SERICORID^—A NCH YL OPERA . 1 09 



We have fourteen species. 



A. Fore wings pale drab or pale grey-brown. 



B. Fore wings with slender longitudinal black lines. 



A. siculana. 

 B-. Fore wings with an undulating longitudinal dark brown 



middle line. A. inornatana. 



A'. Fore wings light slate grey with irregular red-brown 



marking. A. ungibicella. 



A?. Fore wings red-brown. 



C. Fore wings with a large grey dorsal blotch and a separate 



hind-marginal one. A. uncana. 



C^. Fore wings with two connected large dorsal grey blotches. 



A. hiarcuana. 

 C^. With an angulated basal blotch and central band, darker. 



A. comptana. 

 A^. Fore wings brownish white or pale grey. 



D. Dorsal blotch large, red-brown, distinctly humped. 



A. myrtilUvna. 



D'^. Dorsal blotch rather flattened, followed by a sharply 

 pointed band. A. iMlvAlana. 



D^. Dorsal blotch rounded above, dark red. A. lundana. 



D'* Dorsal blotch rich chocolate-red, followed by a similar 

 costal cloud. A. derasana. 



D^ Dorsal region pale grey, edged by an undulating line 

 which runs into the apex, A. diminutana. 



A^ Fore wings shining tawny red with a darker basal blotch. 



A. mitterhacheriana . 



A^. Fore wings black-brown shaded with orange-brown 

 toward the apex. A. upiipana. 



A'. Fore wings white with blue-black dorsal and hind- 

 marginal clouds. A. IcBtana. 



1. A. siculana, Hiih. — Expanse i to | inch (12-18 mm.). 

 Fore wings hooked, pale drab with a longitudinal black line 

 through the middle of the wing attended by short similar 

 streaks. 



