LOXOSTEGE] PYRAUSTIDAE 419 



pale orange - yellowish, costa ochreous - orange ; markings 

 ochreous- orange, sometimes grey - tinged ; first line indistinct, 

 second serrate, slightly curved, subterminal serrate; orbicular 

 dot -like, discal spot irregular. Hind wings pale yellowish ; 

 discal dot and serrate costally dilated second and subterminal 

 lines dark grey. 



S. England to Norfolk and Hereford, rather common ; C. 

 Europe, WC. and N. Asia ; 6, 7. Larva green ; spots black ; 

 head pale brown, darker-spotted : on Carduus arvensis, perhaps 

 also Cytisus, Atriplex, etc. ; 7, 8. 



3. L. palealis, Schiff. 27-31 mm. Fore wings pale sulphur- 

 yellow; small orbicular and discal spots, and upper part of 

 second line faintly greyish -tinged. Hindwings sulphur-whitish ; 

 a grey costal post median spot. 



E. England (not W. of Hants) to York and Lancashire, 

 local ; C. and S. Europe, WC. and N. Asia, N. Africa ; 6, 7. 

 Larva whitish ; dorsal line greyish ; spots black ; head ochreous- 

 whitish, black-dotted : amongst flowers of Daucus and Peuce- 

 danum ; 8, 9. 



22. CYNAEDA, Hb. 



Face with slight rounded prominence. Antennae . Labial 

 palpi porrected, second joint with loose scales attenuated for- 

 wards, terminal concealed. Maxillary palpi rather triangularly 

 dilated. Tibial outer spurs J. Forewings with large dorsal 

 scale-tuft at J. 



Perhaps contains only one geographically varying species ; 

 it is derived from the rather extensive allied genus Titanio, 

 with horny projecting frontal plate, which does not reach Britain. 



1. C. dentalis, Schif. 22-27 mm. Forewings yellow- 

 whitish, partially suffused with pale brownish ; two oblique 

 brown marks in disc ; second line fine, dark fuscous, very 

 strongly dentate, deeply sinuate inwards below middle, an- 

 teriorly partly white-edged, posteriorly edged by an irregular 

 dentate brown band ; cilia yellow-whitish, barred with dark 

 fuscous. Hindwings in $ whitish-ochreous with indistinct grey 

 dentate postmedian line ; in $ dark grey. 



Kent to Dorset, local ; C. and S. Europe, Asia Minor ; 7. 

 Larva yellow-whitish ; spots black ; head and plate of 2 black : 

 in stems of Echium ; 5. 



23. SCOP ARIA, Hw. 

 Antennae . Labial palpi porrected, second joint with long 



