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rounded dorsal spot before tornus, and another on costa slightly 

 beyond it light yellowish ; tips of apical cilia yellow-whitish. 

 Hindwings rather dark purplish-grey. 



England to York, N. Ireland, local ; 0. Europe ; 5, 6. 

 Larva dull greenish ; a reddish spot on 9 ; head and plate of 2 

 black : in shoots of currant (Ribes) ; 4. 



2. T. oehlmanniella, Tr. 12-14 mm. Head deep ochreous- 

 yellow. Forewings dark bronzy-fuscous, mixed with purplish ; 

 a subtriangular dorsal spot before middle, a smaller one before 

 tornus, and a third sometimes nearly obsolete on costa at f 

 pale yellowish. Hindwings rather dark purplish-grey. 



Britain to the Orkneys, rather common ; N. and 0. Europe ; 

 6. Larva when young mining in leaves, afterwards in a flat 

 case of leaf-fragments on various fallen leaves ; 8-3. 



3. T. fulvimitrella, Sodof. 17-20 mm. Head ochreous- 

 yellow. Forewings blackish, faintly purplish-tinged ; ochreous- 

 whitish subtriangular spots on costa before middle and at f , 

 and on dorsum before middle and before tornus, sometimes 

 containing one or two dark strigulae ; cilia with three or four 

 whitish spots. Hindwings rather dark purplish-grey. 



Britain to Perth, local ; N. and C. Europe ; 6. Larva 

 yellow-whitish ; head dark brown, blackish above ; 2 with two 

 brown spots : in decayed wood and fungi ; 5. 



4. T. arcella, F. 12-14 mm. Head white. Forewings 

 whitish, partially ochreous-tinged ; a thick mark along basal J 

 of costa, a median fascia angulated above middle and sometimes 

 nearly interrupted below angle, and two or three posterior 

 costal marks dark fuscous. Hindwings grey. 



England to Durham, N. Ireland, rather common ; C. Europe, 

 Asia Minor j 6-8. Larva in decayed wood j 5. 



5. T. corticella, Curt, (emortuella, Z.) 13-J.6 mm. Head 

 ochreous-white. Forewings whitish, suffusedly strigulated with 

 yellowish-brown ; several small dark fuscous spots on costa, and 

 some smaller on dorsum and termen ; a triangular yellowish- 

 brown median dorsal spot standing on one angle j a yellowish- 

 brown transverse subterminal streak. Hindwings fuscous. 



England, E. Ireland, local ; C. Europe ; 5, 6, 8. Larva 

 yellow-whitish ; head and plate of 2 brown : in fungi growing 

 on trees; 7, 9, 10. 



G. T. parasitella, Hb. (carpinetella, Stt.) 17-20 mm. Head 

 ochreous- yellow. Forewings whitish, mixed with brownitsli- 

 ochreous, with small scattered dark fuscous strigulae, veins 

 marked with brownish-ochreous streaks ; several dark brown 



