NEMOPHOKA] TINEIDAE 793 



together; the genus is correlated with Nemotois. Imago with 

 i'nrewings elongate, moderate, apex round - pointed, termrn 

 obliquely rounded ; hindwings with hair-scales, Larva at lirst 

 mining in leaves, afterwards feeding in a portable case. 



1. Second discal stigma marked . . .2. 



,, not marked . . .3. 



2. Forewings long, rather narrow . 2. schwarziella, 



rather short and broad . 4. metaxella. 



3. Cilia of hindwings whitish-ochreous 1. swammerdammetta. 



grey . . 3. /;//,//,/. 



1. N. swammerdammella, L. 16-21 mm. Head orange, face 

 whitish. Forewings long, pale shining ochreous, faintly darker- 

 strigulatcd. Hindwings pale grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 



Britain to Sutherland, E. Ireland, common ; C. Europe, WC. 

 Asia to N. Persia ; 5, 6. Larva whitish ; head and plate of 2 

 black ; 3 and 4 with narrow purplish -brown plates : in a flat 

 case of leaf-fragments, on various low plants and fallen leaves ; 

 8-4. 



2. N. schwarziella, Z. 15-17 mm. Head orange. Forewings 

 long, light shining greyish -ochreous, indistinctly strigulated 

 with grey ; a grey discal mark beyond middle. Hindwings light 

 grey ; cilia whitish-grey. 



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

 Europe; 5, 6. 



3. N. pilella, F. 15-17 mm. Head orange, face whitish. 

 Forewings less elongate, shining greyish - ochreous or light 

 fuscous, faintly darker-strigulated. Hindwings grey ; cilia grey. 



York to Sutherland, local ; C. Europe, Asia Minor ; 6. 



4. N. metaxella, ffb. 15-17 mm. Head ochreous -orange, 

 face whitish. Forewings shorter and broader, shining ochreous, 

 indistinctly brownish - strigulated ; a brownish discal mark 

 beyond middle. Hindwings fuscous; cilia light grey, suffused 

 basally with ochreous. 



England to Westmoreland, N. Ireland, local; N. and C. 

 Europe ; 6. 



43. ADELA, Latr. 



Head rough, face usually smooth. Tongue developed. 

 Antennae 1J-3, in $ filiform, sometimes thickened with scales 

 towards base, basal joint without pecten. Labial palpi moderate 

 or short, porrected, more or less hairy. Maxillary palpi 

 rudimentary. Posterior tibiae hairy. Forewings : Ib furcate, 

 7 to costa, 8 and 9 sometimes stalked. Hindwings 1, elongate- 



