APLOTA] OECOPHORIDAE 615 



S. England to Essex and Hereford, local ; Germany ; 7, 8. 

 Larva yellow-whitish; subdorsal and spiracular lines irregular, 

 purplish ; head and plate of 2 black : in silken galleries, 

 gregariously, on moss; 10-6. The images are very retired in 

 habit. 



5. CHEIMOPHILA, Hb. 



Tongue rudimentary. Antennae , in $ moderately ciliated, 

 basal joint without pecten. Labial palpi moderately long, 

 second joint with long rough spreading hairs, terminal short, 

 concealed. Forewings : 7 to termen. Hindwings 1, elongate- 

 ovate, cilia J; 3 and 4 approximated or connate or seldom 

 coincident. Wings in abbreviated, lanceolate, incapable of 

 flight. 



Contains only one species. Imago with forewings elongate, 

 apex rounded, termen oblique. Larva with third pair of legs 

 placed on a stem. 



1. C. salicella, Hb. $ 17-20 mm. Forewings fuscous, some- 

 what whitish-sprinkled ; costal edge whitish-rosy ; an irregular 

 ill-defined dark fuscous transverse rather oblique fascia before 

 middle, not reaching dorsum, and transverse mark in disc at , 

 each preceded by a whitish suffusion. Hindwings fuscous. 



$. 7-8 mm. Forewings grey, whitish - sprinkled ; blackish 

 oblique median and posterior fasciae. Hindwings light grey. 



England to Westmoreland, local; N. and C. Europe; 4. 

 Larva dull whitish-green ; spots grey ; head blackish ; 2 with a 

 blackish -green crescentic plate : in rolled leaves of Potentilla 

 anserina, perhaps also other plants ; 6-9. 



6. CHIMABACHE, Hb. 



Tongue rudimentary. Antennae -f, in c moderately ciliated 

 or with long fascicles, basal joint without pecten. Labial palpi 

 moderate or long, second joint with dense loose scales somewhat 

 projecting terminally, terminal short. Forewings somewhat 

 rough -scaled ; 7 to apex. Hindwings about 1, oblong -ovate, 

 cilia J ; 3 and 4 approximated or connate. Wings in $ 

 abbreviated, lanceolate, incapable of flight. 



Restricted to the two following species. Imago with fore- 

 wings elongate, apex round-pointed, termen oblique. 



* ( Antennae with long fascicles of cilia . 1 . phryganella. 

 \ shortly and evenly ciliated . 2. fagella. 



P ( Palpi moderate (somewhat over 2) . 1. phryganella. 



* \ very long (over 4) . . .2. fagella. 



