TISCHERIA] TINE1DAE 759 



broad, with a projection of scales. Labial palpi short, filiform, 

 drooping, pointed. Maxillary palpi rudimentary. Posterior 

 tibiae hairy. Forewings : Ib simple, 3 absent, 6 absent, 7 to 

 costa. Hind wings J, linear-lanceolate, cilia 4 ; transverse vein 

 absent between 2 and 5, 3 absent, 4 absent, 6 absent. 



A small characteristically European genus, apparently corre- 

 lated with the preceding. Imago with forewings lanceolate ; it 

 rests with the forepart somewhat raised, the anterior legs 

 retracted. Larva broad anteriorly, with legs hardly developed, 

 head small, mining blotches in leaves, ejecting all excrement 

 through a hole in the leaf-cuticle. Pupa within the mine, with 

 or without a cocoon. 



1. Forewings bron/y-fuseous . . .2. 



yellow . . . .3. 



2. Costa anteriorly purplish . . 5. angusticollella. 



,, not purplish . . .4. gaunacella. 



3. Forewings with dark fuscous tornal dot . 3. margined. 



without such dot . . .4. 



4. Expanse 6-7 mm. ; apical area less fuscous 2. dodonaea. 



8-11 mm. ; apical area more fuscous 1 . comphinella. 



1. T. complanella, lib. 8-11 mm. Forewings deep ochreous- 

 yellow, suffusedly irrorated with fuscous towards costa pos- 

 teriorly and apex. Hindwings rather dark grey. 



Britain to Ross, Ireland, plentiful ; Europe, Asia Minor, N. 

 Africa; 6. Larva pale yellow; head pale brown; 13 brown : 

 in whitish blotches in leaves of oak ; 9, 10. 



2. T. dodonaea, Heyd. 6-7 mm. Differs from T. complan- 

 ella only as follows : forewings yellower, less fuscous -tinged 

 towards apex ; hindwings dark grey. 



England to Lancashire, local ; Holland, Germany ; 6. 

 Larva yellow ; head reddish-brown : in brown blotches in leaves 

 of oak; 9, 10. 



3. T. marginea, Hw. (tmi/ella, Dup.) 7-8 mm. Forewings 

 ochreous-yellow ; costa anteriorly narrowly, posteriorly broadly 

 suffused with dark purplish-fuscous; termen suffused with 

 dark purplish-fuscous ; a dark fuscous tornal dot. Hindwings 

 rather dark grey. 



Britain to Caledonian Canal, E. Ireland, common ; C. and S. 

 Europe, WC. Asia to N. Persia, N. Africa; 5, 6, 8. Larva 

 greenish ; head and two marks on 2 black ; 13 greyish : in pale 

 brownish blotches in leaves of bramble (Rulus) ; 7, 9-3. 



4. T. gaunacella, Dup. 6-8 mm. Forewings bronzy-fuscous. 

 Hindwings fuscous. 



