ILEMA. 173 



355. Ilema palliatella. 



rhnlfpva paI}iafeUa,8coY,. Ent. Cam. p. 248 (17fi3) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. .'527. 

 h'octi(a umta, ScliiiF. Wien. Verz. p. (iS (177(5) ; Hiibn. Eur. Scliniott. ii. 



f. «.«; Boisd. Icones Lep. ii. p. 103, pi. m. f. 3; Herr.-Scliafl'. Em-. 



Schinett. ii. p. 157, ff. 52, 53 ; Dup. Lep. Fr., Suppl. iii. p. 20, pi. 1. f. 7 ; 



Staud. Cat. p. .^.4. 

 Lifhosia [lilveola, Ocbs. Sclimett. Eur. iii. p. 137 (1810;; Stepb. 111. Bi-it. 



Ent , ilaust. p. 95; Dup. Eep. Fr. iii. p. 34. pi. 3. f. 1. 

 Bomhi/x palkola, Hubu. Eur. iScbniett. ii. f. 221 (1827); var. arundineula, 



Guea. Anu. Soc. Ent. Fr. (4) i. p. 4(5 (1861). 

 Liihosia vitellhia, Treit. Sclimett. Eur. x. (1) p. 16.T (1831). 

 LUhosia aridio'a, Hering, Stett. ent. Zeit. vii. p. 233 (1844); Herr.- 



Schaff. Eur. Schuiett. ii. p. 151, ff. 57-59. 

 LUhosia fiavcoJa, Kamb. Cat. Lep. And. p. 21 1, pi. 2. f. 3 (1858). 

 Lifhoda -petreola, Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 18()1, p. 4(). 

 Lithosia beckeri, Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1861, p. 47. 



Head, tegulas, and patagia orange, the last tinged with fuscous ; 

 thorax fuscous grey ; pectus and legs orange, fore legs streaked 

 ■with fuscous ; abdomen orange, grej'i.sh towards base. Fore wing 

 orange, slightly suffused with fuscous except the costal and terminal 

 areas; basal half of costal edge black. Hind wing orange-yellow, 

 the costal area sutfused with fuscous. Underside ot fore wing deep 

 fuscous, with orange costal fascia and the terminal area orange ; 

 hind wing with difluscd fuscous on costal area. 



Ab. 1. aridcola. Fore wing strongly suftused with fuscous except 

 on costal and terminal areas. 



Ab. 2.Jlaveola. Fore wing with hardly a trace of fuscous suffusion 

 on upperside. 



Ab. 3. ])alleola. Pale straw-yellow ; fore wing with hardly a 

 trace of fuscous suffusion on upperside. 



Ab. 4. vitellina. Greyish white ; head and teguliie orange ; abdo- 

 men orange below ; fore wing with the basal half of costa fu^^cous, 

 the terminal half orange ; cilia orange ; hind wing pale yellow or 

 almost white; underside of fore wdng fuscous except costal and 

 terminal areas, some fuscous suffiision on costal area of hind wing. 



Fore wing with vein 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the 

 areole. * 



}lab. Gf>emanv. Zell. Coll. ; Hung.^rt, Frey Coll. ; Sr.^iN; Sicily ; 

 llussiA. Exp. 24-40 millim. 



Larva. Dark grey-brown ; some of the longer hairs whitish, the 

 dorsal and subdorsal lines and spiracles black. Food-plant, Lichens. 



35G. Ilema lutarella. 



Tinea lufarclla, L\r\n. Svst. Nat. i. p. 535 (17-"'8); Clerck, Icones, pi. 4. f 9; 



Hein. Schmett. DeuU^cliI. i. p. 267 ; Staud. Cat. p. 54 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 



p. 324. 

 Noc/iia luteola, Pen. & Scbiflf. Syst. Verz. Lep. Wien, p. 68 (1776); Ilubir. 



Eur. Schmett. ii. f. 92 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. iii. p. 28, pi. 2. f. 4; Boisd. leouea 



L.''p. ii. p. 106, pi. 51. {• 1. 

 rh(d(ena aVioflara, Retz. Gen. Spec. Ins. p. 51 (1783). 

 Nocfua Ivtot^a, Esp. Sclimett. iv. (1) p. 100, pi. 93. ft. 8, 9 (1786). 

 Liihosia lutea, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. p. 461 (1798). 



