COLEOPHORA] ELACHISTIDAE 655 



Britain to Ross, E. and W. Ireland, common ; France, 

 Holland; 6, 7. Larva yellow -whitish, yellower posteriorly: 

 head pale brownish ; plate of 2, and four spots on 3 black : 

 at first within pod, afterwards in a case formed of a pod, on 

 seeds of Ulex ; 8-4. 



46. C. onosmella, Brh. 15-21 mm. Head ochreous- white. 

 Antennae white, beneath spotted with fuscous, basal joint 

 with rather rough hairs. Forewings white; veins (except 12) 

 marked by cloudy pale yellow ish-ochreous streaks. Hindwings 

 grey. 



Kent to Dorset, Suffolk to Cheshire, local; Europe; 6, 7. 

 Larva greenish -grey ; head, plate of 2, two spots on 3, and 

 two on 4 black : in a thick pointed grey-whitish hairy case of 

 leaf-fragments, on Echium and Anchusa ; 9-5. 



47. 0. nutantella, Muhl. (injlatae, Stt.) 15-19 mm. Head 

 ochreous-white. Antennae white, beneath spotted with fuscous, 

 basal joint with rather rough hairs. Forewings white ; all veins 

 marked by pale ochreous-yellowish streaks, with a few scattered 

 dark fuscous scales. Hindwings grey. 



Sussex to Norfolk, local ; Germany, Switzerland ; 6. Larva 

 pale yellowish ; head brown , plate of 2 and four spots on 3 

 blackish ; two faint dark spots on 4 : in a cylindrical white 

 silken case mixed with seed-fragments, on seeds of Silene inflata 

 and S. nutans ; 8, 9. 



48. C. apicella, Stt. (cacuminatella, Dbld.) 11-13 mm. Head 

 ochreous-white. Antennae white, ringed with fuscous, basal 

 joint loosely haired. Forewings white; all veins marked by 

 indistinct whitish -ochreous streaks, towards costa posteriorly 

 and in apex mixed with fuscous. Hindwings grey. 



England to Westmoreland, local ; Holland ; 7, 8. Larva on 

 seeds of Stellaria graminea ; 10. 



49. 0. lineolea, Hw. 11-14 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. 

 Antennae white, basal joint with rather rough scales. Fore- 

 wings white ; veins marked by ochreous -yellow streaks, more 

 or less confluent, especially towards costa posteriorly, leaving 

 costa anteriorly rather broadly white ; cilia round apex yellow- 

 ochreous. Hindwings light grey. 



Britain to the Shetlands, local ; France, Germany; 7. Larva 

 green-whitish : head pale brown ; plate of 2, two spots on 3, and 

 two on 4 black : in a broad hairy case of leaf -fragments, on 

 Ballota nigra and Stachys ; 9-5. 



50. C. conyzae, Z. 13-16 mm. Head white. Antennae 

 white, basal joint with somewhat rough scales. Forewings 



