loxostege] PYRAUSTIDAE 419 



pale orange - yellowish, costa oclireous - orange ; markings 

 ocln-eous- orange, sometimes grey-tinged ; first line indistinct, 

 second serrate, slightly curved, snbterminal serrate; orbicular 

 dot-like, discal spot irregular. Hindwings pale yellowish ; 

 discal dot and serrate costally dilated second and snbterminal 

 lines dark grey. 



S. England to Norfolk and Hereford, rather common ; C. 

 Europe, WC. and N. Asia; 6, 7. Larva green; spots black; 

 head pale brown, darker-spotted : on Carduus arvensis, perha])s 

 also Ci/fi.'^u.'f, Afr/'p/ex, etc. ; 7, 8. 



3. L. palealis, Schiff. 27-31 mm. Forewings pale sulphur- 

 yellow; small orbicular and discal spots, and upper part of 

 second line faintly greyish -tinged. Hindwings sulphur-whitish ; 

 a grey costal postmediau spot. 



E. England (not W. of Hants) to York and Lancashire, 

 local ; C. and S. Europe, WC. and N. Asia, N. Africa ; 6, 7. 

 Larva whitish ; dorsal line greyish; spots black; head ochreous- 

 whitish, black-dotted : amongst flowers of Daucus and Peuce- 

 dwimn ; 8, 9. 



22. Cyxaeda, n/j. 



Face with slight rounded prominence. Antennae §. Labial 

 pal])i porrected, second joint with loose scales attenuated for- 

 wards, terminal concealed. Maxillary palpi rather triangularly 

 dilated. Tibial outer spurs h Forewings with large dorsal 

 scale-tuft at ij. 



Perhaps contains only one geographically varying species ; 

 it is derived from the rather extensive allied genus Titanio, 

 with horny prnjecting frontal plate, which does not reach Britain. 



L C. dentalis, Sdiiff. 22-27 mm. Forewings yellow- 

 whitish, |)artially suffused with pale brownish ; two oblique 

 brown marks in disc ; second line fine, dark fuscous, very 

 strongly dentate, deeply sinuate inwards below middle, an- 

 teriorly partly white-edged, posteriorly edged l^y an irregular 

 dentate brown band ; cilia yellow-whitish, barred with dark 

 fuscous. Hindwings in $ whitish-ochreous with indistinct grey 

 dentate postmedian line ; in 5 dark grey. 



Kent to Dorset, local ; C. and S. Europe, Asia Minor ; 7. 

 Larva yellow-whitish ; spots black ; head and plate of 2 black : 

 in stems of Ech 



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23. SCOPARIA, IIw. 

 Antennae §. Labial palpi porrected, second joint with long 



