Ai.M.s I TINEIDAE 795 



whitish. Forewings shining brassy-bronzy, sometimes partly or 

 wholly coppery. Hindwings dark purplish-fuscous. 



England to York, N. Ireland, local ; C. Europe; 5. Larva 

 whitish-yellowish ; head and plate of 2 blackish ; 3 and 4 fuscous 

 above: in seed-vessels, afterwards in flat rounded -elongate 

 brown cases on leaves of Cardamine praterms and Sisymbrium 

 nil 'in riii ; 7-10. In Continental specimens the forewings have 

 sometimes a pale yellowish dorsal spot beyond middle. 



.'!. A. croesella, Sc. {mlzella, Sohiff.) 11-13 mm. Head 

 ferruginous mixed with black. Antennae in <J 2J,, black, tip 

 white; in 9 hardly l.j, thickened with violet-black scales to 

 above middle, remainder white. Forewings shining dark violet- 

 fuscous, more or less streaked suffusedly between veins with 

 golden - ochreous ; a straight deep yellow fascia close beyond 

 middle, narrower cost-ally, edged first with dark fuscous and 

 then with narrow violet fasciae. Hindwings dark purplish- 

 fuscous. 



England to York, local ; C. Europe, WO. and N. Asia ; 6. 

 Larva whitish ; head and plate of 2 brown : when young prob- 

 ably in the blossoms, afterwards in a ilat ease granulated with 

 earth on fallen leaves of LiffUSt rum :; 8-8. 



I. A. degeerella, L. 15-19 mm. Head ferruginous-yellowish. 

 Antennae in 3 over 3, white, becoming dark fuscous towards 

 base; in ? U, thickened with black scales on lower half, 



towards apex white. Forewings light shining yellow-oohreous, 

 veins streaked with dark fuscous, in o. posteriorly sometimes 

 wholly dark fuscous; a yellow fascia at |, slightly inwardly 

 oblique, edged with narrow violet-leaden blackish edged fasciae ; 

 Sand i) stalked. Hindwings dark purplish-fuscous; Gaud 7 

 stalked. 



England to Cumberland, S. Ireland, common ; Europe, Asia 

 Minor; (i. Larva yellowish-white; head and plate of 2 black ; 

 .'! and I with grey spots : in broad flat case of leaf-f ragments OU 

 various low plants and fallen leaves ; 9-3. 



5. A. viridella, >S'c. 14-16 mm. Head black, in $ sometimes 

 ochreous-mixed, face in $ smooth. Antennae in & nearly 3, 

 while above; in $. 1J, black, thickened towards base, towards 

 apex white. Forewings bright shining brassy - bronzy, costa 

 coppery-tinged. Hindwings dark purplish-fuscous. 



England, very common ; Europe, Asia Minor; 5, 6. Larva 

 in broad flat case of leaf fragments on fallen leaves ; 9-3. Egg 

 laid in midrib of leaf. 



G. A. cuprella, Thnb. 14-15 nun. Head in 3 black, in 



