LKrcopTERA] TINEIDAE 755 



3. Postmcdian costal bar nearly touching anteapical 



spot . .5. ivailesella. 



,, remote . . .4. 



4. Sides of anteapical spot parallel . . 1. Idbumella. 



slightly converging 



2. spartifoliella. 



5. Last two bars in cilia forming an angle of 15 3. oroli. 



an angle of 30 



4. lathyrifoliella. 



6. Apex of forewings black G. lotella. 



., ,, orange . . 7. scitella. 



Section A. Head wholly smooth ; 10 of forewings absent. 



1. L. laburnella, Stt. 7-9 mm. Forewings white ; an oblique 

 ochreous-yellow bar from costa beyond middle, edged with dark 

 fuscous; a nearly vertical ochreous-yellow costal spot before 

 apex, edged with dark fuscous parallel lines; beneath this 

 a pale violet -golden -metallic post-tornal spot, edged on sides 

 with black and above with yellowish ; apex yellowish ; three 

 diverging dark fuscous bars in apical cilia. Hindwings whitish. 



England to York, abundant ; C. Europe : 5, 8. Larva 

 green-whitish : in spiral blotches in leaves of Cytisus laburnum; 

 6, 7, 9. 



2. L. spartifoliella, lib. 7-9 mm. Differs from L. laburnella 

 as follows : forewings with anteapical spot of costa more oblique, 

 its margins rather converging downwards, metallic post-tornal 

 spot more broadly black-edged, usually preceded by a yellowish 

 mark. 



Britain to Ross, Ireland, common ; C. Europe ; 6, 7. Larva 

 greenish: within the bark of stems of Cytisus scoparius ; 4, 5. 



3. L. orobi, Stt. 6-7 mm. Differs from L. lathyrifoliella as 

 follows : forewings with last two dark bars in apical cilia much 

 less divergent, forming an angle of about 15. 



York, local ; not recorded elsewhere ; 5. Larva in blotches 

 in leaves of Lathyrus macrorrhizus ; 8. 



4. L. lathyrifoliella, Stt. 6-7 mm. Differs from L. laburnella 

 as follows : forewings with postmedian costal bar longer, touch- 

 ing yellow upper margin of post-tornal spot, dark edgings 

 sharper-marked, apex of wing dark fuscous ; hind wings rather 

 dark grey. 



Devon, local ; not recorded elsewhere ; 5. Larva in blotches 

 in leaves of Lathyrus sylvestris ; 8. 



5. L. wailesella, Stt. 6-7 mm. Differs from L. laburnella as 



