422 PYRALIDINA [SCOPARTA 



claviform blackish, oval, separate ; a black -outlined 8-shaped 

 discal mark ; subterminal line cloudy, whitish, touching 

 second in middle. Hindwings whitish-grey, in $ somewhat 

 darker. 



Devon, Dorset, Stafford to Sutherland, N. Ireland, local ; 

 N. and mountains of C. Europe ; 6, 7. Larva dull brown, 

 paler laterally ; spots dark fuscous ; head and plate of 2 dark 

 brown or black : on mosses, growing on walls ; 5, 6. 



6. S. frequentella, Stt. (phaeoleuca, Stt., nonZ.; 1 mercurella, 

 L.) 15-18 mm. Forewings grey, sometimes ochreous- tinged, 

 mixed with black and partially suffused with white ; base 

 black -marked ; lines white, dark -edged, first curved, followed 

 by a suffused dark fascia, second rather sinuate ; orbicular and 

 claviform dot-like, black, often absorbed in the dark fascia ; a 

 black X-shaped discal mark, upper half sometimes filled with 

 brownish ; subterminal line cloudy, whitish, touching second 

 in middle. Hindwings light grey, darker terminally. A 

 variety with the first line enlarged into a broad white sub- 

 basal band is common at Portland. 



England, Kirkcudbright, Ireland, common ; C. and S. 

 Europe ; 7. Larva pale dull yellowish ; dorsal line faintly 

 brownish ; spots brown ; head dark brown ; plate of 2 dark 

 brown or almost black : on mosses, growing on walls, etc. ; 

 3,4. 



7. S. crataegella, Hb. 15-17 mm. Forewings whitish, some- 

 times mixed with light ochreous -yellowish, sprinkled with 

 black ; base black-marked ; lines whitish, blackish-edged, first 

 irregular, second rather sinuate ; orbicular and claviform dot- 

 like, black ; a black X-shaped discal mark ; terminal area grey 

 mixed with black, subterminal line white, interrupted in middle. 

 Hindwings whitish-grey, darker terminally. 



Britain to the Clyde, N. and E. Ireland, common ; C. and 

 S. Europe ; 7. Larva yellowish-green ; spots brownish-green ; 

 head and plate of 2 black-brown : on mosses ; 3, 4. 



8. S. truncicolella, Stt. (mercurella, Z.) 19-21 mm. Fore- 

 wings ochreous -whitish, much sprinkled with black ; base 

 blackish -marked; lines whitish, dark-edged, first irregular, 

 second angulate- sinuate, subserrate; orbicular and claviform 

 dot-like or rather elongate, black; discal spot 8-shaped, out- 

 lined with black ; subterminal line whitish, touching second in 

 middle. Hindwings whitish-grey, darker terminally. 



Britain to Caledonian Canal, Ireland, local ; C. Europe ; 7, 

 8. Larva dull dark brown ; dorsal line blackish ; spots black ; 



