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PYRALIDINA 



[ALUCITA 



7, 8. Larva green ; dorsal line broad, rosy, purplish-edged : on 

 Inula and Pulicaria ; 5, 6. 



8. STENOPTILIA, lib. 



Face with horny prominence. Ocelli sometimes distinct. 



Labial palpi porrected, second 

 joint with loose rough or 

 appressed scales, terminal fili- 

 form. Tibiae simple. Fore- 

 wings cleft from about ; 8 

 and 9 stalked. Hindwings 

 trifid, third segment without 

 black scales in dorsal cilia. 

 A nearly cosmopolitan genus 



Neuration of Stenopti'ia pterodactyla. ,, 



of some extent. 



1. Cilia of hind wings distinctly reddish . 1. pterodactyla. 



,, not reddish . . .2. 



2. Outer half of costal cilia white . 2. zophodactyla. 



,, ,, ,, not white 3. bipunctidactyla. 



1. S. pterodactyla, L. (fuscus, Retz.; fmcodactylus, Hw.) 

 21-24 mm. Forewings reddish - brown, lighter and more 

 reddish dorsally, especially towards base, with a few blackish 

 and whitish scales ; extreme edge of costal cilia whitish ; a 

 blackish dot at base of fissure, and sometimes traces of a 

 second above it; base of terminal cilia whitish dotted with 

 black. Hindwings dark fuscous, reddish-tinged, third segment 

 often lighter ; cilia distinctly reddish. 



Britain to Caledonian Canal, Ireland, common ; Europe, 

 Asia Minor, N. America ; 7. Larva green or yellowish-green ; 

 dorsal line darker or brown ; subdorsal and lateral indistinct, 

 grey -whitish ; head pale ochreous, reticulated with black : on 

 Veronica chamaedrys ; 5, 6. 



2. S. zophodactyla, Dup. (Loewii, Z. ; Hodgldnsoni, Gregs.) 

 18-20 mm. Forewings fuscous - grey, somewhat whitish- 

 sprinkled, with some black scales posteriorly ; a blackish dot 

 in disc at J, a second larger at base of fissure, and a third 

 indistinct above and before second ; outer half of costal cilia 

 white ; terminal cilia with an interrupted black subbasal line. 

 Hindwings dark fuscous. 



England to York, E. Ireland, local ; C. and S. Europe, Asia 

 Minor; 8,9. Larva yellowish-green or brownish-yellow; dorsal 

 line purple or reddish, sometimes darker green ; subdorsal some- 



