PARA8IA] GELECHIADAK 



8. P. carlinella, St.t. 13-1G mm. Terminal joint of palpi 

 slender, § of second. Forewings pale ochreous, more or less 

 wliolly suffused with reddish- ochreous ; margins and veins 

 partly marked with fusoous lines. Eindwings grey. 



England, local ; C. Europe ; 6, 7. Larva whitish ; head 

 and plate of 2 blackish : in seedhcads of Carlina vulgaris; 

 10-4. 



4. P. lappella, L. 17-20 mm. Terminal joint of palpi thick, 

 half second. Forewings pale dull ochreous, more or less 

 streaked or suffused with brown ; stigmata blackish, sometimes 

 indistinct, first discal much beyond plieal. Hindwings grey. 



England, local ; Europe, WC. Asia to Turkestan ; 6, 7. 

 Larva whitish ; head dark fuscous : in seedhcads of Arctium 

 lappa; 9-4. 



2. Sitotroga, Hein. 



Basal joint of antennae long, with peeten. Labial palpi 

 with second joint rough beneath, terminal longer than second. 

 Forewings : 7 and 8 out of G. Hindwings under 1, elongate- 

 trapezoidal, apex pointed, produced, termen emarginate, cilia 

 2 ; 3, 4, 5 remote and parallel, 6 and 7 stalked. 



Includes only the single species ; a development of Aristotelia. 

 Imago with forewings elongate, narrow, pointed. 



1. S. cerealella, 01. 11 -1G mm. Head ochreous- whitish. 

 Forewings pale ochreous, more or less sprinkled with brownish; 

 plieal and second discal stigmata blackish ; often a blackish 

 tornal dot ; some black scales at apex and on an apical bar in 

 cilia. Hindwings grey. 



Dorset, Norfolk, Lancashire, Lanark, very local, doubtless 

 introduced; C. and S. Europe, N. America, Australia; 5, 6. 

 Larva in grains of wheat, maize, etc.; 10-3. Probably not a 

 true native of Europe, but its origin is uncertain. The imago 

 much resembles a fragment of chaff. 



3. PALTODORA, Mcyr. 



Second joint of labial palpi with long rough spreading hairs 

 beneath, terminal as long as second. Forewings : 7 and 8 out 

 of 6. Hindwings under 1, elongate- trapezoidal, apex pointed, 

 produced, termen emarginate, cilia 3 ; 3 and 4 remote, parallel, 

 5 nearer 6, 6 and 7 approximated. 



A small genus, but very widely distributed. Imago with 

 forewings elongate, narrow, pointed. 



