. A handbook of British lepidoptera. Lepidoptera. 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).
. A handbook of British lepidoptera. Lepidoptera. 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; 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 . ' . . Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Meyrick, Edward, 1854-1938. London ; New York : Maomillan
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