678 TINEINA [CHRYSOCLISTA 



England, E. Ireland, common ; 0. Europe ; 6. Larva 

 slender, whitish : in twigs of hawthorn ; 8-10. 



4. C. vinolentella, 6jS. 9-11 mm. Head blackish. Fore- 

 wings narrow, blackish; plical and second discal scale -tufts 

 black, latter anteriorly finely whitish - margi n ed ; some white 

 scales towards costa posteriorly and apex. Hindwings dark 

 grey. 



England to Lancashire, local and uncommon ; Germany ; 

 7. Larva in shoots of apple ; 4. 



5. C. atra, Hw. (hellerella, Dup.) 11-13 mm. Head white. 

 Forewings narrow, dark fuscous ; a broad white dorsal streak, 

 sprinkled with dark fuscous, from base to tornus, with broad 

 triangular indentation at -f , including a black scale-tuft ; from 

 apex of this streak a slender whitish fascia to costa before 

 apex, emitting a branch posteriorly in middle and sometimes 

 one anteriorly below it ; a black scale- tuft in disc before this. 

 Hindwings grey. 



England to York, E. Ireland, local ; Holland, Germany, Italy; 

 6, 7. Larva in berries of hawthorn ; 9, 10. 



6. C. rhamniella, Z. 9-11 mm. Head fuscous, whitish - 

 sprinkled. Forewings fuscous, sometimes somewhat ochreous- 

 tnixed ; large blackish scale-tufts on fold at J, on dorsum before 

 tornus, below middle of costa, and in disc at J ; some raised 

 black strigulae towards apex. Hindwings grey. 



E. England to Sussex and Westmoreland, local ; C. Europe ; 

 6, 7. Larva greenish ; head and plate of 2 black : in shoots 

 and afterwards in rolled leaves of Rhamnus ; 5, 6. 



14. MOMPHA, lib. 



Antennae ^, in $ often thick, simple or shortly ciliated, 

 basal joint rather long. Labial palpi long, recurved, second 

 joint loosely scaled beneath towards apex, terminal shorter 

 or longer, sometimes loosely scaled, acute. Posterior tibiae 

 rough-haired. Forewings with scale-tufts on surface : Ib fur- 

 cate, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa. Hindwings -^-f, lanceolate, 

 cilia 2J-4; 5 and 6 sometimes stalked, 7 approximated, trans- 

 verse vein sometimes partly absent. 



There are but few additional European species besides those 

 found in Britain, and the further geographical extension of 

 the genus is doubtful. A closely allied and very similar 

 genus attains some development in Australia. Imago with 

 forewings elongate-lanceolate. The larvae all feed on low plants, 

 almost all on species of Onagraceae (Epilobium and Circaea). 



