ACOMPSIA] OECOPHORIDAE 637 



11. A. tinctella, lib. 13-16 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax 

 ochreous -yellow. Forewings golden -ochreous, more or less 

 fuscous -sprinkled, especially posteriorly. Hindwings rather 

 dark grey. 



England to Lancashire, rather common in woods ; C. 

 Europe ; 5, 6. Larva in dead wood ; 9-3. 



12. A. unitella, Hb. (fuscoaurella, Hw.) 12-16 mm. Head 

 orange. Palpi ochreous -yellow, terminal joint suffused with 

 dark fuscous. Thorax golden-brown. Forewings golden-brown. 

 Hindwings dark fuscous. 



S. England to Gloucester and Norfolk, local ; C. Europe ; 7, 

 8. Larva dull dark brown ; dorsal and subdorsal lines whitish; 

 head red - brown ; plate of 2 pale brown : in dead wood ; 

 10-5. 



13. A. panzerella, Stph. (subochree.lla, Dbld.) 14-17 mm. 

 Head light greyish -yellowish. Palpi much shorter than in the 

 two preceding species, light yellowish. Forewings light yellow- 

 ochreous, more or less fuscous -sprinkled. Hindwings light 

 fuscous. 



Kent to Cambridge and Sussex, in woods, local ; C. Europe ; 

 6,7. 



14. A. flavifrontella, lib. 19-21 mm. Head ochreous- 

 yellow. Forewings fuscous ; stigmata indistinctly darker, 

 sometimes very faint, first discal slightly beyond plical. Hind- 

 winu's groy. 



Britain to Perth, rather local; Europe, WC. Asia to N. 

 Persia ; 6. Larva in a cylindrical case of fragments of lichen : 

 on lichens and dead leaves; 9, 10. 



15. A. pseudospretella, Stt. 19-23 mm. Head light brown- 

 ish. Forewings pale brownish, coarsely and irregularly 

 irrorated with dark fuscous ; stigmata large, dark fuscous, first 

 discal slightly before plical ; a series of ill-defined dark fuscous 

 spots close below apical third of costa and along termen. 

 Hindwings whitish-grey, darker posteriorly. 



Britain to the Shetlands, Ireland, very common in houses ; 

 N. and NC. Europe, N. America, Australia, New Zealand ; 5-9. 

 Larva yellow-whitish ; head red-brown ; plate of 2 pale ochre- 

 ous : on seeds, dried plants, skins, etc. ; 6-4. Not a native of 

 Europe; it seems to have been first introduced about 1840, 

 possibly from America ; it has a marked constitutional prefer- 

 ence for cool climates. 



16. A. fuscescens, Hw. 9-12 mm. Head rather dark fus- 

 cous, face whitish -fuscous. Forewings light fuscous, coarsely 



