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PYRALlDlDiE. 



rocks, forming a slight web. Ground-colour dark 

 olive-green ; on each segment are two pale streaks, on 

 which- are situated the tubercles, which appear to divide 

 them into sections ; head, frontal plate, tubercles, and 

 spiracles shining black ; ventral surface and legs paler 

 olive. There is a black spot on the outer side of each 

 proleg. The larva pupates in June, in a slight web. 



E. M. M. xxi. 101*. 



Scoparia aagrnstea, St. 



coarctalia, Gn. 



(Plate 15. fig. 7.) 



Loc. Edinburgh ?, Outer Hebrides, Perthshire, Shet- 

 land, Milngavie, Ardrossan, Plymouth, Exeter, Bristol, 

 Wirral, Redcar, Huddevsfiold, Scarborough, Norwich, 

 Hastings, Dublin, Howth, Folkestone. 



This widely-distributed species is found in August 

 and September; also in May in the south of England, 

 where the species appears to be double-brooded. 



Larva light reddish grey, with shining tubercles, 

 each bearing a hair; head round and black; dorsal 

 plate dark brown. In galleries, under moss on walls. 



Scoparia alpina. Bale. 



pare/la, Zell. 



(Plate 15. fig. 8, S ^.) 



Loc. Perthshire, Aberdeenshire, Orkney, Shetland, 

 Inverness. 



This species occurs at high elevations in July. 

 * Erroneously described as Scoparia crat<egalis. 



