. 

 Forewings fuscous mixed with red-brownish, somewhat sprinkled 

 with grey-whitish ; basal area paler, on base and costa brown- 

 reddish, limited by a white line bent beneath costa, followed 

 by a thick transverse ridge of raised reddish -tinged scales, 

 anteriorly mixed with dark fuscous, not reaching costa, preced- 

 ing the obsoletely lighter first line ; a broad obscure fascia of 

 grey -whitish irroration near before obscurely whitish second 

 line, including two darker obliquely placed discal dots ; a grey- 

 whitish terminal irroration. Hindwings fuscous. 



Kent, Suffolk, local ; C. and S. Europe ; 7, 8. Larva yellow- 

 ish-green to blackish -brown; dorsal and broad lateral lines 

 brown ; a whitish lateral spot on 3, edged by a black crescent ; 



