ELACHISTA] ELACHISTIDAE 671 



England to Durham, E. Ireland, local ; Germany, Switzer- 

 land ; 5, 6. Larva rather dark grey, speckled with darker ; 

 head and 2 light reddish-ochreous : in leaves of Brackypodiwn 

 sylva ticum ; 9-11. 



22. E. gangabella, Z. 8-10 mm. Head blackish -grey. 

 Forewings blackish ; a straight somewhat inwardly oblique 

 central whitish-yellowish fascia, in $ narrowed towards costa ; 

 tips of apical cilia whitish. Hindwings dark grey. 



England to Durham, rather common ; C. Europe ; 5, 6. 

 Larva grey-green, yellowish-tinged ; head yellow-brown ; 2 with 

 two pale brown spots : in leaves of Dactylic glomerata and 

 Holcus; 10-4. 



23. E. zonariella, Tyst. 7-9 mm. Head dark grey, face 

 whitish. Forewings dark fuscous, blackish-sprinkled ; a hardly 

 curved whitish central fascia, edged with yellow posteriorly, 

 broader towards dorsum; tips of apical cilia whitish. Hind- 

 wings dark grey. 



Britain to Caledonian Canal, E. Ireland, rather common ; C. 

 Europe, Asia Minor; 5, 7, 8. Larva grey -green; head pale 

 brown ; 2 with two brown spots : in leaves of Aira caespitosa ; 

 4,6. 



24. E. cingillella, ffS. 7-8 mm. Head dark grey, face 

 lighter. Forewings blackish - grey ; a nearly straight slender 

 central whitish fascia ; tips of apical cilia whitish. Hindwings 

 dark grey. 



Kent, Derby, local ; SC. Europe, Asia Minor ; 6. 



25. E. megerlella, Stt. (cinctella, Z. ; adscitella, Stt. ; obli- 

 quella, Stt.) 8-11 mm. Head ochreous- whitish. Antennae 

 whitish-ringed. Forewings light grey, irrorated with blackish ; 

 a nearly straight central whitish fascia, sometimes ochreous- 

 tinged, in <$ slenderer and sometimes interrupted ; tips of 

 apical cilia whitish. Hindwings grey. 



England, E. Ireland, common ; N. and C. Europe ; 5, 6, 8. 

 Larva grey-greenish ; head pale brown ; 2 with two brown 

 spots : in leaves of Brachypodium, romus, Aira, Sesleria, etc. ; 

 11-4, 7. 



26. E. serricornis, Stt. 7-8 mm. Head grey, face whitish. 

 Forewings in grey, in ? blackish-grey ; plical stigma black, 

 elongate, followed by a white dot ; an oblique white triangular 

 costal spot at ; a small indistinct whitish tornal spot some- 

 what beyond it. Hindwings grey. 



Kent, Dorset, Lancashire to the Clyde, local ; Germany, 

 Switzerland; 6, 7. 



