772 TINEINA [aobolbpi \ 



(The name marciJella, Curt., litis been applied to two or 



three specimens of this genus in bad or doubtful condition, 

 supposed to constitute a distinct species, but no proper descrip- 

 tion appears to have been published, nor is there sufficient 

 material on which to found one.) 



8. A. pygmaeana, II u: (wutumniteUa, Curt.) 10-11 mm. 

 Forewings less elongate, ochreous- brown to dark fuscous, 

 irregularly strigulatcd with black and whitish; two blackish 

 costal spots near middle; a triangular dorsal spot of whitish 

 sti'igulao before middle; a black sinuate streak in disc towards 

 apex ; a whitish bar in middle of terminal cilia. Hindwings 

 dark grey, lighter anteriorly. 



England to Durham, local ; Holland, Germany ; 8-4. Larva 

 whitish-green ; head brownish : in leaves of Solatium dulcamara; 

 7-10. Pupa in an open network cocoon. 



4. A. perlepidella, Stt. 10-11 mm. Forcwings less elongate, 

 dark purplish -fuscous, with four broad irregular partially 

 incomplete ferruginous -orange fasciae ; three ochrcous-whitish 

 costal spots alternating with these, third double; two light 

 yellowish dorsal spots before and beyond middle, former some- 

 times meeting first costal spot. Hindwings dark fuscous. 



Kent, Gloucester, local; Germany, Switzerland; C. Larva 

 pale yellowish or greenish ; dorsal line darker green ; head pale 

 brown: in leaves of Inula convza ; 4,5. Pupa in a dense cocoon 

 within the mine. 



23. Epichnoptehyx, Jib. 



Head rough. Tongue obsolete. Antennae in <$ I, bipectinated 

 to apex. Labial palpi short, porrected, densely hairy. Maxillary 

 palpi rudimentary. Posterior tibiae loosely scaled. Forcwings 

 with hair-scales; lb furcate, 6 sometimes absent, 7 to apex, 8 

 absent, 10 sometimes absent. Hindwings under 1, ovate, cilia 

 J ; 4 absent. $? apterous, without legs or antennae. 



Restricted to a few species, principally inhabiting C. and S. 

 Europe. Imago with wings clothed with hairs, forcwings ral her 

 elongate-triangular, eosta moderately arched, apex rounded. 

 Larva in a portable case. 



Wings unicolorous 2. pulla. 



,, with darker markings . . 1. rdinlhi. 



1. E. reticella, Nana. 9-10 mm. Porewings and hindwings 

 semihyaline, whitish ; scattered transverse spots of thinly strewn 

 dark fuscous hair- scales, tending to form irregular transverse 

 lines; G and 10 of forcwings absent. 



