706 



TINEINA 



[CHOREUTIf- 



metallic ; three white dots on costa, and two or three others in 

 disc. Hindwings dark fuscous ; a white median subterminal 

 mark. 



Britain to the Clyde, N. Ireland, local ; N. and C. Europe, 

 WC. Asia to N. Persia ; 7. Larva whitish-green ; spots black : 

 in a slight web on Scutellaria galericulata ; 6. 



2. C. bjerkandrella, Thnh. (vibrana, Hb.) 9-11 mm. Fore- 

 wings br(jwn, somewhat whitish-sprinkled ; two short suftused 

 yellow -ferruginous streaks from base ; curved cloudy whitish 

 fasciae before middle and at f ; about ten scattered irregular 

 violet-silvery-metallic spots or marks, one in disc beyond middle 

 and one on termcn above tornus larger and surrounded with 

 ))lackish. Hindwings fuscous, darker posteriorly ; a white 

 median subterminal mark. 



Kent to Dorset and Cambridge, local ; C. Europe, WC. 

 Asia to Turkestan, Africa, America, Australia, New Zealand ; 

 8,9. Larva green, yellower laterally ; spots black; head brown: 

 on Carduus, Inula, Brynr/iwm, etc. ; 6, 7. The wide range of 

 the species is remarkable, and it is in fact much more plentiful 

 in other regions than in Europe. 



10. SiMAETHIS, Lch. 



Head smooth. Antennae i-|, in <$ ciliated with long fascicles, 

 basal joint without pecten. Labial 

 palpi moderately long, curved, 

 ascending, second joint rough 

 beneath, terminal shorter than 

 second, thickened with scales, 

 blunt-pointed. Maxillary palpi 

 obsolete. Fore wings: -7 and 8 

 separate. Hindwings 1 or over 1, 

 ovate, cilia ^ ; 3 and 4 connate 

 or stalked, 6 and 7 parallel. 



A genus of moderate extent 



and univci'sal distribution, but 



more numerous within the tro])ics, 



vmrntion of shnacthisfahrickuia. where the larvac are especially 



attached to species of Ficus. Imago with forewings elongate- 



triangulai', termcn little oblique. 



Forewings with cilia broadly whitish . 2. fahriciana. 



,, ,, not whitish . . \. pariana. 



1. S. pariana, CI. 11-13 mm. Forewings brown, sometimes 



with a paler-sprinkled postmedian band, sometimes purplish- 



