ZOOLOGY, 



THE BRITISH SPECIES OF CRAMBUS. 



BY F. BUCHANAN WHITE, M.D. 

 ( Concluded from page 141. ) 



b) Catoptria H.— Cilia lined with white, or unicolorous. 

 A central white or pearly-white stn 



1. Central streak once or twice divided. 



PINELLUS L., pinetella L. — F.-w. acute, yellow-brown, 

 paler on the inner-margin. The pearly-white central streak is 

 obliquely divided in the middle, and its acuminated extremity 

 faces the middle of the hind-margin. Hind line obscure, pale 

 yellow, obtusely angulated in the centre, and indented near the 

 inner-margin. Cilia fuscous shining. Centre of head and 

 thorax white. 11^-12 Z. 



July, August. Central aud Northern Europe. Widely distributed in Britain, 

 occurring as far north as Boss-shire, but riot very common. This species does r ot 

 fly so readily in the daytime as many of the other Crambi, and is best obtained 

 by searching at night with a lantern on dry banks. 



[Conchellus S. V., an alpine and. boreal species, resembles pinellus, but is 

 larger, and has white cilia ; its ab. rhombellus Z. has the apical part of the 

 white streak rhomboidal and pointing to above the middle of the hind-margin. 

 Mytilellus H., found in France and Austria, is yellow, and has the central streak 

 obliquely divided beyond the middle, and the angulated hind line narrow and 

 white. It is a smaller species than pinellus. Staudinger gives "Anglia" as a 

 doubtful habitat, on what authority I do not know.] 



MYELLTjs H. — F.-w. acute, yellow-brown, paler at the 

 base and inner-margin. The pearly-white central streak is twice 

 divided by fuscous, the third part being linear. Cilia grey, with a 

 few white streaks. Centre of head and thorax white. 12-13 -£• 



