ENDROSIS] ELACHISTIDAE 689 



Britain to the Shetlands, Ireland, very common in houses ; 

 Europe, Asia Minor, N. America, S. Africa, Australia, New 

 Zealand; 3-10. Larva whitish; head reddish-brown; 2 pale 

 brown posteriorly : on seeds, dry refuse, etc. ; 1-12. 



'2'2. CATAPLECTICA, 



Antennae f, in d evenly ciliated. Labial palpi moderate or 

 rather short, slightly curved, porrected, filiform, pointed. 

 Posterior tibiae rough-haired. Forewings : Ib furcate, 7 and 8 

 stalked, 7 to terrnen. Hindwings under 1, lanceolate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, cilia 1-3 ; veins all separate. 



A small European genus, not yet identified elsewhere. 

 Imago with forewings elongate-lanceolate. Larva feeding on 

 seeds of Umbelliferae. 



1. Forewings with pale subapical fascia . 2. Farreni. 



without subapical fascia . . 2. 



2. Forewings with pale yellowish spots . .3. 



without pale spots . .1. profugella. 



3. Forewings with subcostal spot before middle 



3. auromaculata. 

 without subcostal spot before middle 



4. fulviguttella. 



1. C. profugella, Stt. 8-9 mm. Forewings rather dark 

 fuscous, slightly bronzy-tinged. Hindwings dark fuscous. 



Kent, I. of Wight, Lancashire to Durham, local ; Germany, 

 Finland ; 7, 8. Larva pale grey ; spots fuscous : amongst 

 seeds of Pimpinella, Angelica, Aegopodium, etc. ; 9, 10. 



2. 0. Farreni, Wlsrti. 9-10 mm. Forewings dark fuscous, 

 with a few whitish-ochreous scales; an ill -defined costal spot 

 before middle, one on dorsum before middle, a third before 

 tornus, and an irregular subapical fascia whitish-ochreous. 

 Hindwings dark grey. 



Cambridge, local ; not recorded elsewhere ; 6, 7. Larva 

 probably on seeds of Peucedanum sativum ; 8, 9. 



3. C. auromaculata, Fr. 11-13 mm. Forewings rather dark 

 fuscous ; an indistinct spot beneath costa before middle, a spot 

 on dorsum beyond it, and a larger spot in disc posteriorly pale 

 ochreous-yellowish. Hindwings rather dark fuscous. 



Shetlands, local ; Alps of Switzerland ; 8, 9. Larva whitish : 

 subdorsal line pale brownish ; spots grey ; head black : in 

 seed-vessels of Angelica; 9, 10. 



4. C. fulviguttella, Z. (flavimaculella, Stt.) 10-11 mm. 

 Forewings dark fuscous ; a spot on dorsum towards tornus, and 



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