leuooi'tiska] TINEIDAE 755 



3. Postmedian costal bar nearly touching antcapical 



spot . . • 5. wailesella. 



,, „ remote . . .4. 



4. Sides of antcapical spot parallel . . 1. labwrnella. 



» » >> slightly converging 



2. spartifoliella. 



5. Last two bars in cilia forming an angle of 15° 3. orobi. 



„ „ ,, an angle of 30° 



4. lathyrifolieUa. 



6. Apex of forcwings black ... 6. lotella. 



,, „ orange . . 7. scitella. 



Section A. Head wholly smooth ; 10 of forcwings absent. 



1, L. laburnella, Stt. 7-9 mm. Forcwings white ; an oblique 

 oclireons-yellow bar from costa beyond middle, edged witli dark 

 fuscous ; a nearly vertical oehreous-yellow costal spot before 

 apex, edged with dark fuscous parallel lines ; beneath tins 

 a pale violet-golden -metallic post-tornal spot, edged on sides 

 with black and above with yellowish ; apex yellowish ; three 

 diverging dark fuscous bars in apical cilia, llindwings whitish. 



England to York, abundant ; C. Europe ; 5, 8. Larva 

 green-whitish : in spiral blotches in leaves of Cytisns lahurnum; 

 6, 7, 9. 



2. L. spartifoliella, lib. 7-9 mm. Differs from L. laburnella 

 as follows : forcwings with antcapical spot of costa more oblique, 

 its margins rather converging downwards, metallic post-tornal 

 spot more broadly black-edged, usually preceded by a yellowish 

 mark. 



Britain to Ross, Ireland, common; C. Europe; G, 7. Larva 

 greenish: within the bark of stems of Cytisus scoparius ; 4, 5. 



3. L. orobi, Stt. 6-7 mm. Differs from L. lathyrifolieUa as 

 follows: forcwings with last two dark bars in apical cilia much 

 less divergent, forming an angle of about 15°. 



York, local; not recorded elsewhere; 5. Larva in blotches 

 in leaves of Lathyrus macrorrhizua ; 8. 



4. L. lathyrifolieUa, Stt. G-7 mm. Differs from L. laburnella 

 as follows : forcwings with postmedian costal bar longer, touch- 

 ing yellow upper margin of post-tornal spot, dark edgings 

 sharper-marked, apex of wing dark fuscous; hindwings rather 

 dark grey. 



Devon, local ; not recorded elsewhere ; 5. Larva in blotches 

 in leaves of Lathyrus sylvestris; 8. 



5. L. wailesella, Stt. G-7 mm. Differs from L. laburnella as 



