592 TINEINA [ttBMOHIA 



dark fuscous; dorsum sometimes lighter; stigmata blackish, 

 indistinct, first disoa] beyond plical ; sometimes dark costal 

 spots near base, or a dark central longitudinal suffusion ; faint 

 costal and tomal whitish spots at f, sometimes obsolete; 

 blackish terminal spots between veins. Hindwings 1, pale 

 grey. 



Britain to the Shetlands, E. Ireland, on coasts, common; 

 not recorded elsewhere; C, 7, 9. Larva dull yellowish; dorsal, 

 subdorsal, and spiraeular lines sometimes faintly pinkish ; dots 

 black ; head brown ; plate of 2 black : in roots and in blotches 

 in leaves of Plantago coronopus and P. maritima; 4, 5, 7, 8. 



18. G. instabilella, D<jl. 12-14 mm. Head ochrcous-grey, 

 face whitish. Terminal joint of palpi as long as second. Fore- 

 wings brown, irrorated with darker and paler, partly ochrcous- 

 tinged ; towards base two indistinct blackish .spots on oosta and 

 two on fold ; stigmata black, first discal beyond plical, second 

 followed by a black spot, and another on fold beyond plical ; 

 sometimes a blackish longitudinal discal suffusion; a pale 

 grcyish-ochreous angulated fascia at J. Hindwings 1, light 

 grey- 

 England, in salt-marshes, local ; not confirmed as occurring 



elsewhere; 6,7. Larva pale yellowish-green; dorsal, subdorsal, 

 and faint spiraeular lines brown-reddish ; dots blackish ; head 

 and plate of 2 somewhat darker: in blotches in leaves of 

 Atrip/ex portulacoides ; 3-5. 



19. G. salicorniae, Hering. 12-15 mm. Head pale greyish- 

 ochreous. Terminal joint of palpi as long as second. Fore- 

 w'ings pale greyish-ochrcous to fuscous, paler-marbled, sometimes 

 partly ferruginous-tinged ; two bars or spots on costa and one 

 on fold towards base, and large stigmata ferruginous-brown to 

 dark fuscous, first discal beyond plical ; a tolerably defined pale 

 angulated fascia at f ; usually a dark apical spot. Hindwings 

 1, grey. 



England to Durham, on coasts, local ; Germany ; 6-9. 

 Larva dull greenish; dorsal line red; subdorsal area often 

 reddish ; head and plate of 2 pale brown to blackish : in or 

 among leaves of Salicomia, Aster, Suaeda, Spergularia; 5-8. 



20. G. suaedella, Rich. 12-15 nun. Head oohreous-whitish, 

 crown sometimes grey. Terminal joint of palpi as long as 

 second. Forewings ochreous, veins sufFusedly whitish -grey 

 irrorated with dark grey; dorsal area distinctly pale; towards 

 base two black spots on costa and two on fold ; stigmata black, 

 first discal beyond plical ; a black spot beyond second discal, 



