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single specimen in Durhani, this seems to be tlie extent of 

 its range in these Isles. Abroad it is widely distributed 

 over Central and Northern Europe, including Norway, and 

 is found in Dalmatia. 



Genus 17. STEGANOPTYCHA. 



Antenna short, ciliated ; palpi stout, placed low down ; 

 thorax with a very flat crest, or the scales merely drawn 

 together at the back ; fore wings narrow, without fold ; anal 

 angle rather drawn in ; hind wings smooth. 



We have eleven species, somewhat diverse, 



A. Fore wings reddish brown with a square white central 



dorsal blotch. >S'. riihifjinosana. 



A^, Fore wings orange-red with oblique grey streaks. 



>S'. obtusana. 

 A"^. Fore wings dark dull brown, with a dark red curved 



blotch before the apex. S. angustana. 



A*. Fore wings white or greyish white. 



B. Head white ; fore wings with a squared black dorsal 



spot near the base. S. nigromaculana. 



B-. Head buff; a sharply triangular black dorsal spot near 



the base. S. ramella. 



W. Head dull white ; a large brick-red loop on the costa, to 



the apex. S. cniciana, 



A^ Fore wings pale orange-brown or pale reddish-buff. 



C. Basal blotch large, broken up into brown transverse 



stripes. ^S'. minutana. 



C-. Basal blotch large, strongly angulated outside. 



*S'. rufimitrana. 

 C'\ Basal blotch dappled with white, followed by a white 



dorsal blotch. jS'. trinutciihdia. 



A''. Fore wiugs brown or olive brown with two pale dorsal 



blotches. 



