706 TINEINA [CHOKEUTIS 



metallic ; three white dots on costa, and two or three others in 

 disc. Hindwings dark fuscous ; a white median subterminal 

 mark. 



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

 WC. Asia to N. Persia ; 7. Larva whitish-green ; spots black : 

 in a slight \veb on Scutellaria galericulata ; 6. 



2. 0. bjerkandrella, Thnb. (vibrana, Hb.) 9-11 mm. Fore- 

 wings brown, somewhat whitish-sprinkled ; two short suffused 

 yellow -ferruginous streaks from base ; curved cloudy whitish 

 fasciae before middle and at -f ; about ten scattered irregular 

 violet-silvery-metallic spots or marks, one in disc beyond middle 

 and one on termen above tornus larger and surrounded with 

 blackish. Hindwings fuscous, darker posteriorly ; a white 

 median subterminal mark. 



Kent to Dorset and Cambridge, local ; C. Europe, WC. 

 Asia to Turkestan, Africa, America, Australia, New Zealand ; 

 8, 9. Larva green, yellower laterally; spots black ; head brown : 

 on Carduus, Inula, Eryngium, etc. ; 6, 7. The wide range of 

 the species is remarkable, and it is in fact much more plentiful 

 in other regions than in Europe. 



10. SIMAETHIS, Lch. 



Head smooth. Antennae ^-f , in $ ciliated with long fascicles, 

 basal joint without pecten. Labial 

 palpi moderately long, curved, 

 ascending, second joint rough 

 beneath, terminal shorter than 

 second, thickened with scales, 

 blunt-pointed. Maxillary palpi 

 obsolete. Forewings: 7 and 8 

 separate. Hindwings 1 or over 1, 

 ovate, cilia -J ; 3 and 4 connate 

 or stalked, 6 and 7 parallel. 



A genus of moderate extent 

 and universal distribution, but 

 more numerous within the tropics, 

 Neuration of simMthis fairiciana. where the larvae are especially 

 attached to species of Ficus. Imago with forewings elongate- 

 triangular, termen little oblique. 



Forewings with cilia broadly whitish . 2. fabriciana. 



,, not whitish . . 1. pariana. 



1. S. pariana, Cl. 11-13 mm. Forewings brown, sometimes 



with a paler -sprinkled postmedian band, sometimes purplish- 



