qkleohia] GELKCHIADAE 



44. G. sequax, JIw. 12-14 mm. Head white, crown grey- 

 sprinkled. Terminal joint of palpi almost as long as second. 

 Korewings whitish, densely irrorated with fuscous and dark 

 fuscous; an oblique white fascia beyond \, anterior edge 

 indented and blackish-margined ; stigmata blackish, first discal 

 above plical ; a cloudy whitish fascia at |- ; a blackish discal 

 dash beyond this, and a blackish apical dash, sometimes con- 

 fluent. Hindwings 1, light grey. 



Britain to the Clyde, N. Ireland, rather common ; C. Europe, 

 N. America; 7. Larva whitish, tinged with dull greenish; 

 dots grey ; head and plate of 2 brown : in spun shoots of Ileli- 

 anthemiim ; 5, 6. 



45. G. nigra, JIw. (cwutella, Z.) 15-17 mm. Terminal joint 

 of palpi shorter than second. Forewings dark fuscous, irrorated 

 with white and black ; an indistinct darker oblique streak 

 from costa near base, and costal spots before and beyond 

 middle ; stigmata blackish, first discal above plical, a blackish 

 longitudinal mark between first and second discal ; an in- 

 distinct whitish angulatcd fascia at f. Hindwings over 1, 

 grey. 



Kent to Norfolk, Hereford, Northumberland, local ; C. 

 Europe ; 6, 7. Larva green ; head brown : between joined 

 leaves of Populus alba and P. tremula ; 5, 6. 



4(>. G. muscosella, Z. 14-16 mm. Terminal joint of palpi 

 longer than second. Abdomen with three basal segments 

 ochreous-yellowish. Forewings fuscous, sprinkled with whitish 

 and black ; indistinct oblique dark fuscous marks from costa 

 near base, at \, and beyond middle; stigmata black, first and 

 sometimes second discal white-ringed, connected by a black 

 streak, plical included in a black streak on fold interrupted by 

 a whitish dot ; an indistinct pale angulated fascia at |. Hind- 

 wings over 1, light fuscous. 



Norfolk, Cambridge, local; C. Europe; 6, 7. Larva in 

 rolled leaves of poplar and Salix ; 5. 



47. G. cuneatella, Dgl. 15-17 mm. Second joint of palpi 

 almost tufted beneath, terminal longer. Abdomen with three 

 basal segments ochreous-yellowish. Forewings narrow, ochre- 

 ous-grey, irrorated with white and black ; a blackish mark on 

 base of costa and blackish spots before and beyond middle; 

 blackish spots in disc near base, beyond \, and about middle ; 

 two or three black dashes on fold ; a slender angulated whitish 

 fascia at ;] ; some blackish interncural streaks posteriorly. 

 Hindwings over 1, light grey, darker terminally. 



