TINEINA [ACOMPSIA 



brown; plate of 2 pale yellow -brown, with sharp angle in 

 middle of anterior margin : in dead twigs of Ulex ; 9-5. 



5. A. lunaris, Hw. 10-11 mm. Head whitish, mixed with 

 dark fuscous. Forewings yellow, towards dorsum orange, costa 

 from base to and termen broadly ferruginous; a narrow 

 fuscous costal streak from base to f ; a large triangular black- 

 ish spot before tornus, its apex irregularly produced towards 

 apex of wing. Hindwings f , ovate-lanceolate, rather dark grey. 



5. England to Hereford and Norfolk, local ; C. Europe, Asia 

 Minor; 7, 8. 



6. A. augustella, Nb. (albimaculea, Hw.) 10-12 mm. Fore- 

 wings blackish, obscurely fuscous-mixed ; a fascia at \ dilated 

 towards dorsum, a variable central fascia, a small tornal spot, 

 and larger costal spot at f yellow or whitish -yellow. Hind- 

 wings ovate-lanceolate, grey. 



Middlesex, Gloucester, York, local ; C. and S. Europe, Syria ; 

 6. Larva under bark of elm, apple, etc. ; 9-4. 



7. A. similella, Hb. (stipella, Dbld., non. L.) 11-14 mm. 

 Head ochreous- yellowish, with fuscous central stripe. Fore- 

 wings dark fuscous ; a spot near base, connected with base by 

 a streak, a spot about middle on or near dorsum, a small spot 

 beyond and above this, often connected with it, a spot on costa 

 at f, and sometimes a tornal dot pale yellow. Hindwings 

 under 1, grey. 



Stafford to Perth, local ; C. Europe ; 6. Larva under dead 

 bark of sycamore and Pinus ; 9-4. 



8. A. minutella, L. 11-13 mm. Forewings dark fuscous; 

 a transverse ochreous-yellow tornal spot, and a smaller one on 

 costa beyond it. Hindwings grey. 



Britain to Ross, E. and W. Ireland, rather local ; N. and C. 

 Europe, Asia Minor ; 5, 6. Larva whitish ; head pale brown ; 

 plate of 2 pale yellow-brown : on dry seeds ; 9-3. 



9. A. tripuncta, Hw. (trisiynella, Z.) 11-13 mm. Forewings 

 dark fuscous ; a whitish spot on costa before middle, another 

 at f, and a third above tornus. Hindwings grey. 



England to York, rather local ; C. Europe, Asia Minor ; 5, 6. 



10. A. subaquilea, Stt. 12-14 mm. Head ochreous-yellowish. 

 Forewings fuscous, more or less mixed with pale greyish-ochre- 

 ous ; a dark fuscous dot near dorsum before middle, an oblique 

 mark in disc beyond it, two dots transversely placed in disc at 

 f , a small spot on dorsum near tornus, and another on tornus. 

 Hindwings grey. 



Cheshire to Sutherland, on heaths, local ; Spain ; 5, 6. 



