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dark fuscous ; dorsum sometimes lighter ; stigmata blackish, 

 indistinct, first discal beyond plical; sometimes dark costal 

 spots near base, or a dark central longitudinal suffusion ; faint 

 costal and tornal whitish spots at |^, sometimes obsolete ; 

 blackish terminal spots between veins. Hindwings 1, pale 

 grey. 



Britain to the Shetlands, E. Ireland, on coasts, common ; 

 not recorded elsewhere ; 6, 7, 9. Larva dull yellowish ; dorsal, 

 subdorsal, and spiracular lines sometimes faintly pinkish ; dots 

 black ; head brown ; plate of 2 black : in roots and in blotches 

 in leaves of Plantago coronopus and P. maritima; 4, 5, 7, 8. 



18. G. instabilella, Dgl. 12-14 mm. Head ochreous-grey, 

 face whitish. Terminal joint of palpi as long as second. Fore- 

 wings brown, irrorated with darker and paler, partly ochreous- 

 tinged ; towards base two indistinct blackish spots on costa and 

 two on fold ; stigmata black, first discal beyond plical, second 

 followed by a black spot, and another on fold beyond plical ; 

 sometimes a blackish longitudinal discal suffusion ; a pale 

 greyish -ochreous angulated fascia at f. Hindwings 1, light 

 grey. 



England, in salt-marshes, local ; not confirmed as occurring 

 elsewhere; 6,7. , Larva pale yellowish-green; dorsal, subdorsal, 

 and faint spiracular lines brown -reddish ; dots blackish ; head 

 and plate of 2 somewhat darker : in blotches in leaves of 

 Atriplex portulacoides ; 3-5. 



19. G. salicorniae, Hering. 12-15 mm. Head pale greyish- 

 ochreous. Terminal joint of palpi as long as second. Fore- 

 wings pale greyish-ochreous to fuscous, paler-marbled, sometimes 

 partly ferruginous -tinged ; two bars or spots on costa and one 

 on fold towards base, and large stigmata ferruginous -brown to 

 dark fuscous, first discal beyond plical ; a tolerably defined pale 

 angulated fascia at j ; usually a dark apical spot. Hindwings 

 1, grey. 



England to Durham, on coasts, local; Germany; 6-9. 

 Larva dull greenish ; dorsal line red ; subdorsal area often 

 reddish ; head and plate of 2 pale brown to blackish : in or 

 among leaves of Salicornia, Aster, Suaeda, Spergularia; 5-8. 



20. G. suaedella, Rich. 1245 mm. Head ochreous- whitish, 

 crown sometimes grey. Terminal joint of palpi as long as 

 second. Forewings ochreous, veins suffusedly whitish -grey 

 irrorated with dark grey ; dorsal area distinctly pale ; towards 

 base two black spots on costa and two on fold ; stigmata black, 

 first discal beyond plical; a black spot beyond second discal, 



