406 PYRALID1NA [MARGARONIA 



semitransparent, prismatic white; a narrow dark ferruginous 

 or ochreous-brown costal streak throughout ; three minute 

 black dots on anterior half of lower edge of this, and a fourth 

 in disc below third. Hindwings semitransparent, prismatic 

 white ; a minute black discal dot. 



Kent to Scilly Is., Norfolk, an occasional immigrant only ; 

 S. Europe, and warmer regions of Asia, Africa, Australia, and 

 America; 6, 7. 



11. AGROTERA, Schrk. 



Antennae f. Labial palpi ascending, second joint with 

 dense projecting scales beneath, terminal rather long, apex 

 triangularly tufted in front. Maxillary palpi filiform. Tibia! 

 outer spurs J. 



Includes also only one Indian and one Australian species. 



1. A. nemoralis, Sc. 19-22 mm. Thorax pale yellow, 

 orange -spotted. Forewings light ochreous-brown, suffused 

 with purplish anteriorly, more orange-tinged posteriorly ; basal 

 area pale yellow, orange -marked, limited by curved dark 

 fuscous first line ; second line indistinct, dark fuscous, curved, 

 twice sinuate ; a dark ferruginous transverse discal spot ; 

 termen rounded-prominent in middle ; cilia white, with dark 

 fuscous blotches. Hindwings pale fuscous, base more whitish ; 

 two darker lines. 



Kent, Sussex, Middlesex, local ; C. Europe, WC. Asia ; 5-7. 

 Larva olive-green ; dorsal line darker ; head pale orange-brown : 

 between joined leaves of hornbeam ; 6-8. 



12. NOTARCHA, Meyr. 



Antennae f. Labial palpi ascending, second joint with 

 dense projecting scales beneath, terminal short, thick, obtuse. 

 Maxillary palpi filiform. Tibial outer spurs nearly J. 



An extensive genus within the tropics, elsewhere represented 

 by stragglers, in Europe by one only ; derived from Pyrausta. 



1. N. ruralis, Sc. (verticalis, Schiff.) 30-34 mm. Forewings 

 pale whitish -ochreo us, yellowish -tinged ; a grey subcostal 

 suffusion and connected orbicular dot ; lines rather dark grey, 

 first straight, second serrate, curved, strongly broken inwards 

 beneath middle ; a dark grey discal mark, nearly followed by 

 a grey blotch ; a grey terminal band, edge parallel to second 

 line. Hindwings with colour, discal mark, and posterior mark- 

 ings as in forewings. 



Britain to Caledonian Canal, common ; C. and S. Europe, 



