406 PYRALIDINA [maroaronia 



semitransparent, prismatic white ; a naiTow dai'k ferruginous 

 or ochreous-brown costal streak throughout ; three minute 

 black dots on anterior half of lower edge of this, and a fourth 

 in disc below third. Hindwings semitranspai'ent, pi'ismatic 

 white ; a minute black discal dot. 



Kent to Scilly Is., Norfolk, an occasional immigrant only ; 

 S. Europe, and warmer regions of Asia, Africa, Australia, and 

 America ; 6, 7. 



11. Agrotera, Schrk. 



Antennae f. Labial palpi ascending, second joint with 

 dense projecting scales beneath, terminal rather long, apex 

 triangularly tufted in front. Maxillary palpi filiform. Tibial 

 outer spurs h- 



Includes also only one Indian and one Australian species. 

 1. A. nemoralis, Sc. 19-22 mm. Thorax pale yellow, 

 orange -spotted. Forewings light ochreous-brown, suffused 

 with purplish anteriorly, more orange-tinged posteriorly ; basal 

 area pale yellow, orange -marked, limited by curved dark 

 fuscous first line ; second line indistinct, dark fuscous, curved, 

 twice sinuate ; a dark ferruginous transverse discal spot ; 

 termen rounded-pi'ominent in middle ; cilia white, with dark 

 fuscous blotches. Hindwings pale fuscous, base more whitish ; 

 two darker lines. 



Kent, Sussex, Middlesex, local ; C. Europe, WC. Asia ; 5-7. 

 Larva olive-green ; dorsal line darker ; head pale orange-brown : 

 between joined leaves of hornbeam ; 6-8. 



12. NoTARCHA, Meyr. 



Antennae f. Labial palpi ascending, second joint with 

 dense projecting scales beneath, terminal short, thick, obtuse. 

 Maxillary palpi filiform. Tibial outer spurs nearly |. 



An extensive genus within the tropics, elsewhere represented 

 by stragglers, in Europe by one only ; derived from Pyrausta. 



1. N. ruralis, Sc. (verticalis, Schiflf.) 30-34 mm. Forewings 

 pale whitish-ochreous, yellowish - tinged ; a grey subcostal 

 suffusion and connected orbicular dot ; lines rather dark grey, 

 first straight, second sen-ate, curved, strongly broken inwai-ds 

 beneath middle ; a dark grey discal mark, nearly followed by 

 a grey blotch ; a grey terminal band, edge parallel to second 

 line. Hindwings with colour, discal mark, and posterior mark- 

 ings as in forewings. 



Britain to Caledonian Canal, common ; C. and S. Europe, 



