670 TINEINA [ELACHISTA 



Britain to the Clyde, Ireland, common ; C. Europe ; 5, 6, 8. 

 Larva pale yellowish-grey ; head black or pale brown ; 2 with 

 two black spots : in leaves of Poa trivialis, P. annua, etc. ; 3, 4, 7. 



17. E. bedellella, Sire. 7-8 mm. Head grey, whitish-mixed, 

 face whitish. Fore wings grey, darker- sprinkled, in $ paler, 

 more whitish towards base; a hardly oblique whitish fascia 

 before middle, and a vertical one about f ; dark line of cilia 

 almost straight, vertical, causing a truncate appearance. Hind- 

 wings rather dark grey. 



England to Durham, on downs, common ; Germany, Switzer- 

 land j 5, 8. Larva greyish -green, sometimes reddish -tinged ; 

 head pale brown ; 2 with two brown spots : in leaves of Avena 

 pratensis ; 4, 7. 



18. E. humilis, Z. (occultella, Dgl.) 8-9 mm. Head grey, 

 face whitish. Forewings light grey irrorated with dark fuscous ; 

 a very indistinct oblique whitish fascia before middle, usually 

 partly or wholly obsolete; a small tornal spot and larger 

 triangular spot on costa somewhat beyond it ochreous- white. 

 Hindwings grey. 



England to Westmoreland, local ; N. and C. Europe ; 5. 



19. E. obscurella, Stt. (pulchella, Hw. ; subobscurella, Dbld.) 

 7-9 mm. Head grey, face whitish. Forewings in $ pale grey 

 irrorated with black, in $ blackish except on basal area; a 

 somewhat oblique fascia before middle, a tornal spot, and 

 triangular costal spot somewhat beyond it in < very indistinct, 

 whitish, almost obsolete, in $ broader, white, conspicuous. 

 Hindwings grey. 



Britain to the Clyde, very common ; C. Europe ; 5, 8. 

 Larva pale yellowish -grey ; head pale brown : in leaves of 

 Nolcus, etc. ; 3, 4, 7. 



20. E. consortella, Stt. 6-7 mm. Head grey, face whitish. 

 Forewings blackish -grey, somewhat paler -sprinkled; a some- 

 what oblique fascia before middle, in # reduced to a spot on 

 fold, a tornal spot, another on costa opposite, and a more or 

 less developed angular mark beyond and connecting these 

 whitish, in <j? more distinct; plical stigma elongate, black. 

 Hindwings rather dark grey. 



Westmoreland to the Clyde, E. Ireland, local ; not recognised 

 elsewhere ; 3, 4. 



21. E. taeniatella, Stt. 9-10 mm. Head dark grey. Fore- 

 wings blackish ; a straight perpendicular central light yellowish 

 fascia, in <$ narrowed towards costa ; cilia wholly grey. Hind- 

 wings dark grey. 



