424 PYRALIDINA [SCOPARIA 



on first line ; claviform dot -like, black, seldom elongated to 

 touch first line; discal spot 8 -shaped, incompletely black- 

 edged, upper and sometimes lower half pale greyish-ochreous 

 or brownish ; terminal area dark, subterminal line cloudy, 

 whitish ; a terminal series of blackish marks. Hindwings 

 prismatic grey-whitish, terminally suffused with grey. 



Britain to the Shetlands, Ireland, abundant ; C. and S. 

 Europe, Asia Minor; 5-7. Larva on mosses growing on 

 trees; 3, 4. 



24. EVERGESTIS, Hb. 



Antennae . Labial palpi porrected, second joint rough- 

 scaled, terminal rather short, loosely scaled, somewhat pointed. 

 Maxillary palpi as long as second joint of labial, filiform. 

 Tibial outer spurs ^-J. 



A genus of moderate size, principally inhabiting S. Europe 

 and C. Asia. The labial palpi are shorter and the maxillary 

 relatively longer than usual, so that they are more nearly equal 

 than in any allied genus. 



Lines of forewings dark fuscous . . 1. straminalis. 



,, hardly darker, dotted . 2. extimalis. 



1. E. straminalis, Hb. (stramentalis, Hb.) 22-27 mm. Fore- 

 wings pale ochreous-yellow, sprinkled with dark brown, veins 

 posteriorly dark brown ; lines dark fuscous, first angulated 

 above middle, angularly indented above angle, second unevenly 

 curved ; an angularly 8-shaped discal spot outlined with dark 

 fuscous, touching angle of first line ; a cloudy dark fuscous 

 subterminal line, forming above middle a strong dark suffusion 

 enclosing a pale terminal spot. Hindwings prismatic yellow- 

 whitish ; traces of a dark posterior line ; termen narrowly dark 

 fuscous. 



Kent to Hereford and Norfolk. Ireland, local ; C. Europe, N. 

 America; 7, 8. Larva dull dark green, becoming finally purple; 

 subdorsal and lateral series of white dots ; spiracular line 

 bright yellow ; subspiracular pale yellowish or whitish ; spots 

 black ; head and sides of plate on 2 black : on Barbarea, Sinapis, 

 and Cardamine ; 8, 9. 



2. E. extimalis, Sc. (margaritalis, Schiff.) 25-29 mm. Fore- 

 wings pale ochreous-yellow, darker terminally ; lines and discal 

 spot hardly darker, marked with a few fuscous dots ; a brown 

 terminal suffusion, more or less strongly dilated towards middle; 

 cilia fuscous. Hindwings prismatic yellow -whitish ; termen 

 yellower, brownish-tinged. 



