702 TINEINA ll'MJTELLA 



sinuate upwards, margined above with an ochreous-brownish 

 suffusion and some blackish scales, darkest in the depressions; 

 disi-.il stigmata usually indicated by dark fuscous dashes; 

 termen ochrcous -brown, spotted with black. Hindwings light 

 grey. 



England, N. and E. Ireland, common ; ('. Europe, Asia 

 Minor, N. America; 5, 7, 8. Larva light green; dorsal line 

 darker; dots black; head brownish - marked : on Sesperis 

 matronalis; 4, G. 



2. P. cruciferarum, Z. (xylostella, lib., nun L.) 11-16 mm. 

 Head ochrcous- whitish. Tuft of palpi long. Forewings 

 narrow, fuscous, more or less ochreous-tinged, often with darker 

 strigulae, towards costa paler and sometimes partly whitish- 

 sprinkled ; a paler or whitish-oohreous dorsal streak from base 

 to tornus, upper edge whitish and thrice sinuate upwards, 

 edged with darker suffusion. Hindwings grey. 



Britain to the Shetlands, Ireland, common, often abundant; 

 Europe, Asia, Africa, America, Australia, New Zealand ; 5, S, i). 

 Larva green : on Brassica and other Crucifrme ; 6, 7, 9, 10. 

 The wide range of this species is no doubt in part artificial, but 

 it, soon establishes itself, and seems to flourish equally in all 

 climates. 



3. P. annulatella, Curt. 16-18 mm. Head whitish, with 

 some dark fuscous hairs. Tuft of palpi very short. Forewings 

 light fuSCOUS, much suffused with whitish - ochrcous, with 

 scattered dark fuscous strigulae ; an oehreous-whitish dorsal 

 streak from l>ase to tornus, upper edge with triangular projec 

 tions before and beyond middle, towards base blackish edged. 

 Hindwings light grey. 



Devon, Dorset, Denbigh and York to the Orkneys, N. 

 and E. Ireland, local; N. Europe, N. Germany; 7-4. Larva 

 green ; spots black, conspicuous ; head and 2 black-speckled : 

 amongst spun flowers, leaves, etc., of CocMearia officinalis; 

 5, 6. 



4. P. dalella, Stt. 19-21 mm. Head fuscous mixed with 

 whitish. Tuft of palpi very short. Forewings fuscous, some- 

 what whitish-marbled, more strongly posteriorly, with scattered 

 blackish strigulae, especially on costa ; a small whitish spot on 

 dorsum towards base, a large triangular one about middle, and 

 another before tornus, blackish -dotted on dorsal edge, dorsum 

 between these dark fuscous. Hindwings grey. 



Caernarvon and York to the Shetlands, common ; N. and 

 mountains of C. Europe ; 8-4. Larva on Aral/is; 6, 7. 



