GELBCHIA] (JELECIIIADAK 



beyond plioal ; traces of pale fascia at f faintly perceptible. 

 Hind wings over 1, light grey, sometimes darker posteriorly. 



England, rather common ; C. Europe, Asia Minor ; 5, 6, 8. 

 Larva grey-greenish ; dots black; head brown; 2 pale brown, 

 with two blackish spots : in brownish blotches in leaves of 

 Carduus and Centaurea ; 7, 9. 



14. Or. artemisiella, Tr. 10-11 mm. Terminal joint of palpi 

 as long as second or hardly longer. ForewingS dark brown, 

 whitish -sprinkled, more or less streaked longitudinally with 

 ferruginous, dorsal area usually lighter; stigmata somewhat 

 elongate, black, first discal rather beyond plical ; usually a 

 black mark on fold beyond plical ; some black dots before apex 

 and on termen. Hindwings 1, light grey, darker terminally. 



England to York, E. Ireland, rather common ; C. Europe ; 

 G, 7. Larva greenish ; dorsal and subdorsal lines darker; head 

 pale brown ; 2 brown-marked : in spun shoots of Thymus; 5,6. 



15. Or. atriplicella, F.R. 13-15 mm. Terminal joint of palpi 

 as long as second. Forewings dark fuscous, whitish-sprinkled, 

 mixed or somewhat streaked longitudinally with pale ochreous, 

 dorsal area lighter; a dark spot on costa at \; stigmata 

 blackish, ill-defined, first discal rather beyond plical ; indistinct 

 blackish spots on fold before and beyond plical, and in angle of 

 a faint pale fascia at |. Hindwings 1, light grey, darker 

 terminally. 



England to York, local ; C. Europe ; 7, 8. Larva greenish- 

 yellow or green; dorsal line rosy -suffused ; head yellowish: 

 amongst spun leaves, flowers, and seeds of Atriplex and 

 Chenopodium; 5, 6. 



16. Or. obsoletella, F.R. 12-13 mm. Terminal joint of palpi 

 as long as second. Forewings pale greyish-ochrcous, sprinkled 

 with dark fuscous and ochrcous-whitish ; stigmata dark fuscous, 

 first discal rather beyond plical ; a dark fuscous spot close 

 beyond and slightly beneath second discal, sometimes confluent 

 with it; an indistinct fine pale angulated fascia at \, sometimes 

 obsolete. Hindwings 1, whitish-grey, terminally darker. 



England to York, especially on coasts, local ; C. Europe, N. 

 Africa; 5-9. Larva pale yellowish-green; dorsal line reddish ; 

 sides sometimes rosy - tinged ; dots blackish-grey; head pale 

 brownish-ochreous ; plate of 2 blackish -brown : in stems of 

 Atriphx and Chenopodivm; 6-10. 



17. Or. plantaginella, Stt. 13-15 mm. Head grey, face 

 whitish. Terminal joint of palpi as long as second. Forewings 

 brown ; veins and costa grey-whitish, sutt'usedly irrorated with 



