phalonia] PHALONIADAE 549 



beneath costa ; a dark fuscous dorsal dot or small spot before 

 tornus. Hiudwings grey. 



England to Lancashire, local ; Germany, France, Sicily ; 7. 

 Larva whitish, dorsally greyish - tinged ; spiracular line faint, 

 grey ; head brown ; plate of 2 black : in flower-heads of Aster 

 tripolium ; 8-10. 



10. P. vectisana, Westw. 9-11 mm. Forcwings elongate, 

 costa gently arched; brownish -ochreous, sprinkled with dark 

 fuscous, towards termen and on dorsum strigulated with dark 

 fuscous ; a narrow obscure rather dark fuscous median fascia, 

 somewhat angulated and interrupted near costa, connected in 

 middle with tornus by an oblique dark suffusion ; a fuscous 

 spot on costa towards apex. Hindwings rather dark grey. 



England to Lancashire, on coasts, local ; Holland, Germany ; 

 5, 7, 8. Larva in flower-heads of I'kmtago maritima ; 6, 9. 



11. P. manniana, F.R. (luridana, Gregs.) 11-13 mm. Head 

 white, sides ochreous-brown. Forewings with costa moderately 

 arched; whitish -ochreous, margins strigulated with brown; a 

 suft'usion along base of costa, an oblique streak from dorsum 

 near base, a median fascia angulated above middle, a fascia-like 

 spot from costa posteriorly not reaching termen, and indistinct 

 suffusions before and above tornus deep ochreous, sometimes 

 brown-sprinkled. Hindwings pale grey. 



Surrey to Dorset, Wilts, Norfolk, Westmoreland, on dry 

 grassy banks, local ; C. and SE. Europe, WC. Asia to 

 Turkestan ; 6, 7. 



12. P. notulana, Z. 10-11 unn. Head white, sides ochreous. 

 Forewings with costa moderately arched ; whitish, more or less 

 strigulated with dark fuscous ; base suffused with fuscous ; an 

 irregular median fascia angulated above middle, a suff"usion 

 above tornus, and a narrow fascia from costa posteriorly to 

 termen above tornus dark fuscous. Hindwings grey. 



England to Lancashire, rather common ; C. Europe ; 6, 7. 

 Larva pale yellowish-green ; head and plate of 2 black : in 

 stems of Mentha htrsuta and Lycojnis ; 9, 10. 



13. P. udana, Gn. {griseana, Wilk.) 11-13 mm. Head pale 

 ochreous. Forewings with costa gently arched ; pale ochreous, 

 submetallic, margins more or less strigulated with dark fuscous ; 

 an ochreous-brownisli basal patch, often represented by angu- 

 lated edge only ; a slightly curved ochreous-brown median 

 fascia, suffused with blackish below^ middle ; some ochreous- 

 brownish clouds towards tornus; an ochreous-brown fascia from 

 costa posteriorly, obsolete before termen. Hindwings grey. 



