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TINEINA 



[EXAERETIA 



1. E. allisella, Stt. 20-21 mm. Forewings reddish-grey, 

 irregularly and suffusedly irrorated with whitish; a cloudy 

 ferruginous fascia from middle of costa to tornus, marked with 

 a dark fuscous spot in middle, and edged anteriorly with 

 whitish suffusion. Hindwings pale yellowish-grey. 



Kent, Surrey, Norfolk, Cheshire to Cumberland, local; 

 Germany, Finland ; 7. Larva greyish -green, dorsally reddish- 

 tinged ; spots dark grey ; head yellow-brown : in stems and 

 roots of Artemisia vulgaris; 10-5. 



10. DEPRESSARIA, Hw. 



Tongue developed. Antennae f, in $ simple, basal joint 

 with pecten. Labial palpi very long, second joint with dense 



roughly projecting scales and 

 furrowed beneath, terminal 

 shorter. Thorax sometimes 

 crested. Abdomen flattened. 

 Forewings : 2 and 3 sometimes 

 stalked, 7 to costa or apex. 

 Hindwings 1, oblong-ovate, cilia 

 about J ; 3 and 4 connate or 

 short-stalked. 



A very large genus, yet al- 

 most wholly confined to temper- 

 ate regions of the Northern 

 hemisphere, and mainly char- 

 acteristic of Europe. Imago 

 with forewings elongate -oblong 

 or elongate, apex usually obtuse 

 or rounded, termen little oblique. 

 Larva usually feeding in rolled 

 or spun leaves, especially on Umbelliferae and Compositae. 

 Many of the species hibernate in the imago state, and these 

 are particularly fond of concealing themselves in thatch. 



1. Forewings with 2 and 3 stalked . . .2. 



2 and 3 remote . . .26. 



2. Forewings with blackish dot near base of dorsum 



25. rotundella. 

 without such dot . . .3. 



3. First discal stigma obliquely preceded by a black 



dot, sometimes confluent to form a curved mark 4. 

 First discal stigma single, dot-like . . 20. 



4. Head and thorax white 18. alstroemeriana 



Neuration and head of Depressaria 

 arenella. 



