MELISSOBLAPTES] GALLERIADAE 385 



rected, with dense loosely appressed scales. Forewings in $ 

 with swelling at base of costa, 4 and 5 connate or stalked. 

 Himhvings : 3 and 4 stalked, 5 absent, 7 anastomosing with 8 

 to middle. 



Although containing but few species, the genus is almost 

 cosmopolitan, being only absent from New Zealand. Imago 

 with fore wings narrow-oblong, costa moderately arched, termen 

 obliquely rounded. 



1. M. bipunctanus, Z. 22-33 mm. Forewings in $ whitish- 

 ochreous, sometimes ferruginous-tinged towards costa, some- 

 times mixed with fuscous and whitish dorsally, in <J? brownish- 

 ochreous or fuscous sprinkled with dark fuscous and whitish ; 

 dark fuscous discal dots before and beyond middle, placed in 

 a pale longitudinal streak, posterior sometimes pale -centred ; 

 second line atigulatcd, formed of more or less distinct dark 

 fuscous streaks on veins. Hindwings fuscous-whitish, becoming 

 pale fuscous posteriorly. 



Kent, Norfolk, on coasts, local ; C. and S. Europe, WC. 

 Asia to Turkestan, N. Africa ; 7, 8. Larva in nests of wasps, 

 heads of Inula, and probably on roots, but habits hardly 

 understood ; 6, 7. 



[M. anellus, Schiff., a very similar South European species, 

 with much broader fore wings, and 5 of hind wings present, has 

 been accounted British, but probably only through confusion 

 with M. bipunctanus .] 



4. APHOMIA, Hb. 



Face with strong projecting ridge of scales. Labial palpi in 

 $ moderate, ascending, second joint with dense rather rough 

 scales, terminal rather short, naked, in $ very long, porrected, 

 with appressed scales. Forewings in $ with swelling at base 

 of costa, cell in $ very large, open posteriorly, in $ normal, 4 

 and 5 in $ absent, in $ approximated or connate. Hind- 

 wings : 3 and 4 stalked, 5 absent, 7 anastomosing shortly 

 with 8. 



Probably rightly restricted to the single species. Imago 

 with forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, termen 

 obliquely rounded. 



1. A. sociella, L. (colonella, L.) 23-35 mm. Forewings 

 brown-reddish, sprinkled with black, in <J much suffused with 

 whitish, especially on basal area, more or less olive-greenish 

 towards costa posteriorly and termen, in $ with basal, costal, 

 and terminal areas suffused with olive-green ; first and second 



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