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SCOPARIA SCOTICA. 



BEIT. KEF. : — 



Scoparia scotica, White, Ent. Mo. Mag. viii. p. 169 ; "Weston, 

 Entora. x. p. 92; Briggs, Entom. xviii. p. 130; Doubh 

 List, Suppl. p. 2; South, Syn. List, p. 17; Leech, Brit. 

 Pyral. p. 14, pi. xiv. fig. 3. 



" Closely allied to Scoparia cembrce, from which it differs in 

 the front wings being less oblong, and more triangular and 

 dilated before the hind margin, as well as by the breadth across 

 the hind margin being greater in proportion to the length of the 

 wing" (White). 



Introduced by Dr. Buchanan White, January, 1872. Habitat, 

 Scotland. 



Note. — Scotica differs from cembrce in colour and intensity of 

 markings ; thus, the fore wings are grey instead of brownish, and 

 the lines and stigmata are more conspicuous. Most entomologists, 

 however, will accept the dictum of the late Mr. Weston, who wrote 

 of scotica, in 1877: — "Must, I fear, stand only as a variety of 

 S. cembrce. Even its sponsor is, I think, now of this opinion." 



Scoparia ingratella, Zell. 



BEIT. eef. : — 



Scoparia ingratella, Knaggs, Ent. Mo. Mag. iv. p. 61 ; Ent. 



Ann. 1868, p. 109; E. M. M. v. p. 293, pi. i. fig. 2; 



Weston, Entom. x. p. 92; Briggs, Entom. xviii. p. 130; 



Bankes, E. M. M. xxiii. p. 258 ; Tutt, Entom. xix. p. 129 ; 



E. M. M. xxiv. p. 42; Doubl. List, Suppl. p. 2; South, 



Syn. List, p. 17; Leech, Brit. Pyral. p. 16, pi. xiv. fig. 10. 



Comparing it with S. dubitalis, Hiibn., Dr. Knaggs says that 



ingratella is much larger in size, " the black markings are absent 



or very faint." He concludes his remarks by observing that 



" although there can be no doubt that the Folkestone specimens 



are specifically identical with the continental ingratella, I am by 



no means over positive that both may not possibly some day turn 



out to be varieties of pyralella (= dubitalis), which is certainly an 



excessively variable species." Mr. Weston says that " Mr. Machin 



reared ingratella from larvae in the roots of sorrel, collected at 



Folkestone in April, 1867." 



Introduced by Dr. Knaggs in August, 1867. 

 Distribution. — Austria ; Hungary ; Switzerland ; Dalmatia ; 

 Syria; Armenia; England. 



Scoparia ulmella, Dale MS. 



BEIT. EEF. : — 



Scoparia ulmella, Knaggs, Ent. Mo. Mag. iii. p. 217 (woodcut), 

 v. pi. i. fig, 12; Ent. Ann. 1868, p. 109; Briggs, Entom. 

 xviii. p. 130; xx. p. 17; Doubl. List, Suppl. p. 2; South, 

 Syn. List, p. 17; Leech, Brit. Pyral. p. 15, pi. xiv. fig. 8, 



