660 TINEINA [COLEOPHORA 



whitish -sprinkled, rather shining ; costa distinctly white from 

 base to , shading into cilia posteriorly ; rarely somewhat 

 darker streaks between veins towards costa. Hindwings grey. 

 Ovipositor of <j> strong, stiff. 



Britain to the Hebrides, Ireland, very common ; C. and S. 

 Europe, N. Africa, N. America ; 6, 7. Larva yellow-brownish ; 

 head, plate of 2, and four spots on 3 black : in a cylindrical 

 whitish silken case, on seeds of Juncus communis, J. sgruarrosus, 

 etc.; 8-10. 



70. 0. obtusella, Sit. 10-11 mm. Head whitish -brown. 

 Antennae white, ringed with fuscous. Forewings light brownish, 

 with a few darker scales ; costa whitish from base to f ; veins 

 indistinctly marked with whitish lines. Hindwings grey. 



SE. England to Dorset and Lincoln, in salt-marshes, local ; 

 not recognised elsewhere; 7. Larva in a silken case partly 

 enclosed and terminating with fragments of seed capsules, on 

 seeds of Juncus maritimus; 9-5. 



71. C. adjunctella, Hodgk. (paludicola, Stt.) 8-9 mm. Head 

 brownish. Antennae dark fuscous, faintly ringed anteriorly 

 with whitish. Forewings rather dark shining greyish -brown ; 

 costa narrowly white to beyond middle. Hindwings grey. 



England to Lancashire, in salt-marshes, local; not yet 

 recognised elsewhere ; 6, 7. Larva yellow-whitish ; head light 

 reddish ; plate of 2, and four spots of 3 pale, brown -marked : 

 in a silken case partly enclosed with fragments of seed-capsules, 

 on seeds of Juncus compressus; 8, 9. 



72. C. agrammella, Wood. 8-9 mm. Head ochreous-grey. 

 Antennae white, ringed with dark fuscous. Forewings ochreous- 

 grey; costa narrowly white to beyond middle. Hindwings 

 grey. 



Hereford, local ; not yet recorded elsewhere ; 6. Larva 

 yellowish-white ; head brown ; plate on 2, four spots on 3, and 

 two on 4 grey : in a grey or blackish silken cylindrical case with 

 alternate smooth and granulated stripes, on seeds of Juncus 

 communis, J. articulatus, etc.; 8-10. 



3. ASYCHNA, Stt. 



Antennae f, in <$ simple. Labial palpi moderately long, 

 ascending, second joint smooth, terminal shorter, acute. 

 Posterior tibiae rough-haired. Forewings: Ib furcate, 4 absent, 

 5 absent, 6 and 7 stalked, 7 to costa, 8 absent. Hindwings f , 

 lanceolate, cilia 3 ; 4 absent. 



Now restricted to the following species, which has close 



