stenoptima] 



PTEROrHORlDAE 



441 



times pale purplish or pale yellowish : on flowers of Erytliraea 

 centaur inn I ; 6. 7. 



3. S. bipunctidactyla, I/h'. (ariJus, Z. ; serotinus, Z. ; 

 plagiodactylus, Stt.) 18-23 mm. Forewiiigs brown, more or 

 less sprinkled with black and whitish ; a distinct clear 

 ochreous dorsal streak, sometimes reddish-tinged ; a blackish 

 dot' in disc at \, and a transverse spot at base of fissure ; 

 l)ase of terminal cilia whitish, with several black dots. Hind- 

 wings dark fuscous. 



Britain to lloss, Ireland, common; Europe, Asia Minor; 6, 

 8. Larva green or pale greenish-yellow ; dorsal line rosy, 

 reddish-fuscous, or brown, sometimes obsolete : on shoots and 

 flowers of Scahiosa ; 5, 7. The variations of the imago tend to 

 be localised, proljably through correlation to the character of 

 the food-jjlant. 



9. Agdistis, lib. 



Face with horny prominence. Ocelli distinct. Labial palpi 

 ascending, second joint with pro- 

 jecting scales beneath, tei-minal 

 shoi't. Tibiae simple. Forewings 

 entire ; 8 and 9 sepai'ate, 9 and 

 10 sometimes connate. Hind- 

 wings entire, dorsum with rough 

 scales beneath ; 5 absent. 



A small European genus, ex- 

 tending into Africa. Whilst 

 agreeing with the rest of the 

 family in essential structure, it yet differs most strikingly from 

 all. It doubtless represents the ancestral type of the family, 

 but only in a very modified form. 



1. A. Bennetii, Curt. 22-25 mm. Forewings greyish- 

 ochreous, towards costa and dorsum irrorated with blackish ; 

 a blackish dot in disc at \, two above dorsum before and 

 beyond middle, a fourth above and beyond third, and a fifth 

 below costa at f . Hindwings pale grey, darker dorsall}' ; 

 termcn above tornus sprinkled with blackish. 



I. of Wight, Kent, Essex, York, local ; not yet identified 

 clsewhei'e ; 7. hnrva. on Statice limonhmi ; 5. 



Neuration of Agdistis Bennetii. 



7. ORNEODIDAE. 



Ocelli distinct. Tongue developed. Maxillary palpi obsolete. 

 Forewings six-cleft, cell very short, 5 absent, 7 separate, 8 and 



