phycid;e. 101 



plato, and tubercles polished black; legs black. The 

 larva hybernates, pupating the following spring. 



E. M. M. xix. 110. 



Phycis adornatella, TV., Dup., Zell. 



dilutctla, lib., I). L. 

 (Plate 12. fig. 2.) 



Loc. Box Hill, Devonshire, Dover, Galway, Howth. 



Occurs in July. 



This species differs from ornatella in the ground- 

 colour and in the strongly angulated interrupted second 

 transverse line, and from subornatella by tlie absence of 

 the pale fascia and generally less distinct markings. 



The larva feeds on " wild thyme." 



The ground-colour of the larva is olive-black ; head 

 brown, marked with darker ; dorsal line smoky black, 

 edged with paler; subdorsal lines paler; head and 

 dorsal plate polished. Ent. xvi. 212. 



Phycis subornatella, Dup., Zell. 



serjnjlletorum, Zell. 



(Plate 12. fig. 3.) 



Loc. Devon, Perth, Henbury, Westbury, Pembroke, 

 Howth, Isle of Man. 



Occurs in July and August. 



This species differs from ornatella in the deeper 

 ground-colour and distinctness of the second transverse 

 line; from adornatdla by the white fascia and stronger 

 markings. 



The larva feeds on the wild thyme in a silken web at 



