TINEINA [DEPRESSARIA 



ochreous suffused with pale brownish ; some dark fuscous 

 dashes, most distinct before fascia; more conspicuous cloudy 

 dashes in place of stigmata, second discal stigma sometimes 

 including a whitish dot; a distinct pale acutely angulated 

 fascia at f ; terminal blackish dots. Hindwings whitish- 

 fuscous. 



Britain to Argyll, Ireland, common ; N. and C. Europe, 

 N. America; 9-4. Larva grey, on sides dull yellow; spots 

 black ; head and plate of 2 black : amongst flowers and seeds 

 of Heracleum and Peucedanum ; 6, 7. Pupa in stem of food- 

 plant. 



38. D. nervosa, Hw. 21-23 mm. Terminal joint of palpi 

 with two blackish bands. Forewings light brown, somewhat 

 whitish-sprinkled, sometimes slightly reddish-tinged ; numerous 

 dark fuscous dashes; two indicating discal stigmata, between 

 which is sometimes a line of pale scales; an obscure pale 

 very acutely angulated fascia at J. Hindwings fuscous-whitish, 

 more fuscous posteriorly ; 5 connate with stalk of 3 and 4. 



Britain to Argyll, E. Ireland, common ; C. Europe, N. 

 America; 9-4. Larva dark bluish -grey; lateral line orange- 

 yellow; spots black, white - circled ; head black; plate of 2 

 black, bisected, anterior edge whitish : amongst spun flowers of 

 Oenanthe crocata ; 6, 7. Pupa in stem of food-plant. 



39. D. discipunctella, HS. (pastinacella, Stt, non Dup.) 

 22-24 mm. Terminal joint of palpi with two blackish bands. 

 Forewings narrower than in D. nervosa, pale fuscous ; stigmata 

 dark fuscous, first discal somewhat beyond plical, preceded by 

 a similar dot obliquely above it ; between first and second 

 discal a dark fuscous sometimes elongate dot ; a faint paler 

 angulated fascia at f ; traces of dark dashes beyond it. Hind- 

 wings whitish-fuscous. 



England to Westmoreland, local ; France, Holland, Spain ; 

 9-4. 



11. PSECADIA, Jib. 



Tongue developed. Antennae f , in <$ shortly ciliated, basal 

 joint without pecten. Labial palpi moderate or long, second 

 joint with appressed scales, terminal shorter. Forewings : 7 to 

 costa or apex. Hindwings 1, elongate-ovate, cilia about J; 3 

 and 4 connate. 



A rather small genus, widely distributed, but principally 

 within the Northern hemisphere. Imago with forewings 

 elongate, apex obtuse, termen rather oblique. Larva rather 



