obleoiiia] GELECHIADAE 



wliitc spot on tomus, and another on costa opposite. Hindwings 

 1, liglit grey. 



England to York, on sandhills, local; C. Europe; 6, 7. 



4. G. affinis, Dgl. (confirm, Stt.) 11-12 mm. Terminal joint 

 of palpi longer than second. Eorewings dark fuscous, sprinkled 

 with whitish ; a yellow-whitish basal dot; usually a small black 

 spot in disc towards base; stigmata black, plica] followed and 

 two discal connected by yellow-whitish scales; a fine obtusely 

 angulated sometimes interrupted yellowish-white fascia at f. 

 Hindwings 1, light grey. 



Britain to Perth, common ; 0. Europe ; 6,7. Larva pinkish, 

 paler on each side of dorsal line, darker-marbled on sides ; dots 

 black, very inconspicuous ; bead and plate of 2 black : on moss 

 on walls ; 1-4. Stainton's confinis seems to be a dark northern 

 form. 



5. G. similis, Stt. 12-13 mm. Terminal joint of palpi 

 longer than second. Eorewings dark fuscous, somewhat paler- 

 sprinkled ; stigmata indistinctly blackish, first discal beyond 

 plical ; a faint slender obtusely angulated pale fascia at f, 

 forming an indistinct ocbreous-whitish spot on costa. Hind- 

 wings 1 , grey, paler anteriorly. 



England to Westmoreland, local and uncommon ; Hol- 

 land ; 7. 



6. G. mundella, Dgl. (portlandicella, Rich.) 10-11 mm. 

 Terminal joint of palpi longer than second. Forewings pale 

 greyish-ochrcous, sometimes mixed with dark fuscous, especially 

 towards dorsum and termen ; a slender basal sometimes 

 interrupted black fascia; a black discal spot beyond this; 

 stigmata black, first discal beyond plical ; in dark specimens a 

 pale sometimes interrupted fascia at ^, otherwise imperceptible. 

 Hindwings 1, light grey. 



Dorset, Devon, Norfolk, N. England, E. Ireland, on coast 

 sandhills, local ; Germany ; 5, 6. 



7. G. obscurella, Hein. 11-12 mm. Terminal joint of palpi 

 longer than second. Forewings rather dark fuscous ; a black 

 discal spot towards base; stigmata black, first discal beyond 

 plical. Hindwings 1, grey. 



Kent, Suffolk, Westmoreland, Durham, very local; Germany; 

 6,7. *' 



8. G. senectella, Z. 10-11 mm. Terminal joint of palpi 

 longer than second. Forewings light oohreous, mixed with 

 fuscous, or wholly fuscous ; a dark fuscous spot in disc near 

 base ; stigmata dark fuscous, first discal beyond plical ; au 



