pempelia] 



PHYCITIDAE 



365 



17-21 mm. Forewings ferruginous - ochreous, more or less 

 sufFusedly mixed with dull crimson and sometimes in disc with 

 blackish ; costal half and sometimes a subbasal fascia sufFusedly 

 mixed with white ; lines whitish, first dark-edged posteriorly, 

 second on both sides ; two black transversely placed discal dots ; 

 some indistinct blackish terminal dots. Hindwings fuscous or 

 Hght fuscous, darker terminally. 



Britain to Perth, Ireland, common ; C. Europe ; 7. Larva 

 greenish-grey, dorsally yellowish-tinged ; dorsal and subdorsal 

 lines darker ; head and plate of 2 black : in silken galleries 

 amongst Thymus; 6. 



2. P. ornatella, Schiff. 21-25 mm. Forewings brownish- 

 ochreous ; veins and costa suftusedly fiiscous, somewhat mixed 

 with white ; lines whitish, first interrupted, edged posteriorly 

 with dark spots on veins, second almost straight ; two dark 

 fuscous sufFusedly whitish-edged transversely placed discal dots. 

 Hindwings fuscous or light fuscous. 



S. England to Gloucester and Norfolk, E. Ireland, local ; 

 C. Europe, Asia Minor ; 7, 8. Larva on Thymus ; 6. 



4. Salebria, Z. 



Face smooth. Antennae in ^ ciliated, with sinuation above 

 base, filled with dense projecting 

 scales. Labial palpi moderately 

 long, ascending, with tolerably 

 appressed scales, terminal joint 

 short, hardly pointed. Maxillary 

 palpi in S terminating in a long 

 pencil of hairs, in $ moderate, 

 filiform. Forewings : 4 and 5 

 approximated. Hindwings : cell 

 not reaching middle, 4 and 5 

 stalked, 7 closely approximated 

 or anastomosing with 8 to 

 middle. 



A very large and universally 

 distributed genus, derived from 

 JVephopteryx. Imago with forewings elongate, more or less 

 dilated posteriorly, costa slightly or gently arched. 



1. Forewings with transverse lines . . .2. 



„ without transverse lines . 2, semii-uhella. 



2. First line in middle . . .1. formosa. 



„ considerably before middle . . 3. 



Neuration of Salebria paluvibella ; 

 a, base of antenna of (J. 



