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eyecaps white. Forewings shining golden -brown or bronzy- 

 golden; a shining pale golden or golden -silvery fascia beyond 

 middle ; apical area beyond this deep purple. Hindwings 

 grey. 



Cheshire, Lancashire, local ; not recorded elsewhere ; 5, 8. 

 Larva in irregular galleries in leaves of rose ; 7, 9, 10. 



32. N. microtheriella, Stt. 3-4 mm. Head ochreous-yellowish, 

 collar ochreous- whitish. Antennal eyecaps ochreous- whitish. 

 Forewings purplish -fuscous ; a rather oblique shining whitish 

 fascia beyond middle ; apical area beyond this darker and more 

 purple. Hindwings grey. 



England, common ; C. Europe ; 5, 8. Larva pale greenish- 

 yellow : in very long narrow irregular galleries in leaves of hazel 

 and hornbeam ; 7, 9, 10. 



33. N. betulicola, Stt. 4-5 mm. Head in $ ochreous- 

 yellowish, in <j> more orange, collar light yellowish. Antennal 

 eyecaps yellow -whitish. Forewings shining deep purplish - 

 bronzy; a shining golden -silvery fascia about j; apical area 

 beyond this deep fuscous-purple. Hindwings grey. 



Britain to Caledonian Canal, common; Germany, Switzer- 

 land; 5, 8. Larva yellow, with a series of brownish linear 

 marks ; head brown : in irregular galleries, usually half filled 

 with excrement, in leaves of birch (especially near the ground) ; 

 7, 9, 10. 



34. N. plagicolella, Stt. 4-5 mm. Head orange, collar dark 

 bronzy-fuscous. Antennal eyecaps whitish. Forewings shining 

 deep purplish-bronzy ; a shining whitish fascia beyond middle ; 

 apical area beyond this dark purple-fuscous. Hindwings grey. 



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

 Larva pale yellow : in whitish blotches terminating short fine 

 galleries in leaves of blackthorn; 7, 9, 10. 



35. N. ignobilella, Stt. 4-5 mm. Head orange, collar dark 

 bronzy-fuscous. Antennal eyecaps whitish. Forewings shining 

 brownish -golden ; a somewhat shining yellow -whitish fascia 

 beyond middle ; apical area beyond this purplish - bronzy. 

 Hindwings light grey. 



Britain to Stirling, E. Ireland, local ; Holland ; 5, 8. 

 Larva yellowish ; head blackish : in blotches in leaves of haw- 

 thorn ; 7, 9, 10. 



36. N. distinguenda, Hein. 3-5 mm. Head ochreous- 

 yellowish, collar light yellowish. Antennal eyecaps yellow- 

 whitish. Forewings somewhat shining bronzy-fuscous; a some- 

 what oblique shining whitish fascia beyond middle ; apical area 



