410 PYRALIDINA [PHLYCTAENIA 



Devon, N. England to the Clyde, local ; C. Europe, WC. 

 Asia, N. America ; 7. Larva pale green ; dorsal and several 

 slender lateral lines darker : on Solidago virgaurea ; 8, 9. 



7. P. fuscalis, Schiff. 19-24 mm. Forewings grey, slightly 

 yellowish -tinged ; lines darker grey, first indistinct, hardly 

 curved, second serrate, strongly curved in disc, with an abrupt 

 sinuation inwards below middle, posteriorly obscurely whitish- 

 edged, more strongly on costa ; orbicular dot and transverse 

 discal mark indistinct, darker grey. Hindwings pale grey, 

 yellowish-tinged ; two very faint discal dots ; second line as in 

 forewings ; a darker grey terminal band. 



Britain to the Hebrides, Ireland, common ; N. and C. Europe, 

 WC. and N. Asia ; 6. Larva rather dark fuscous ; dorsal line 

 darker ; spiracular area pale brownish ; head and plate of 2 

 blackish -brown : on flowers and seeds of Melampyrum and 

 Rhinanthus ; 7, 8. 



8. P. sambucalis, Schiff. 21-24 mm. Forewings dark fuscous, 

 sprinkled with yellow-whitish ; first line indistinct, preceded 

 by a whitish dot ; second dark fuscous, posteriorly with a waved 

 whitish-yellowish edging, middle third forming a quadrangular 

 projection including a pale whitish-yellowish blotch, below this 

 with a loop inwards enclosing a whitish-yellowish spot ; orbicular 

 dot and transverse discal mark darker, separated by a square 

 whitish-yellowish spot. Hindwings as forewings, but anterior 

 markings obsolete, posterior pale blotches much enlarged. 



England to York, Ireland, common ; C. Europe, WC. and N. 

 Asia ; 6, 7. Larva whitish-green ; dorsal and subdorsal lines 

 green ; incisions yellowish ; on 3 and usually 4 a black lateral 

 spot : on elder (Sambucus) ; 9. 



16. NOMOPHILA, Hb. 



Antennae . Labial palpi porrected, second joint with dense 

 projecting scales attenuated to a point forwards, terminal con- 

 cealed. Maxillary palpi filiform. Tibial outer spurs under |. 

 Hindwings 1J-1J. 



There is only one species ; the forewings are extremely 

 elongate and narrow, a structure probably caused by adaptation 

 to a grassy habitat. 



1. N. noctuella, Schiff. (hybridalis, Hb.) 23-31 mm. Fore- 

 wings brown, sometimes whitish-sprinkled ; an indistinct dark 

 fuscous median streak from base to first line ; lines indistinct, 

 blackish -marked, second indented above middle, with a deep 

 sinuation inwards below middle ; two large 8-shaped darker 



