668 TINEINA [ELACHISTA 



7. E. holdenella, Stt. 8-10 mm. Head grey, face whitish. 

 Forewings blackish, basal area in $ grey ; a narrow somewhat 

 oblique fascia before middle, a tornal spot, and a larger trans- 

 verse costal spot beyond it, rounded or truncate beneath, white, 

 more conspicuous in 9 Hindwings dark grey. 



Middlesex (?), Dorset, very local; NW. Germany; 5, 6. 

 Larva in leaves of Aira caespitosa ; 4. 



8. E. luticomella, Z. (flavicomella, Stt.) 9-11 mm. Head 

 light ochreous-yellow, seldom with a fuscous spot. Forewings 

 dark fuscous ; a somewhat oblique fascia before middle, a small 

 tornal spot, and another on costa beyond it ochreous- whitish, 

 in $ enlarged and more conspicuous. Hindwings blackish- 

 grey. _ 



Britain to the Clyde, E. Ireland, rather common ; C. Europe ; 

 6, 7. Larva pale yellow ; head pale brown : in leaves and 

 stems of Dactylis glomerata ; 4, 5. Stain ton's flavicomella was 

 founded on an abnormal variety, occurring amongst the 

 common form. 



9. E. atricomella, Stt. 9-11 mm. Head blackish, whitish- 

 sprinkled, face in $ whitish. Forewings blackish, pale- 

 sprinkled; a somewhat oblique fascia before middle, in $ 

 interrupted, a tornal spot, and a larger triangular spot beyond 

 it on costa white. Hindwings dark grey. 



Britain to the Clyde, common; Holland, Germany; 6. 

 Larva pale yellowish ; head pale brown ; 2 with two yellow- 

 brown marks : in leaves and stems of Dactylis glomerata ; 4, 5. 



10. E. alpinella, Stt. (monticola, Wk.) 9-11 mm. Head 

 fuscous, whitish-sprinkled. Forewings dark fuscous, basal area 

 in <J> sometimes pale ; a somewhat curved fascia before middle, 

 in <$ obsolete towards costa, an erect triangular tornal spot, 

 and a similar spot on costa beyond it white, in <j> larger. 

 Hindwings dark grey. 



Dorset, Suffolk, Lancashire, Banff, on moors, local; Germany, 

 Switzerland ; 8. Larva in leaves and stems of Carex paludosa ; 

 4-6. 



11. E. kilmunella, Stt. 9-11 mm. Head grey, whitish- 

 sprinkled. Forewings dark grey, basal area in $ whitish; a 

 nearly straight fascia before middle, a tornal spot and costal 

 spot beyond it united into a rather irregular fascia whitish, in 

 $ clearer ; cilia round apex more whitish. Hindwings rather 

 dark grey. 



Surrey to Norfolk, Cheshire to Caledonian Canal, on moors, 

 local, commoner northwards ; Germanv, NW. Russia ; 6, 7. 



