PTOCHEUUSA] GELECHIADAE 579 



1. P. osseella, Stt. 10-12 mm. Forewings whitish-ochreous, 

 finely irrorated with brownish. Hind wings light grey. 



Kent, Norfolk, Hereford, York, Lancashire, very local ; 

 Germany, N. Africa ; 6, 7. 



2. P. inopella, Z. (paupella, Z.) 10-12 mm. Forewings 

 light ochreous-yellow, with some black scales mostly arranged 

 in longitudinal rows ; margins, a median longitudinal streak 

 from base to middle, an indistinct inwardly oblique slender 

 fascia before middle and another at f , and sometimes two or 

 three faint longitudinal lines in disc posteriorly white. Hind- 

 wings pale grey. 



England to Lancashire, local; C. and CS. Europe, Asia 

 Minor ; 6, 8, 9. Larva pale yellowish ; head and two spots on 

 2 dark fuscous : in seedheads of Inula dysenterica ; 7, 9, 10. 



3. P. littorella, Dgl. 11-12 mm. Forewings grey- whitish, 

 fuscous -sprinkled; a blackish subcostal dot at J; stigmata 

 black, plical before first discal, preceded by a black dot, both 

 placed in a longitudinal ochreous-yellow streak, two discal 

 placed in a similar streak ; terminal black dots. Hindwings 

 grey-whitish. 



I. of Wight, Cheshire, on coasts, scarce and local ; CS. and 

 SE. Europe ; 5. 1 



4. P. subocellea, Stph. 10-11 mm. Forewings whitish, apex 

 and usually margins more or less sprinkled with fuscous ; an 

 indistinct fuscous dorsal streak to beyond middle ; a dark 

 fuscous elongate mark above tornus ; a black elongate mark in 

 disc beyond it ; a black apical dot ; three dark lines in apical 

 cilia. Hindwings grey. 



England to York, local ; C. Europe ; 7, 8. Larva whitish- 

 ochreous; dots dark brown ; head and plate of 2 brown : in seed- 

 heads of Origanum, forming a portable case of the husks; 8-11. 



7. APHANAULA, n.g. 



Second joint of labial palpi rough beneath, terminal shorter 

 than second. Forewings : 7 and 8 out of 6. Hindwings under 

 1, elongate-trapezoidal, apex acute, termen sinuate, cilia 1; 3 

 and 4 connate, 5 approximated, 6 and 7 somewhat approxi- 

 mated. 



Only the two species are yet known ; the genus is a 

 development of Gelechia. Imago with forewings elongate, 

 narrow, pointed. 



1 I have not been able to examine the neuration of this species. 



