ROYTHiusI ELACHISTIDAE 687 



towards apex. Hindwings nearly 1, cilia less than 2; dark 

 purplish-fuscous ; 5 absent. 



England, local ; C.Europe; 7. Larva dull grey-green, with 

 several whitish lines ; dots blackish ; head brown-black : in a 

 slight web amongst shoots of Thymus ; 5. 



4. S. laminella, HS. 9-11 nun. Abdomen in ? beneath 

 with pale ochreous-yellowish anteapica] blotch. Forewings rather 

 short -pointed, dark purplish -bronzy-fuscous. Hindwings ■§, 

 cilia over 2 ; dark fuscous ; 5 absent. 



Sussex, Dorset, local ; C. Europe ; 7. Larva dull brown, 

 greenish-tinged ; subspiracular line whitish-yellowish ; head and 

 plate of 2 dull yellowish, laterally blackish-marked : in a loose 

 web among stems of Hdianthemum ; 5, 6. 



5. S. fuscocuprea, Hw. 9-11 mm. Abdomen in <j> beneath 

 with an oehreous-whitish suffusion on anteapioal segment. 

 Forewings rather short-pointed, shining dark bronzy. Hind- 

 wings nearly 1, cilia less than 2; dark purplish - fuscous ; 4 

 and 5 connate or stalked. 



England, E. Ireland, local ; France, Germany ; 6, 7. Larva 

 in a slight web amongst shoots of Lotus corniculatus ; 5. 



6. S. siccella, Z. 8-9 mm. Abdomen in $ beneath becoming 

 grey-whitish posteriorly. Forewings rather short-pointed, dark 

 fuscous, more or less sprinkled with whitish hair-scales ; fold 

 blackish, with a white streak or dash, variable in development, 

 before middle, sometimes nearly reaching base, and a white dot 

 slightly beyond middle. Hindwings \, cilia 3; dark fuscous; 

 5 absent. 



Dorset, local; C. Europe; 7. Larva slender, dull purple; 

 incisions paler, between 2-6 whitish; spots sometimes white; 

 head and plate of 2 black-brown : in long silken galleries along 

 stems of Thymus, Lotus, Plantago, Cerastium, etc., mining into 

 leaves ; 5. 



7. S. variella, Stph. 9-10 mm. Abdomen more or less 

 wholly suffused with whitish. Forewings moderately pointed, 

 grey to dark fuscous, strewn with whitish scales ; an indistinct 

 whitish spot on fold before middle, a larger one beyond middle, 

 and another on tornus. Hindwings f, cilia 3 ; light grey ; 5 



absent. 



Hants, Dorset, local ; N. and NC. Europe ; 6, 7. Larva 

 slender, dull purple-brown J head black; plate of 2 dark 

 brown : in long silken galleries along stems of Erica and 

 Calluna ; 5. 



8. S. chenopodiella, lib. 14-15 mm. Abdomen Bufiused 



