NEPTICULA] TINEIDAE 717 



Kent, Hereford, Lancashire, York, local ; Germany, Switzer- 

 land; 5, 6, 8. Larva yellowish; head pale brown, with dark 

 brown spots : in blotches in leaves of hawthorn ; 7, 9, 10. 



16. N. aeneofasciella, US. 5-6 mm. Head black. An- 

 tennal eyecaps white. Forewings shining brassy ; a deep 

 purple basal fascia; a shining silvery fascia beyond middle, 

 preceded by a purple fascia, apical area beyond this deep 

 purple. Hindwings grey. 



England to Lancashire, local ; Germany, Switzerland ; 5, 8. 

 Larva yellow : in blotches in leaves of Agrimonia eupatorium ; 

 7, 9, 10. 



17. N. fragariella, Heyd. (gei, Wk.) 4-5 mm. Head brown 

 to ferruginous-orange, collar darker. Antennal eyecaps whitish. 

 Forewings shining golden-bronzy ; a shining pale golden fascia 

 beyond middle, preceded by a purple fascia, apical area beyond 

 this deep purple. Hindwings grey. 



Dorset, Lancashire, local ; Germany ; 5, 8. Larva brownish- 

 yellow ; head darker, with two deeper lines: in long slender 

 contorted galleries in leaves of Fragaria, Geum, and Ayrimonia; 

 7, 10. British records of N. dulcella, Hein., seem to have been 

 founded erroneously on specimens of this species. 



18. N. splendidissimella, US. 4-5 mm. Head black. 

 Antennal eyecaps white. Forewings dark coppery-purple-brown; 

 a suffused brassy basal patch ; a straight shining pale golden 

 fascia beyond middle. Hindwings grey. 



Kent, Lancashire, Westmoreland, local; C. Europe; 5, 8. 

 Larva deep yellow : in long irregular galleries in leaves of 

 Riibus fruticosus ; 7, 9, 10. 



19. N. auromarginella, Rich. 5-6 mm. Head ferruginous- 

 orange. Antennal eyecaps ochreous-whitish. Forewings deep 

 shining golden - bronze ; a shining golden -silvery fascia beyond 

 middle, edged anteriorly with purple suffusion, apical' area 

 beyond this deep purple ; an apical shining golden -silvery 

 fascia, partly in cilia. Hindwings grey. 



Dorset, local ; not recorded elsewhere ; 5, 8, 9. Larva 

 yellowish : in irregular galleries in leaves of Rubus fruticosus ; 

 7, 10. 



20. N. aurella, Stt. 6-7 mm. Head ferruginous -orange. 

 Antennal eyecaps ochreous-whitish. Forewings shining coppery- 

 golden ; a shining pale golden fascia beyond middle, preceded 

 by a purplish or dark purple-fuscous fascia, apical area beyond 

 this dark purple-fuscous. Hindwings rather dark grey. 



England, Ireland, very common ; C. Europe, N. Africa ; 5, 



