NEPTICULA] TINEIDAE 719 



26. N. prunetorum, Stt. 4-5 mm. Head black, collar 

 whitish. Antennal eyecaps white. Forewings shining light 

 greenish -brassy -bronze, base purplish - tinged ; a rather broad 

 shining silvery fascia beyond middle, preceded by a dark fuscous 

 fascia, apical area beyond this blackish. Hindwings grey. 



Bucks, Cambridge, Hereford, Lancashire, local ; C. Europe ; 

 5, 8. Larva grey -green : in galleries at first spirally coiled, 

 afterwards extending round leaves of blackthorn and sometimes 

 cherry; 7, 9, 10. 



27. N. marginicolella, Stt. 5-6 mm. Head in <$ black, in 

 ? orange, collar blackish. Autennal eyecaps whitish. Fore- 

 wings shining brownish -golden ; a somewhat oblique shining 

 silvery fascia beyond middle, preceded by a brownish -purple 

 suffusion, apical area beyond this dark purple -fuscous. Hind- 

 wings dark fuscous. 



England to Durham, E. Ireland, common ; C. Europe ; 5, 8. 

 Larva light yellowish : in long irregular galleries in leaves of 

 elm; 7, 9, 10. 



28. N. alnetella, Stt. 4-5 mm. Head orange, collar deep 

 bronzy -fuscous. Antennal eyecaps white. Forewings golden- 

 brown, becoming lighter golden towards dorsum anteriorly ; a 

 bright shining silvery fascia beyond middle, preceded by a dark 

 purplish-fuscous suffusion, apical area beyond this dark purplish- 

 fuscous. Hindwings grey. 



England to Durham, common ; C. Europe ; 5, 6, 8. Larva 

 yellow : in long irregular galleries in leaves of alder; 7, 9, 10. 



29. N. continuella, Stt. 4-5 mm. Head ferruginous-orange, 

 collar light yellowish. Antennal eyecaps whitish -ochreous. 

 Forewings fuscous - bronzy ; a shining silvery fascia beyond 

 middle, preceded by a rather dark purplish-fuscous fascia, apical 

 area beyond this dark fuscous-purple. Hindwings grey. 



Kent, Cambridge, Hereford, Lancashire, local ; Holland, 

 Germany; 5, 6, 8. Larva yellow (appearing green in the 

 mine) ; head pale : in long irregular galleries, filled with 

 greenish excrement, in leaves of birch ; 7, 9, 10. 



30. N. centifoliella, Z. 4-5 mm. Head ferruginous-orange, 

 collar light yellowish. Antennal eyecaps ochreous-whitish. 

 Forewings rather dark fuscous, slightly tinged with bronzy or 

 purplish ; a shining whitish fascia beyond middle ; apical area 

 beyond this more purple-tinged. Hindwings grey. 



Dorset, Herts, Lancashire, local ; Germany ; 5, 8. Larva 

 yellow : in long irregular galleries in leaves of rose ; 7, 10. 



31. N. Hodgkinsoni, Stt. 5-6 mm. Head black. Anteimal 



