UV K. MKVIMCK. L'D 7 



ADDENDA. 



CARPOSINID/E. 



Mendarchis zymota Meyr. 

 I have lately received a 9 obtained at Port Darwin, N. 

 Australia (Dodd) : it agrees in superficial characters with 

 the cf • 



PHALONIAD^. 



70 (7a). Phalonia Hb. 



J^halonia Hb., Verz. 393 (1826) type tesserana. 



Palpi porrected. Tliorax sunietinies witli crest. Forewings with 

 7 sepai'ate, to costa or apex. Hind wings with 3 and 4 separate 

 at origin, 6 and 7 stalked. 



An extensive genus, apparently absolutely restricted to 

 Northern temperate regions, except that the following species 

 has spread more widely. 



443. P. vianniana F.R. 



cf 9 • 11-13 mm. Head white, sides ochreous-brown. Fore- 

 wings with costa moderately arched ; whitish-ochreous, 

 margins strigulated with brown ; a suffvision along base of 

 costa, an oblique streak from dorsum near base, a median 

 fascia angulated above middle, a fascia-like spot from costa 

 posteriorly not reaching termen, and indistinct suffusions 

 before and above tornus deep ochreous, sometimes brown- 

 sprinkled. Hindwings pale grey. 



N.A. : Port Darwin (Dodd). Also widely distributed in 

 India and Ceylon, to which it has spread, through Western 

 Asia, from its home in Central and Southern Europe ; it must 

 be an insect of singularly adaptable constitution, occiiring on 

 the Wiltshire downs and at the mouth of the Ganges. The 

 larval habits do not seem to be known, but probably the larva 

 feeds in the heads or stems of one or more of the Composita-. 



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