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light brown ; plate of 2 faintly brownish : in stems of Senecio 

 jacobaea ; 7, 9-4. 



27. P. pallidana, Z. (albicapitana, Cooke) 11-13 mm. Head 

 white. Thorax dark fuscous mixed with whitish. Forewings 

 with costa slightly arched ; ochreous-whitish, with faint greyish- 

 ochreous strigulae, costa strigulated with blackish ; base and 

 costa towards base suffusedly dark fuscous ; a dark fuscous 

 blackish -marked median fascia, narrowed on costa, broadly 

 interrupted with pale ochreous above middle ; a dark grey 

 posterior transverse streak, sometimes extending to termen. 

 Hindwings grey. 



Britain to the Clyde, E. Ireland, local ; C. Europe ; 6. Larva 

 rose-pink, greenish-tinged ; head and plate of 2 brown or black- 

 brown : in seedheads of Janione montana ; 7, 8. 



28. P. dubitana, Hb. 12-14 mm. Head white. Thorax 

 dark grey. Forewings with costa gently arched ; ochreous- 

 whitish or rosy-whitish, costa strigulated with blackish ; a 

 small basal patch and spot on costa touching it dark grey ; an 

 irregular brownish median fascia, dark grey on costa and 

 dorsum, obliquely interrupted above middle ; a pale greyish- 

 ochreous cloud above tornus ; a narrow terminal fascia, dilated 

 on costa, and cilia dark grey, blackish-mixed. Hindwings in 



$ whitish-grey, in <J> grey. 



Britain to the Clyde, local; N., C., and SW. Europe, N. 

 America ; 6, 8. Larva whitish ; head light red-brown ; plate 

 of 2 yellow, black-edged posteriorly : in seedheads of Senecio, 

 Crepis, Solidago, etc. ; 7, 9. 



29. P. hybridella, Hb. (carduana, Z.) 11-14 mm. Head 

 ochreous -white. Thorax ochreous -white, somewhat fuscous- 

 marked. Forewings with costa hardly arched ; ochreous-white, 

 sometimes faintly rosy-tinged, costa and dorsum strigulated 

 with blackish ; a fuscous stria at J, forming a small costal 

 spot; a very irregular median fascia, narrow on costa and 

 widely interrupted beneath it, and irregular terminal fascia 

 mixed with ferruginous, dark fuscous, and black. Hindwings 

 in $ whitish-grey, in ? grey. 



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

 Asia Minor ; 7. Larva pale pink ; head light brown ; plate of 

 2 yellowish, with four black dots : in seedheads of Picris 

 hieracioides ; 8, 9. 



30. P. curvistrigana, Wilk. 13-14 mm. Head yellow- 

 ochreous. Forewings with costa more arched posteriorly ; 

 yellow -ochreous, with several ochreous-whitish submetallic 



