694 TINEINA 



7. Labial palpi with second joint tufted, terminal acute 



9. CHOREUTIS. 

 second joint not tufted, terminal 



not acute . .10. SIMAETHIS. 



8. Labial palpi with second joint more or less tufted 



6. PLUTELLA. 

 ,, ,, second joint not tufted . 9. 



9. Hindwings with 3 and 4 remote . 4. ORTHOTAELIA. 



,, 3 and 4 connate or stalked 



8. GLYPHIPTERYX. 



1. ATEMELIA, HS. 



Head above loosely haired. Antennae , in $ simple, basal 

 joint rather short, with pecten. Labial palpi short, drooping, 

 filiform. Maxillary palpi rudimentary. Forewings : 7 and 8 

 stalked. Hindwings 1, elongate-ovate, cilia 1 ; 4 absent, 6 and 

 7 parallel. 



Includes only a single species, nearly related to the following 

 genus. Imago with forewings elongate, rather narrow, termen 

 oblique. 



1. A. torquatella, Z. 10-11 mm. Forewings dark fuscous; 

 a cloudy ochreous-whitish subdorsal spot at J, and another about 

 tornus, sometimes partially obsolete ; sometimes a dot on costa 

 towards apex, and an indistinct terminal spot below middle. 

 Hindwings dark fuscous. 



Durham to Perth, local ; Holland, Germany, Russia, Asia 

 Minor; 6, 7. Larva dull dark red, whitish -marbled; head 

 pale brown ; 2 with two large black spots : in blotches in leaves 

 of birch and elm ; 8-10. 



2. PRAYS, lib. 



Head with appressed scales. Antennae f, in serrulate, 

 pubescent, basal joint without pecten. Labial palpi moderate, 

 curved, subascending, second joint somewhat rough beneath, 

 terminal longer than second. Maxillary palpi obsolete. Fore- 

 wings : 7 and 8 stalked. Hindwings 1, elongate-ovate, thinly 

 scaled near base, cilia f ; 4 absent, 6 and 7 parallel. 



A very small genus, found in Europe, Asia, and Australia. 

 Imago with forewings elongate, rather narrow, termen oblique. 



1. P. curtisellus, Don. 15-17 mrn. Head white or greyish- 

 ochrcous. Forewings white or greyish-ochreous ; some blackish 

 dorsal strigulae ; a triangular blackish blotch, lighter or mixed 

 with whitish on costa, extending along costa from near base to 



