16 PYRALIDID^E. 



wing, in which the stigmata are scarcely visible ; the 

 very characteristic renal stigma, filled in with ochreous ; 

 and the apical markings of the fore wings. 



The only three known examples of this species were 

 taken by Mr. Dale, on tlic 13th of July, 1844, on a 

 wych-elm tree, in a thick wood at East Meon. 



E. M. M. iii. 217. 



Scoparia dubitalis, Hb. 



pyralella, lib. 



(Plate 14. fig. 9.) 



Loc. Scotland (widely distributed), Plymouth, Devon- 

 shire, Bristol, Ledsham, Puddington, Bramham, Har- 

 rowgate, Iluddcrsfield, Richmond (York.), Norwich, 

 Roydon, Colchester, Pembroke, Hastings, Ireland, 

 Southend. 



Common in June and July in damp situations. 

 Easily distinguished from other Scopariee by the shape 

 of the stigmata, filled-in with buff. 



Var. ingratella, Zell. (Plate 14. fig. 10), is a larger 

 and paler insect, with fewer markings. It has a habit 

 of resting on lumps of chalk. 



It occurs at Folkestone, Plymouth, Brandon, Pem- 

 broke. 



The larva feeds on moss and lichens on oak and 

 beech trees in March and April. Hartm. 



Scoparia trancicolella, Sta. 

 mereurieltus, Zinck., Tr. 

 (Plate 14. fig. 11.) 

 Loc. Perthshire, Inverness-shire, Glasgow, Ply- 



