O-i AECTIADJE. 



Hab. Italy, type in Coll. Staudinger; Amue, 1 J, and ab. an- 

 avsta 1 c?; Japan, Tokio {Fenton, Fryer), 2 d" , type metis, Kuriga- 

 iiara (Letvis), 1 6- Exp. 20-28 millim., angusta 18 millim. 

 ■Types t sutscJiana, obtrita, angusta in Coll. Staudinger. 



Sect. II. Proboscis well developed ; fore wing with reins 3, 4 moderately 

 stalked. 

 A. {Pelosia). Fore wing with yein 6 stalked with 7, 8. 



165. Pelosia mnscerda. 



rhalcBna mvsccrda, Hlifn. Berl. Mag. iii. (4) p. 400,(1767); Hiibn. Eur. 



Schmett. ii. Eomb. f. 103 ; Staph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 97 ; Dup. 



Lep. Fr., Suppl. iii. p. 32, pi. 1. f. 6; Boisd. Icones, ii. p. 108, pi. 68. 



f. 5; Staud. Cat. p. 53 ; Kirby, Cat. liet. p. 321.^ 

 Noctua cincrina, Esp. Schmett. iv. 2 (2) p. 67 (1786). 

 Noctua pudorina, Esp. Sclimett. iv. 2 (2) p. 67, pi. 196. ff. 4, 5 (1786). 

 Tinea perlella, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. p. 241 (1787). 



Brownish grey. Pore wing with the costal area pale to beyond 

 middle, the edge of costa black towards base; obliquely placed 



Fig. 27. — Pelosia muscerda, (^ . }. 



black medial spols in submedian fold and on vein 1 ; an oblique 

 series of four black spots from costa beyond middle to beyond lower 

 angle of cell. Hind wing pale towards base. 



I/ah. BkttaijST, E, Counties ; France ; Germany, Zell. and Prey 

 Colls. ; Livonia ; Dalmatia; Japan, Yesso, 1 c? , Yokohama (Fryer), 

 1 $ . Eap. 30-34 millim. 



Larva. Meyrick, Brit. Lep. p. 28 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. ii. p. 210, pi. 66. f. 6. 



Blackish brown mixed with reddish grey ; hairs dark brown ; 

 dorsal and subdorsal lines black; subspiracular line reddish grey, 

 interrupted ; two deep-red spots on somite 1 and one on somite 12 ; 

 head black. Food-plant, lichens and dead leaves; 8-6. 



B. (Paidina). Fore wing with vein 6 from angle of cell. 



a. Fore wing with four black points iefraftfiefa. 



h. Fore wing without black points ramulosa. 



166. Pelosia tetrasticta, n. sp. 

 S . Tery pale broAvnish grey. Fore wing with two obliquely- 



