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355. Ilema palliatella. 



Fhalasna 2mmafena,'B,co^. Ent. Carn. jd. 248 (1763) ; Xirby, Cat. Het. p. 327. 



Koctua unita, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 68 (1776) ; Hiibn. Eur. Scbmott. ii. 

 f. 93 ; Boisd. Icones Lep. ii. p. 103, pi. 68. f. 3 ; Herr.-Schaff. Enr. 

 Schmett. ii. p. 157, ff. 62, 53 ; Dup. Lep. Fr., Suppl. iii. p. 20, pi. 1. f. 7 ; 

 Staud. Cat. p. 54. 



Lifhosia gilveola, Ochs. Schmett. Eur. iii. p. 137 (1810;; Staph. 111. Brit. 

 Ent., Haust. p. 95; Dup. I/ep. Fr. iii. p. 34, pi, 3. f. 1. 



Tjomhyx paUeola, Hubu. Eur. Sclimett. ii, f. 221 (1827) ; var. arundineula, 

 Guea. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (4) i. p. 46 (1861). 



LitJwsia vitelliiia, Treit. Schmett. Eur. x. (1) p. 165 (1831). 



Lifhosia aridco'a, Hering, Stett. ent. Zeit. vii. p. 233 (1844); Herr.- 

 Schaff. Eur. Schmett. ii. p. 151, W. 57-69. 



Lithosiaflaveola, Eamb. Cat. Lep. And. p. 211, pi. 2. f. 3 (1858). 



Lithosia petreola, Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1861, p. 46. 



Lithosia beckeri, Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1861, p. 47. 



Head, tegulse, and patagia orange, the last tinged with fuscous ; 

 thorax fuscous grey ; pectus and legs orange, fore legs streaked 

 ■with fuscous ; abdomen orange, greyish towards base. Foi'e wing 

 orange, slightly suffused with fuscous except the costal and terminal 

 areas ; basal half of costal edge black. Hind wing orange-yellow, 

 the costal area suffused with fuscous. Underside of fore wiug deep 

 fuscous, with orange costal fascia and the terminal area orange ; 

 hind wing with diffused fuscous on costal area. 



Ab. 1. arideola. Fore wing strongly suffused with fuscous except 

 on costal and terminal areas. 



Ab. 2.Jtaveola. Fore wing witb hardly a trace of fuscous suffusion 

 on upperside. 



Ab. 3. palleola. Pale straw-yellow ; fore wing with hardly a 

 trace of fuscous suffusion on upperside. 



Ab. 4. vitellina. Greyish white ; head and tegulse orange ; abdo- 

 men orange below ; fore wing with the basal half of costa fuscous, 

 the terminal half orange ; cilia orange ; hind wing pale yellow or 

 almost white; underside of fore wing fuscous except costal and 

 terminal areas, some fuscous suffusion on costal area of hind wing. 



Fore wing with vein 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the 

 areole. 



Hab. Geemany, Zell. Coll. ; Hungaet, Frey Coll. ; Spain 3 Sicily ; 

 EussiA. E.vjy. 24-40 millim. 



Larva. Dark grey-brown ; some of the longer hairs whitish, the 

 dorsal and subdorsal lines and spiracles black. Food-plant, Lichens. 



356. Ilema lutarella. 



Tinea lutarella, Lirm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 535 (1758); Clerek, Icones, pi. 4. f 9; 



Hein. Schmett. Deutschl. i. p. 267 ; Staud. Cat. p. 54 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 



p. 324. 

 Noclua I'ufeola, Den. & SchifF. Syst. Verz. Lep. Wien, p. 68 (1776); Hiibn. 



Eur. Schmett. ii. f. 92 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. iii. p. 28, pi. 2. f. 4; Boisd. Icones 



Lep. ii. p. 106, pi. 51. f. 1. 

 Pkalcsna alboflava, Retz. Gen. Spec. Ins. p. 51 (1783). 

 Mcfua hitosa, Esp. Schmett. iv. (1) p. 100, pi. 93. ff'. 8, 9 (1786). 

 Lithosia lutea, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. p. 461 (1798). 



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