416 PYRALIDINA [pyrausia 



below middle ; round orbicular, oblong discal spot, and a small 

 round spot below orbicular outlined with grey ; a faint grey 

 subterminal line ; cilia often grey. Hindwings pale yellowish, 

 partly suffused with pale grey ; sometimes two grey discal 

 dots ; second and subterminal lines as in forewings. 



Kent to Dorset and Norfolk, local ; C. and S, Europe, WC. 

 and N. Asia ; 7. 



13. P. stachydalis, Zk. 21-23 mm, Forewings dai'k fus- 

 cous ; lines hardly darker, first indistinct, second forming a 

 very strong curve outwards above middle, and a deep abrupt 

 sinuation inwards below it, preceded by a whitish -yellowish 

 spot in the curve, and interruptedly edged posteriorly with 

 whitish-yellowish on upper half ; orbicular dot and linear discal 

 mark darker, separated by a whitish-yellowish spot. Hind- 

 wings as forewings, but pale spots in disc larger and approxi- 

 mated ; a pale costal spot before second line. 



S. England to Suffolk and Pembroke, local ; C. Europe ; 6, 

 7. Larva green, incisions white ; subdorsal line white ; spira- 

 cular fine, whitish ; spots green, whitish-ringed ; head whitish : 

 in thick silken tubes on Stachys sylvatica ; 8, 9. 



14. P. verbascalis, Schiff. 20-24 mm. Forewings deep 

 ochreous-yellow, more or less mixed with fuscous, especially on 

 costa and in disc ; lines dark fuscous, second forming a very 

 strong angular curve outwards above middle, enclosing a clear 

 spot ; orbicular dot and linear discal mark dark fuscous, sepa- 

 rated by a clear spot ; a waved fuscous subterminal line. 

 Hindwings as forewings, but first line and orbicular dot 

 absent. 



England to York, local ; C. Europe, WC. and N. Asia, 

 Japan ; 6, 7. Larva green ; subdorsal line whitish ; spiracular 

 yellow-whitish; spots black- centred ; head whitish -ochreous, 

 black-dotted : in a slight web beneath leaves of Teucrium scoro- 

 donia ; 8, 9. 



15. P. nubilalis, Hb. {lupulinalis, Gn.) 27-34 mm. Fore- 

 wings pale yellowish, more or less wholly suft'used with grey, 

 reddish-ochreous, or rather dark fuscous ; lines dai-ker, second 

 forming a strong serrate curve outwards above middle, followed 

 by a clear serrate streak dilated doi'sally ; orbicular dot and 

 linear discal mark dark fuscous, often separated by a clear 

 spot. Hindwings rather dark grey, sometimes mixed with 

 whitish-yellowish ; a broad whitish-yellowish postmedian fascia. 



Middlesex, L of Wight, Lancashire, probably a casual immi- 

 grant only; C. and S. Europe, WC. and N. Asia, Japan ; 5, 6. 



