VIL. On the classification of two subfamilies of Moths 
of the family Pyralids: the Hydrocampine and 
Scopariane. By Srr Gerorce F. Hampson, 
BART, BA, 
[Read March 3rd, 1897.] 
Tue following paper is a continuation of the classification 
of the subfamilies of Pyralidx, of which two parts have 
already appeared in the Proceedings of the Zoological 
Society and the ‘Transactions of the Hntomological 
Society for 1896. The subfamilies here dealt with— 
the Hydrocampine and Scopariane—are both early off- 
shoots from the most generalized group—the Pyraustine. 
The Scopariane are a small group of genera 
characterized by the small tufts of raised scales on 
the forewing, and usually by their triangularly scaled 
maxillary palpi resembling those of Crambus, the genus 
Micraglossa alone being aberrant in having upturned 
palpi, and the scaling of the maxillary palpi consequently 
more compact, it has, however, all the other characters, 
the habits, and peculiar facies of the subfamily. There 
can be little doubt that the group is a homogeneous one 
and that it is derived from the Pyraustine near Pioned. 
It is largely represented in the Palearctic region, but 
attains its maximum development in New Zealand, where 
a large proportion of the species of Pyralidx belong to 
the genus Scoparia and have been exhaustively examined 
and classified by Mr. Meyrick, to whom I am indebted 
for the gift and loan of most of the species. Nearly all 
the species feed on lichens on trees or rocks, and har- 
monize with them in appearance, but in New Zealand a 
few species feed on and live among grasses. ‘The most 
generalized genus is Dasyscopa in essential points of 
structure, though it has specialized secondary sexual 
characters; it has the normal palpi, and vein 5 of the 
hindwings widely separated from 4. From it were derived 
TRANS. ENT. SOC. LOND. 1897,—PparT H. (JULY.) 
