PHYCITIDAE 363 



13. Maxillary palpi of S with long hair-pencil . 14. 



„ ,, ,, without hair-pencil 15. Cateremna. 



14. Antennae in S with scale-tuft above base . 3. Pempelia. 



,, ,, without scale-tuft 2. Gymnanctla. 



15. Labial palpi porrected . . . .16. 



,, ,, ascending . . . .17. 



16. Cell of hind wings reaching I . 7. Hypochalcia. 



,, „ nearly reaching middle 6. Epischnia. 



17. Antennae in c? with tuft in sinuation above base. 18. 



,, ,, without such structure . . 20. 



18. Maxillary palpi in (J with long hair-pencil 4. Salebrta. 



,, „ ,, without hair-pencil . . 19. 



19. Cell of hind wings not reaching J . . 9. Phycita. 



,, „ nearly reaching middle 



10. Nephopteryx. 



20. Forewings with 4 and 5 stalked . .18. Myelois. 



,, ,,4 and 5 approximated . .21. 



21. Cell of hindwings reaching ^ . 8. Dioryctria. 



,, ,, reaching middle 19. Eurhodope. 



1. Anerastia, BT). 



Face with rounded horny prominence. Tongue short. 

 Antennae in ^ shortly ciliated, with roughened sinuation above 

 base. Labial palpi long, straight, porrected, second joint densely 

 scaled, rovigh above, terminal moderate, obtuse. Maxillary palpi 

 rudimentary. Forewings : 5 absent. Hindwings : cell not 

 reaching middle, 3 and 4 stalked, 5 absent, 7 closely approximated 

 to 8 to middle. 



A genus of rather limited extent, but very generally 

 distributed in warmer regions. It forms part of a group of 

 allied genera, principally occurring within the tropics, whose 

 development originates from Sa/ehria. Imago with forewings 

 narrow, costa moderately arched. 



1. A. lotella. Jib. 19-25 mm. Forewings whitish-ochreous 

 or pale ochreous, usually somewhat reddish -tinged ; veins 

 sometimes paler, often sprinkled with fuscous or dark fuscous ; 

 an evenly broad costal streak sometimes paler or distinctly 

 rosy-whitish ; often two indistinct fuscous transversely placed 

 discal dots. Hindwings ochreous-grey-whitish to light grey. 



England to York, E. Ireland, mainly on sandy coasts, local ; 

 C. Europe, WC. Asia to Turkestan ; 7. Larva pale orange- 

 yellow ; dorsal line faintly reddish ; head pale reddish-brown : 

 in a tubular case covered with sand, amongst stem -bases of 



