oeleohia] GELECHIADAE 



obsolete ; a very indistinct suffused pale fascia at f . Hind wings 

 over 1, light grey. 



England to York, local ; C. and S. Europe ; 6, 7. Larva 

 whitish' oclircous J spots reddish; head blackish: in seeds of 

 Althea rosea and A. officinalis ; 9, 10. 



Gl. G. lentiginosella, Z. 13-16 mm. Terminal joint of palpi 

 shorter than second. Forewings dark purplish-ooppery-fuscous ; 

 stigmata darker, partly edged with light ochreous, first discal 

 rather beyond plioal ; a pale coppery-ochreous costal spot at f, 

 and sometimes a faint tornal spot opposite. Hindwings some- 

 what over 1, light grey. 



England to Lancashire, common ; C. Europe, Asia Minor ; 



7, 8. Larva yellowish -green ; head and plate of 2 black : in 

 spun shoots of Genista tinctoria ; 5, 6. 



62. G. mulinella, Z. 12-14 mm. Terminal joint of palpi as 

 long as second. Forewings pale ochreous, more or less irro- 

 rated with dark fuscous, more strongly on margins, and some- 

 times with whitish; usually a broad cloudy blackish -fuscous 

 streak along fold to before middle, connected with another in 

 disc from ^ to apex; above these a pale subcostal streak; 

 stigmata blackish, usually concealed in the dark streaks. 

 Hindwings over 1, very pale grey. 



England, E. Ireland, common ; WC. and SW. Europe ; 7, 



8. Larva dull green ; dots black ; head black ; plate of 2 

 black, with central white line : in flowers of Ulex and Cytisus ; 

 4, 5. 



63. G. ericetella, ///). 15-17 mm. Terminal joint of palpi 

 shorter than second. Forewings from pale fuscous-grey to 

 dark fuscous, sometimes whitish-sprinkled ; a blackish spot in 

 disc at \ ; stigmata blackish, often elongate, partly white- 

 margined, first discal beyond plioal; distinct black terminal 

 dots; a more or less marked dark tornal spot. Hindwings 

 over 1, light grey. 



Britain to the Shctlands, Ireland, very common ; Europe, 

 Asia Minor; 5, 6. Larva dull greenish; dorsal and subdorsal 

 lines pale dull reddish ; 3 and 4 with dark red subdorsal spots; 

 head pale brown; 2 whitish-green, grey-speckled : amongst spun 

 shoots of Erica, and Calluna ; 9-3. 



64. G. longicornis, Curt. 14-15 mm. Terminal joint of 

 palpi as long as second. Forewings dark reddish -brown, suf- 

 fused with dark fuscous towards base and termen in disc; five 

 fasciae of white irroration, first basal, produced along dorsum, 

 second at i, curved, third central, fourth somewhat inwards- 



