370 PYRALIDINA [DIORYCTEIA 



2. D. abietella, F. (decuriella, Hb.) 24-29 mm. Forewings 

 fuscous, irrorated with whitish and dark fuscous; first and 

 second lines whitish, dark-edged, waved, nearly parallel, hardly 

 oblique ; two darker shades rather before and beyond first line, 

 not reaching costa; a small whitish discal spot, suffusedly 

 darker- edged. Hind wings in # whitish -fuscous, in <j? light 

 fuscous, darker terminally. 



Britain to Ross, rather local ; N. and C. Europe, Japan, N. 

 America; 6, 7. Larva dark grey or reddish - bro wn ; dorsal 

 line double, pale ; lateral and spiracular lines pale ; head and 

 plate of 2 dark brown : in shoots of Pinus sylvestris, not 

 causing resinous exudation ; 4, 5. 



9. PHYCITA, Curt. 



Face smooth. Antennae in ^ minutely ciliated, with 

 strong sinuation above base, filled with large dense tuft of 

 scales. Labial palpi moderately long, curved, ascending, with 

 appressed scales, terminal joint moderate, pointed. Maxillary 

 palpi short, with scales spreading laterally inwards at apex. 

 Forewings : 4 and 5 approximated. Hindwings : cell not reach- 

 ing J, 4 and 5 stalked, 7 closely approximated to 8 to middle. 



The species are not numerous ; they occur in Europe, Asia, 

 Africa, and the W. Indies. Imago with forewings narrow, 

 somewhat dilated, costa gently arched. 



1. P. spissicella, F. (roborella, Zk.) 22-27 mm. Forewings 

 fuscous, mixed or tinged with reddish and sprinkled with grey- 

 whitish, more whitish-suffused towards dorsum between lines ; 

 an erect triangular reddish-brown blackish-mixed patch from 

 dorsum before first line, often preceded by a whitish shade ; 

 first and second lines pale, internally darker-edged ; a curved 

 darker transverse discal mark; some short black dashes on 

 veins near before second line. Hindwings fuscous. 



England to York, common ; C. and S. Europe ; 7, 8. Larva 

 brown-reddish, yellowish-freckled ; subdorsal and lateral lines 

 darker ; head reddish-brown ; 2 black-spotted ; a white black- 

 ringed lateral spot on 3 : amongst spun leaves of oak ; 9-5. 



10. NEPHOPTERYX, lib. 



Face smooth. Antennae in c? ciliated, with sinuation above 

 base, filled with dense projecting scales. Labial palpi moder- 

 ately long, ascending, with dense tolerably appressed scales, 

 terminal joint moderate, pointed. Maxillary palpi short, loosely 

 scaled. Forewings : 4 and 5 approximated. Hindwings : cell 



