gbi.eciila] GELECHIADAE- 



Kent, local ; Germany, Switzerland ; 8, 9. Larva pale 

 greenish or yellowish ; dorsal and subdorsal lines indistinctly 

 pale ; spots black ; head pale greenish-brown : in spun shoots of 

 Ilippophae rhamnoides ; 7. 



52. G. rhombella, Schiff. 13-14 mm. Terminal joint of 

 palpi as long as second. Forewings pale ochreous to light 

 fuscous, sprinkled with black ; a black spot along cost;i at 

 base, and another at § ; stigmata black, plical minute, second 

 discal usually forming a bent mark ; a dark tornal spot ; 

 sometimes a faint pale angulated fascia at § ; usually blackish 

 terminal spots. Hindwings somewhat over 1, pale grey, darker 

 terminally. 



England to Durham, E. Ireland, local ; C. Europe ; 7. Larva 

 dark green, sides reddish-tinged ; subdorsal and spiracular lines 

 whitish ; head dark brown ; plate of 2 black, bisected : between 

 joined leaves of apple ; 5, 6. 



53. G. solutella, Z. 16-19 mm. Terminal joint of palpi 

 somewhat longer than second. Forewings dark fuscous, more 

 or less sprinkled with grey-whitish ; a blackish oblique mark 

 in disc towards base ; stigmata rather large, blackish, first 

 discal rather beyond plical ; a pale angulated fascia at f, some- 

 times interrupted, often very indistinct. Hindwings over 1, 

 light grey. 



Cornwall, York, Durham, Perth, local ; C. and S. Europe, 

 Asia Minor; 5. Larva in galleries amongst Genista ; 7. 



54. G. distinctella, Z. (eelerella, Stt.; fumatella, Dgl.) 12-17 

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

 brown, usually mixed with dark fuscous; usually indistinct 

 dark fuscous spots on costa near base, at -J, and beyond middle, 

 and in disc near base and at \ ; stigmata black, often partly 

 edged with whitish, first discal beyond plical ; an indistinct 

 pale ferruginous-tinged angulated fascia at jj, sometimes almost 

 obsolete. Hindwings over 1, light grey. 



England to York, local; C. and S. Europe, Asia Minor; 7, 

 8. Stainton's eelerella was described from small distinctly 

 marked specimens. The supposed British record of 67. 

 strelitziella, HS., was founded on an example of this species. 



55. G. diffinis, fits. 14-16 mm. Terminal joint of palpi as 

 long as second. Forewings ochreous-brownish, violet-tinged, 

 more or less densely irrorated with blackish and whitish ; an 

 angulated oblique fascia of three violet-black raised marks 

 about \ ; stigmata blackish, first discal slightly beyond plical, 

 second forming a transverse mark or pair of dots ; an indistinct 



