MIl-nOl'TERYXl 



MICROI'TKRYfiWAE 



with oohreous-whitish. Antennae \. Forewings elongate, 

 brouzy-purple, more or less sprinkled with pale shining golden; 

 a narrow slightly curved transverse white dorsal spot before 

 tornus, reaching about half across wing; cilia grey ; 9 present. 

 Hindwings grey, posteriorly purplish-tinged. 



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

 C. Europe; 4. Larva whitish; head brown, mouth darker, 

 posterior lobes showing through 2 as blackish spots ; 6 with 

 small projections : in blotch in leaves of biroh : - r ). 



8. M. subpurpurella, Hw. (fastuosella, Z. ) 11-11 nun. Head 

 ochreous-grey-whitish mixed with dark fuscous. Antennae ;.;. 

 Forewings elongate, pale shining golden-bronzy, usually with a 

 few (sometimes more numerous) scattered purple strigulao ; an 

 indistinct obscurely paler dorsal spot before tornus ; cilia grey; 

 !) present. Hindwings brassy-grey, posteriorly purplish-tinged. 



Britain to Caledonian Canal, E. Ireland, very common; < '. 

 and SE. Europe, Asia Minor; 5. Larva whitish; head pale 

 brown : in blotch in leaves of oak ; 6. 



2. Erioobphaxa, Curt. 



Labial palpi obsolete. 

 roups of bristles. Foi'C- 



Mandibles developed. No ton 

 Posterior tibiae with spurs placed i 

 wings: 7 to costa, 11 connected 

 by bar with 12, 12 giving rise 

 to an additional vein (13) about 

 middle. Bindwings as forewings, 

 but 13 usually absent. 



Includes about a score of 

 species, inhabiting especially S. 

 Europe, Asia, Minor, Syria, and 

 N. Africa. The imagos frequent 

 blossoms (Curc.i; etc.), feeding 

 on pollen. Ovum spherical, Neuration ,,i •/■■,;..„ plain adtMto. 

 studded with minute erect rods. Larva stout, with legs on 2 1> 

 hooked prologs OD 5-12; antennae well developed, 4-jointed ; 8 

 rows of subglobose tubercular processes, paired on I Longitudinal 

 ridges; a trilobed anal sucker beneath: feeding in wet moss. 

 Pupa in cocoon of silk and refuse. 



1. Head black .... 3, mansuetella. 



,, ferruginous . . . .2. 



2. Forewings with transverse fasciae . . .'!. 



,, not fasciated . ' . . .5. 



