PYRALIDINA [CRAMBUS 



10. 0. craterellus, Sc. (rorellus, L. ; cassentiniellus, Z.) 19- 

 22 mm. Palpi extremely long. Forewings dark brown mixed 

 with leaden-grey; veins and costal edge marked with strong 

 ochreous-whitish partly yellow - tinged streaks ; median and 

 second lines curved, dark brown ; three or four blackish dots 

 on lower half of termen ; cilia metallic. Hindwings grey. 



Kent to Devon, scarce ; C. and S. Europe, WC. Asia to 

 Turkestan; 6. 



11. 0. chrysonuchellus, Sc. 20-23 mm. Forewings ferru- 

 ginous-brown, clearly irrorated with black; veins and costal 

 edge marked with rather undefined white streaks ; median line 

 thick, obtusely angulated, ferruginous-brown ; second white, 

 anteriorly edged with ferruginous-brown, rounded -angulated ; 

 termen ferruginous -yellow, with some indistinct black dots ; 

 cilia metallic. Hindwings grey. 



S. England to Worcester and Norfolk, local ; C. Europe, 

 Asia Minor, NW. Asia ; 5, 6. 



12. C. falsellus, Sckiff. 18-20 mm. Forewings whitish, 

 irregularly tinged with brown, confusedly irrorated with black 

 in disc between veins ; a rather broad shining white median 

 streak from base to -f, lower edge angularly projecting in 

 middle ; second line white, anteriorly dark - edged, strongly 

 curved, sharply indented near dorsum, preceded except dorsally 

 by a shining white fascia twice or thrice interrupted above 

 middle ; a white apical spot ; three black dots on lower half of 

 termen, preceded by a white spot ; cilia submetallic, irregularly 

 barred. Hindwings pale grey. 



Britain to Aberdeen, rather local ; N. and C. Europe ; 7, 8. 

 Larva grey ; spots black ; head brown : amongst moss, growing 

 on old walls ; 2-5. 



13. C. verellus, Zk. 18-20 mm. Forewings brown, suffusedly 

 mixed with blackish except on veins and towards costa ; anterior 

 half of costa white ; an undefined white median streak from 

 base, becoming soon obsolete ; second line white, strongly 

 curved and interrupted above middle, indented near dorsum, 

 indentation preceded by an oblique white wedge ; cilia rather 

 metallic grey, with three or four slender white bars. Hind- 

 wings light grey. 



Kent, Cambridge, scarce and local ; C. Europe ; 7, 8. Larva 

 amongst moss on tree-trunks ; 3-5. 



14. C. myellus, Hb. 19-21 mm. Face slightly prominent. 

 Forewings ferruginous-ochreous, brown-tinged towards costa 

 posteriorly ; a shining white gradually broadly dilating median 



