692 T1NEINA [epermenia 



beyond this two white dots placed longitudinally in disc, some- 

 times connected by a black spot ; an irregular black spot on 

 costa towards apex ; four dorsal scalc-teetli, first two oohrcous- 

 brown, others black ; dark lino of cilia subfalcatc at apex. 

 Hindwings grey. 



Britain to Caledonian Canal, N. and E. Ireland, common ; 

 N. and C. Europe, Asia Minor; 7, 8, 10-4. Larva yellow- 

 whitish or green-whitish; dorsal line whiter; spots brownish ; 

 head pale brown : in slight web beneath leaves of Heracleum, 

 Peucedanum, Antltriscus, etc. ; C, 9. 



3. E. daucella, Pay. 9-12 mm. Forewings narrow, light 

 brownish -ochreous, brighter posteriori}'; costa and dorsum 

 sprinkled with rather dark fuscous, tending to form spots ; 

 a slender fuscous inwardly oblique fascia from costa before 

 middle ; a cloudy rather dark fuscous spot on tornus ; four 

 black dorsal scale-teeth ; dark lines of cilia forming a blackish 

 spot at apex. Hindwings grey. 



Sussex to Dorset, local ; France ; 6, 7, 9, 10. Larva yellow- 

 green ; dorsal line somewhat darker ; spots black ; head and 

 bisected plate of 2 black : mining blotches in leaflets, finally 

 feeding externally on Daucus carota; 5, 6, 8, 9. 



4. E. insecurella, Stt. 9-11 mm. Forewings grey, more or 

 less mixed with pale ochreous-yellowish, suffused with whitish- 

 ochreous towards base ; a darker grey rather inwardly oblique 

 fascia from costa before middle, followed by a pale dorsal spot ; 

 two or three blackish dots in disc anteriorly, and two placed 

 longitudinally in disc posteriorly ; two black dorsal scale-teeth. 

 Hindwings grey. 



Sussex and Surrey to Doi-set and Wilts, on chalk downs, 

 local ; Germany ; 5, 6, 7, 8. Larva yellowish ; dorsal and 

 subdorsal lines brownish ; head black : mining leaves, after- 

 wards feeding externally, on Thesium linophyllum ; 4, 5, 7 



5. PLUTELLIDAE. 



Head with appressed or sometimes loose scales. Tongue 

 developed. Antennae £-f. Labial palpi usually long, curved, 

 ascending, terminal joint pointed. Maxillary palpi some- 

 times developed, filiform, porrected. Posterior tibiae smooth- 

 scaled. Forewings: lb furcate, 7 and 8 usually separate, 

 7 to termen. Hindwings 1 or somewhat over 1, ovate to 

 ovate - lanceolate ; 3 and 4 often remote, 6 and 7 usually 

 parallel. 



