688 TIN KIN A [SCYTHRIS 



with fuscous-whitish beneath. Forewings rather long-pointed, 

 dark purplish-grey; three ochreous-whitish spots towards dorsum 

 before and about middle and at tornus, variably connected above 

 or on dorsum, first connected with base by a streak along fold. 

 Hindwings f , cilia 2 ; dark fuscous, partly semihyaline towards 

 base ; 4 and 5 stalked. 



Middlesex, Essex, Gloucester, York, local ; Europe, WC. Asia 

 to N. Persia; 6-9. Larva greenish-grey, with several darker 

 lines ; head grey, black-speckled ; 2 with two large black spots : 

 amongst spun flowers and shoots of Chenopodium and Atriplex ; 

 4-8. 



9. S. cicadella, Z. 11-12 mm. Abdomen more or less 

 whitish beneath posteriorly. Forewings short -pointed, dark 

 grey, bronzy -tinged, sprinkled with whitish; a whitish line 

 along fold from base to beyond middle ; cloudy whitish dorsal 

 spots towards base and before tornus, separated by a quadrate 

 dark spot ; an ill-defined whitish spot in disc at f , and an apical 

 dash. Hindwings , cilia over 2 ; rather dark fuscous ; 4 and 

 5 separate. 



Surrey to Suffolk, local ; Holland, Germany ; 7. Larva 

 fuscous ; dorsal line broad, yellow-brown, on 2-4 narrower and 

 white ; lateral whitish ; head dark brown, black-marked ; 2 

 brown, with two black crescentic marks : in sand-tubes amongst 

 roots and stems of Scleranthus perennis ; 5, 6. 



21. ENDROSIS, Hb. 



Antennae f, in ^ fasciculate -ciliated. Labial palpi long, 

 recurved, second joint smooth, terminal as long, acute. Posterior 

 tibiae rough-haired. Forewings: Ib imperfectly furcate, 7 

 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa. Hindwings under 1, ovate-lanceolate, 

 with transparent subbasal patch, cilia 2 ; 3 and 4 connate or 

 short-stalked, 6 absent. 



The genus contains only a single species, now domesticated 

 in houses in many parts of the world ; its real origin and 

 affinities are alike uncertain. Imago with forewings elongate, 

 pointed. 



.1. E. lacteella, Schiff. (fenestrella, Stt., non Sc.) 14-20 mm. 

 Head white. Thorax white, anterior edge dark fuscous. Fore- 

 wings greyish-ochreous, coarsely irrorated with black, with 

 some white scales ; a white basal dot ; stigmata black, first 

 discal much beyond plical ; an indistinct whitish costal spot at 

 J. Hindwings pale grey, more whitish towards base ; cilia 

 ochreous-tinged. 



