632 TINEINA [PSECADIA 



Kent, Bucks, very scarce, perhaps a doubtful resident; C. 

 and S. Europe, Asia Minor, N. Africa; 5, 8. Larva whitish; 

 dorsal series of orange spots and black dots ; subdorsal series 

 of subconfluent blackish spots ; spiracular line orange ; sub- 

 spiracular dark grey ; head black : in a slight web amongst 

 leaves and flowers of Echium ; 6, 7, 9. Said to frequent poor 

 sandy soil. 



5. P. pusiella, Roem. 25-31 mm. Palpi long. Forewings 

 white; a thick irregular median black streak from base of 

 costa to near termen, with three quadrate projections on each 

 edge; two spots towards costa anteriorly, one on middle of 

 costa, two dots towards dorsum anteriorly, three together be- 

 neath costa at f, and a series along posterior half of costa 

 and termen black. Hindwings grey-whitish, becoming greyer 

 towards apex, white towards tornus. 



Kent, recorded many years ago, perhaps now extinct; C. 

 and S. Europe, WC. Asia to Turkestan ; 6, 7. Larva on 

 Lithospermum and Pulmonaria ; 5. 



12. HARPELLA, Schrk. 



Tongue developed. Antennae f, in ciliated with long- 

 fascicles (4), basal joint with pecten. Labial palpi extremely 

 long, second joint rough -scaled beneath and sometimes above, 

 terminal shorter. Forewings : 7 to apex. Hindwings 1, 

 elongate-ovate, cilia f ; 3 and 4 connate. 



A very small genus, inhabiting the European region. Imago 

 with forewings elongate, apex rounded, termen very oblique. 

 The species fly in bright sunshine. 



Forewings with bluish-silvery streaks from base 1. geoffrella. 

 ,, without such streaks . . 2. bractella. 



1. H. geoffrella, L. 17-21 mm. Head and thorax yellow, 

 with a central dark fuscous stripe. Forewings yellow, 

 posteriorly becoming deeper and suffused with dark fuscous, 

 especially on veins ; a bluish -silvery blackish-edged streak from 

 base above middle to -|, thence bent down to join a similar 

 straight subdorsal streak from base above middle of dorsum ; a 

 bluish-silvery blackish-edged transverse streak from costa before 

 middle to disc; a large whitish -yellow dark -edged triangular 

 spot on costa at f , and another before tornus. Hindwings dark 

 fuscous. 



England to York, S. Ireland, common ; C. Europe ; 5, 6. 



2. H. bractella, L. 14-17 mm. Head and thorax yellow. 

 Forewings dark fuscous ; basal | and a large costal spot beyond 



