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30. (352-1) ZENODOCHIUM Wlsm. 

 ZEXODOCHIUM Wlsm. Ent. Mo. Mag. XLIV. 49 (1908). 

 Type Zenodochium monopetali Wlsm. 



_58. (3069-2) ZEXODOCHIUM POLYPHAGUM, sp. n. 

 (Plate LII. fig. 6.) 



= Blastobmis sp. Rbl. Ann. KK. Hofmus. XI. 131, 147 no. 201 a 

 (1896) l : XXI. 44 no. 222 (1906) 2 . 



Antennae brownish fuscous. Palpi brownish fuscous, the distal 

 end of the median joint narrowly whitish. Head and Thorax 

 whitish, sprinkled, or sometimes entirely suffused, with brownish 

 fuscous. Forewings usually dirty whitish, but varying from clear 

 white to dull ash-colour,- with brownish fuscous streaks and 

 blotches ; the usually paler basal third of the wing has a small 

 spot at the base of the costa, one or two short length-streaks on 

 and above the fold, and another near the dorsum, and is sometimes 

 also profusely sprinkled with brownish fuscous scales ; at one- 

 third occurs a slightly inverted triangular costal spot, between 

 which and an ill-defined, outwardly oblique, dorsal patch the paler 

 ground-colour asserts itself in a narrow, oblique, separating band ; 

 on the median area is a short length-streak along the upper edge 

 of the cell, and much sprinkling (sometimes considerable suffusion) 

 of brownish fuscous ; at three -fourths is a transverse, narrow, 

 brownish fuscous band, slightly inverted from costa to dorsum, 

 and sometimes interrupted below the costa, and beyond is another 

 short median length -streak and a series of about six dentate 

 streaks around the margin ; cilia hoary, faintly sprinkled arid 

 narrowly striated with brownish grey. Exp. al. 13-20 mm. 

 Hindwings brownish grey ; cilia shining, yellowish brown along 

 their base, greyer beyond. Abdomen grey. Legs brownish grey. 



Type c? (98227); (98221); PT. var. rf (98210) Mus. 

 Wlsm. 



Hob. TEXERIFE 1 ' 2 : Puerto Orotava, 24. IV. 1895 (Hedemann) \ 

 23. IY - 7. Y. 1907, in refuse on Artemisia canariensis, 27. 

 III,excl. 4. YI - 2. VIII. 07, Allagopappus dichotomies, 4. IV, 

 excl. 4. Y - 4. VII. 07, Senecio kleinia, IV e , excl. 13-31. Y. 

 07, Sonchus gummifer, 23. IV, excl. 23. VI. 07, Pinus cana- 

 riensis, 20. IV, excl. 19. V-ll. VI. 07, Rubia fruticosa, II, 

 excl. 18. Y. 07, Cytisus proliferus, 22. IV, excl. 29. IV- 10. 

 VI. 07, Rhus coriaria, 28. IV, excl. 6. VI. 07 (Wlsm.) ; Bajomar, 

 26. V. 1907 (Wlsm.). Thirty-six specimens (33 bred, 3 captured). 



The species varies much in the amount of sprinkling, or suf- 

 fusion, of brownish fuscous on the ashy ground-colour, some of 

 the whiter varieties being more plainly marked than others, but 

 all possess the oblique pale separating line between the costal 

 triangle and dorsal blotch. In appearance it reminds one rather 

 of Tecmerium anthophagum Stgr., but its nearest ally is Zeno- 

 dochium xylophagumWlsm., a much darker species with indistinct 

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