456 Mr. E. Meyrick on the classification 



27. SCOPARIA, Hiv. 



Face rounded, vertical ; ocelli distinct ; tongue developed. An- 

 tennae two-thirds, in 3' filiform, ciliated (^ — 1|). Labial palpi 

 moderate or long, porrected, second joint with long dense pro- 

 jecting scales beneath, terminal joint moderate, exposed, or resting 

 in scales of second. Maxillary palpi rather long, porrected, tri- 

 angularly dilated with scales. Abdomen in ^ with moderate anal 

 tuft. Posterior tibiae with outer spurs one-half inner. Fore wings 

 with vein 7 fi-om near 9, 8 and 9 stalked, 10 approximated to 9 

 towards base. Hind wings from over 1 to nearly 2 ; veins 3 and 4 

 remote, 4 and 5 from a point or stalked, 7 out of 6 near origin, 

 anastomosing with 8 to one-third to two-fifths, cell withoiit discal 

 hairs. 



A cosmopolitan genus of large size but uneven distri- 

 bution ; within the tropics it hardly seems to occur 

 except at considerable altitudes ; its maximum of de- 

 velopment is reached in New Zealand. Lederer states 

 that in S. centuriella vein 8 of the hind wings is free 

 from 7 ; it is not so in my specimens of that species, nor 

 is there a similar instance in any individual of those 

 which I possess (numbering about 100 species) ; I judge 

 therefore that his example must have been an unusual 

 variety or sport. 



ochrealis, Schiff. inanifestella , H.-S. 



Icetella, Z. sibirica, Ld. 



resinea, Hw. 2}h(soleuca, Z. 



lincola, Curt, *staudin(jcralis, Mab. 



angustea, Stph. pallida, Stph. 



al2nua, Sit. ; gracilalis, ^ti. cemhvce, Hw. 



pctrwphila, Stdfs. Zelleri, Wk. 



sudetica, Z. aluiella, Dale. 



*ahsconditalis, Eoman. ^mandscJnirica, Christ. 



murana, Curt. ingratella, Z. 



Jrequentella, Stt. diihitalis, Hb. 



cratcegella, Hb. amhigualis, Tr. ; atomalis, 



truncicolella, Stt. Dbld. 



raleslalis, Dup. hasistrigalis, Knaggs. 



*delpJdnatalis, Gn, incertaUs, Dup. 



'*gaUica, Peyer. perplexella, 7i. 



*seriziatalis, Oberth. centuriella, Schifif. 



