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1. Head metallic 



,, not metallic . . . .4. 



2. Stigmata distinct, silver-metallic . . 1. terminella. 



not distinct . . . .3. 



3. Forewings with metallic dorsal mark before tornus 



2. schrankella. 

 ,, without such mark . . 3. raschldella. 



4. Forewings ochreous or yellow . . .5. 



not ochreous or yellow . . 6. 



5. Hind wings d.irk grey . . .9. fidvescens. 



whitish-yellowish . . 10. ochraceella. 



6. Forewings white . . . .12. Stephensi. 



dark fuscous or grey . . .7. 



7. Head whitish-ochreous or ochreous-white . . 8. 



grey or dark fuscous on crown . . 9. 



8. Thorax and basal blotch ochreous-white 5. propinquella. 



pale ferruginous-ochreous 



6. lacteella. 



9. Forewings with whitish fascia before middle 



8. subbistrigella. 

 without whitish fascia before middle . 10. 



10. Forewings with broad white dorsal streak 7. decorella. 



without such streak . . .11. 



11. Forewings with white tornal spot 4. conturbatella. 



,, without white tornal spot . 11. miscella. 



1 . M. terminella, Westw. 8-9 mm. Head dark leaden-metallic, 

 face silvery. Antennae with 

 apex white. Forewings orange, 



sometimes 

 brown ; a 



suffused with 

 black blotch 



purple- 

 on base 



of costa, margined with silver- 

 metallic spots ; stigmata and a 

 spot above tornus silver-metallic, 

 black -edged, first discal whiter; 

 apex black, preceded on costa by 

 a white spot and on termen by a 

 silver-metallic mark. Hind wings 

 dark fuscous. 



England to York, local; Ger- 

 many ; 6. Larva whitish ; dorsal line green ; head yellowish- 

 brown : in irregular (at first spiral) blotches in leaves of 

 Circaea lutetiana ; 8, 9. The imago is seldom observed at 

 large. 



Neuration and head of Afompha 

 fulvescens. 



