SCOPARIA] PYRAUSTIDAE 423 



head dark brown ; plate of 2 almost black : on mosses, growing 

 on ground ; 9-6. 



9. S. pallida, Stph. 16-18 mm. Forewings light brownish- 

 ochreous or brownish, mixed with whitish, and somewhat 

 sprinkled with dark brown ; lines white, first nearly obsolete, 

 second slightly sinuate ; orbicular, claviform, and discal spot 

 dot-like or somewhat elongate, dark brown or blackish ^sub- 

 terminal line obscurely whitish, not touching second. Hind- 

 wings whitish, termen greyish-tinged. 



Britain to the Orkneys, in marshy places, local ; Germany ; 7. 



10. S. cembrae, 11 w. (Zelleri, Knaggs, non Wk.; scotica, 

 White) 20-25 mm. Forewings brown-grey, mixed or suffused 

 with whitish, sometimes with a few black scales ; a short black 

 dash from base of costa ; lines whitish, dark-edged internally, 

 first curved, second angularly bent above middle ; orbicular 

 indistinctly outlined with blackish, touching first line ; clavi- 

 form indistinct, blackish, touching first line ; a blackish 

 X -shaped discal mark, upper half filled with brownish: sub- 

 terminal line very cloudy, whitish. Hindwings whitish-grey. 



Britain to the Clyde, E. Ireland, rather common ; C. Europe ; 

 6, 7. Larva whitish ; dorsal line blackish ; spots large, 

 ochreous-tinged ; head brown ; plate of 2 pale brownish : in a 

 slight web beneath ground on roots of Picris and Tussilago ; 

 9-5. 



11. S. dubitalis, Jib. (pyralella, Hb.; ingralella, Knaggs, 

 non Z.) 16-19 mm. Forewings white, more or less sprinkled 

 with dark fuscous ; a black ochreous- mixed mark from base 

 of costa; lines white, dark-edged, first rather irregular, second 

 slightly angulate- sinuate above middle; round orbicular, and 

 narrow oval claviform yellow - ochreous, edged with dark 

 fuscous, resting on first line; discal spot large, 8-shaped, 

 yellow -ochreous, dark -margined, touching costa above, and 

 second line beneath ; terminal area dark fuscous, subterminal 

 line white, irregular. Hindwings ochreous-whitish, terminally 

 suffused with grey. 



Britain to Caledonian Canal, Ireland, common ; C. Europe ; 

 6. Larva on mosses ; 3, 4. 



12. S. ambigualis, Tr. (atomalis, Dbld.; ulmella, Knaggs; 

 conspicualis, Hodgk. ; basistrigalis, Knaggs) 17-22 mm. Fore- 

 wings whitish, more or less sprinkled with grey and black ; a 

 black ochreous-mixed mark from base of costa ; lines whitish, 

 dark -edged, first irregular, second angulated above middle ; 

 orbicular elongate, brownish, more or less black-edged, resting 



