426 PYRALIDINA 



TABULATION OF GENERA. 



1 Hindwings with vein 8 anastomosing strongly with 7 



1. ENDOTRICHA. 

 ,j vein 8 free or anastomosing extremely 



shortly . . .2. 



2. Antennae in ciliated . . .2. PYRALIS. 



bipectinated . . .3. 



3. Tongue obsolete . . .3. AGLOSSA. 



well-developed . . .4. SYNAPHE. 



1. ENDOTRICHA, Z. 



Antennae in $ fasciculate-ciliated. Labial palpi ascending, 

 second joint with projecting scales beneath, terminal short, 

 exposed. Maxillary palpi very short. Thorax in $ with 

 patagia much elongated, terminating in long tuft. Forewings : 

 4 and 5 connate or stalked. Hindwings : 4 and 5 connate or 

 stalked, 7 anastomosing strongly with 8. 



An Indo- Malayan genus of moderate size, extending into 

 Africa and Australia ; one species alone reaches Europe. 



1. E. flammealis, Schiff. 17-20 mm. Forewings ochreous- 

 yellow, on basal area and posteriorly suffused with reddish-purple 

 and sprinkled with blackish ; several whitish semiannular costal 

 marks ; lines obscurely whitish, first curved, second slightly 

 sinuate, running to toruus ; a blackish discal spot j cilia with an 

 ochreous- white subapical patch. Hindwings reddish -purple, 

 sprinkled with blackish ; a straight median yellowish fascia, 

 striated with purplish. 



S. England to Denbigh and Derby, W. Ireland, local; C. 

 and S. Europe, WC. Asia to N. Persia ; 6, 7. Larva dark 

 purplish -brown ; head dark brown plate of 2 blackish : on 

 decaying fallen leaves of hazel, Salix, Lotus, etc. ; 8-5. 



2. PYRALIS, L. 



Ocelli often concealed. Antennae in $ ciliated. Labial 

 palpi porrected or ascending, second joint sometimes rough - 

 scaled, terminal exposed. Maxillary palpi with apex somewhat 

 dilated. Forewings : 4 and 5 connate or stalked. Hindwings : 

 4 and 5 connate or stalked, 7 shortly approximated to 8. 



Not a large group, but cosmopolitan ; though some species 

 owe their wide range to artificial introduction. 



1. Cilia yellow .... 2 costalis. 



not yellow . . . . .2. 



