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Larva yellowish-green ; head black : amongst spun shoots of 

 Daucus carota ; 6, 7. 



18. D. alstroemeriana, CI. 17-1!) mm. [load and thorax 

 white. Fore wings white, more or loss suffused with pale brownish- 

 ochrcous, with a few black scales; costa marked with blackish; 

 first discal stigma black, preceded by a similar dot obliquely 

 above it; a suffused blackish-grey spot touching middle of 

 costa, edged beneath with a thick red mark ; some black ter- 

 minal dots. Hindwings whitish-grey, darker terminally. 



Britain to Roxburgh, 10. Ireland, common; C. and SW. 

 Europe, N. Asia; 8-4. Larva pale green ; dorsal and subdorsal 

 lines darker; head yellowish-green: in rolled leaflets of 



Colli HID lllltfllllll inn, ; G, 7. 



19. D. angelicella, Jib. 15-17 mm. Head light ochreous- 

 yellow. Forewings rosy-oohxeous, costa more rosy, somewhat 

 sprinkled with dark fuscous ; first discal stigma black, often 

 minute or obsolete, preceded by a larger similar dot obliquely 

 above it, second black, placed in a dark fuscous suffusion some- 

 times tending to form an indistinct fascia, plioal sometimes 

 distinct, black ; blackish terminal dots. Hindwings whitish- 

 grey. 



Britain to Argyll, N. Ireland, rather local ; (J. Europe ; 7-9. 

 Larva greenish-grey; dots black; head reddish-oehreous ; 2 

 ochreous-tinged : in spun shoots of Aw/r/ica ni/Zucstris ; 5, G. 



20. D. purpurea, Uw. (vaccincl/a, Hb.) 11-14 mm. Head 

 grey, face white. Forewings crimson-fuscous, mixed with dark 

 fuscous and whitish, especially towards costa; base more 

 whitish ; first discal stigma black, posteriorly whitish-edged, 

 preceded by a similar dot obliquely above it, second white, 

 edged with dark fuscous; between and above these a dark 

 fuscous blotch reaching costa. Hindwings light grey, darker 

 posteriorly. 



England to Lancashire, E. and S. Ireland, rather local; C. 

 and S. Europe, \VC. Asia to N. Persia; 8-4. Larva yellowish ; 

 head and [date of 2 black : in spun leaves of Anthriscus and 

 /liuiriix ; G, 7. 



21. D. capreolella, Z. 14-16 mm. forewings light fuscous; 

 base pale ; first discal stigma black, preceded by a similar dot 

 obliquely above it, second white, obscurely dark-edged, pre- 

 ceded by a similar dot ; dark fuscous terminal dots. Hindwings 

 whitish-fuscous, darker terminally. 



England to Westmoreland, E. Ireland, local ; ('. Europe, 

 Asia Minor ; 8-4. Larva green ; dorsal and subdorsal lines 



