ASYCHNA] ELACHISTIDAE 661 



collateral relationship with Coleophora, though the antennae 

 are not porrected in repose. Imago with forewings elongate- 

 lanceolate. 



1. A. modestella, Dup. 9-11 mm. Head shining bronzy. 

 Posterior tibiae ochreous - whitish. Forewings light shining 

 greyish-broir/y. Hindwings bronzy-grey. 



England to York, E. Ireland, local ; C. Europe ; 5. Larva 

 yellow-whitish ; head and plate of 2 marked with dark brown : 

 in seed -capsules of Stellaria holostea, later in a portable case 

 made of a capsule ; 6, 7. The imago is fond of sitting in the 

 flowers of its food- plant. 



4. BATRACHEDRA, Stt. 



Antennae |-, in $ simple. Labial palpi long, recurved, second 

 joint with scales somewhat angularly projecting beneath at 

 apex, terminal as long or shorter, somewhat rough anteriorly, 

 acute. Posterior tibiae loosely haired. Forewings: Ibobsoletely 

 furcate, 5 absent, 6 and 7 sometimes stalked, 7 to costa, 8 

 absent. Hindwings J, linear, cilia 6-8 ; transverse vein absent, 

 3 and 4 sometimes absent, 5 and 6 stalked or coincident. 



A small but cosmopolitan genus, more numerous in the 

 Australian region than elsewhere. Imago with forewings very 

 elongate, narrow, long-pointed. The species sit with the fore- 

 part somewhat raised, but the anterior legs rather withdrawn 

 beneath the body. 



Forewings very densely irrorated with blackish 



1. praeangiista. 

 ,, at most thinly irrorated . . 2. pinicolella. 



1. B. praeangusta, Hw. 13-15 mm. Forewings whitish- 

 ochreous or ochreous-whitish, more ochreous along fold, very 

 densely irrorated with blackish, more thinly towards costa 

 anteriorly ; plical and second discal stigmata large, elongate, 

 black, pale -ringed, each often preceded by a short blackish 

 dash. Hindwings grey. 



England, E. Ireland, common ; C. Europe, N. America ; 7. 

 Larva pale greenish -yellow : subdorsal lines broad, brown- 

 reddish ; head brown, posteriorly black ; plate of 2 black : in 

 catkins of poplar and Salix (seldom between joined leaves) ; 

 4-6. 



2. B. pinicolella, Dup. 11-13 mm. Head whitish. Fore- 

 wings light yellow -ochreous, sometimes thinly sprinkled with 

 dark fuscous ; costa and sometimes dorsum slenderly suffused 

 with dark fuscous; plical and second discal stigmata black, 



