764 TINEINA [ARGYRESTHIA 



blackish - edged : in shoots and catkins of birch and alder; 

 10-4. 



7. A. goedartella, L. (literella, Hw.) 11-12 mm. Head 

 ochreous- whitish, thorax pale golden. Forewings shining 

 yellowish -white, sometimes suffused with pale golden ; three 

 shining coppery -golden fasciae, seldom not reaching margins, 

 first near base, oblique, second widely furcate towards costa, 

 third terminal, enclosing two whitish terminal spots. Hind- 

 wings rather dark grey. 



Britain to Sutherland, N. and E. Ireland, very common ; N. 

 and C. Europe, N. America ; 6-8. Larva pinkish-ochreous ; 

 dots whitish ; head brownish ; plate of 2 brownish-edged pos- 

 teriorly : in catkins and shoots of birch and alder ; 11-4. 



8. A. pygmaeella, Hb. 12-13 mm. Head and thorax 

 ochreous-whitish, patagia golden. Forewings shining golden- 

 whitish ; a dorsal spot at J connected with base by a streak 

 along fold, an outwardly oblique streak from middle of dorsum, 

 and a tornal spot shining golden. Hindwings grey. 



Britain to the Orkneys, N. Ireland, common ; N. and C. 

 Europe, N. America; 6-8. Larva in shoots of Salix caprea ; 

 4, 5. 



9. A. sorbiella, Tr. 12-13 mm. Head and thorax whitish. 

 Forewings shining whitish, on costal half strigulated with 

 light golden -brown; a transverse dorsal mark at J, an out- 

 wardly oblique streak from middle of dorsum, and an in- 

 distinct tornal mark golden-brown. Hindwings grey. 



Dorset, Berks, Gloucester, Cheshire to Perth, local ; N. and 

 C. Europe ; 6, 7. Larva in shoots of Pyrus aucuparia ; 5, 6. 



10. A. cornella, F. (curvella, Stt.) 11-12 mm. Head and 

 thorax white. Forewings shining white, strigulated with dark 

 fuscous ; a small transverse dorsal mark at -J, a narrow fascia 

 from beyond middle of costa to middle of dorsum, and an 

 irregular blotch towards apex dark fuscous. Hindwings 

 grey. 



Britain to Argyll, common ; C. Europe ; 6, 7. Larva in 

 shoots of apple ; 5. 



11. A. aurulentella, Stt. 8-9 mm. Head and thorax white, 

 patagia golden. Forewings shining golden-ochreous, with pale 

 purple reflections; dorsum slenderly whitish from base to 

 tornus. Hindwings grey-whitish. 



Kent, Surrey, Lancashire, Westmoreland, local ; N. and C. 

 Europe ; 7, 8. Larva green, posteriorly reddish-tinged ; head 

 black : in leaves of Junip&rus ; 4. 



