394 PYRALIDINA [cram bus 



Britain to the Shetlands, Ireland, common ; N. and C. 

 Europe, WC. and N. Asia, N. America ; 7, 8. Larva light grey- 

 greenish or greyish-ochreous ; dorsal line darker ; spots brown ; 

 head pale yellow -brown, darker-marked : in silken galleries 

 among stems of grasses (Festiica, Aira, etc.); 9-6. 



20. C. fascelinellus, Hh. (pedriolellus, Stt.) 22-28 mm. 

 Antennae in S dentate. Forewings pale yellow - ochreous, 

 towards doi'sum fuscous-tinged and mixed with whitish and 

 sometimes dark fuscous ; veins suffusedly whitish except near 

 termen ; angulated median and second lines yellow-ochreous, 

 irregularly mixed with dark fuscous; sometimes some black 

 terminal dots ; cilia fuscous, barred with white. Hindwings 

 pale fuscous. 



Norfolk, on coast, very local ; C. and SE. Europe; 7. Larva 

 pale grey, segments darker anteriorly ; spots blackish -brown ; 

 head and plate of 2 brown : in sand -covered silken galleries 

 among stems of grasses (^Triticum juncewm and Aira canescens) : 

 9-6. 



2L 0. inquinatellus, Schiff. 22-27 mm. Face with sharp 

 cone. Forewings light yellow-ochreous, somewhat mixed with 

 pale brownish, with scattered dark fuscous scales, sometimes 

 more or less wholly suffused with rather dark brown ; veins 

 suflPusedly paler or whitish-ochreous, especially median ; angul- 

 ated median and second lines indistinct, brownish, marked with 

 dark fuscous below middle ; a terminal series of black dots ; 

 cilia rather dark shining fuscous, in $ paler. Hindwings grey. 



Britain to Perth, common ; C. and S. Europe, WC. Asia to 

 Turkestan; 7-9. Lai-va dull grey-greenish to purplish -brown; 

 spots large, darker ; head dark brown or blackish : in silken 

 galleries amongst stems of grasses ; 3-5. 



22. C. geniculeus, Hw. 19-24 mm. Face with short cone. 

 P^orewings light ashy-grey irrorated with bi'own, often obscui'ely 

 streaked on veins or sometimes almost wholly suffused with pale 

 yellow-ochreous; median vein suffusedly whitish-ochreous; 

 acutely angulated median and second lines ferruginous-ochreous, 

 mixed or suffused with dark fuscous, median with a darker spot 

 below middle, second posteriorly pale-edged, angulated inwards 

 near doi'sum ; a terminal series of black dots ; cilia metallic 

 grey. Hindwings light grey. 



Britain to Perth, L-eland, rather local ; C. and S. Europe, 

 Syria; 7-9. Larva pale brown -grey or reddish - grey ; dorsal 

 line darker ; spots dark brown ; head and plate of 2 black : in 

 silken galleries among stems of grasses ; 10-4. 



