PHYCITIDAE 



13. Maxillary palpi of c? with long hair-pencil . 14. 



„ „ „ without hair-pencil 15. Cateremna. 



14. Antennae in <$ with scalc-tuft ahove base . 3. Pempelia. 



„ „ without scale-tuft 2. Gymnancyla. 



15. Labial palpi porrected . . .16. 



„ „ ascending . . . .17. 



16. Cell of hind wings reaching J . 7. Hypochalcia. 



„ „ nearly reaching middle 6. Epischnia. 



17. Antennae in $ witli tuft in sinuation above base. 18. 



„ „ without such structure . . 20. 



18. Maxillary palpi in <J with long hair-pencil 4. Salerria. 



„ „ „ without hair-pencil . .19. 



19. Cell of hindwings not reaching J . .9. Phycita. 



,, „ nearly reaching middle 



10. Nephopteryx. 



20. Forewings with 4 and 5 stalked . .18. Myelois. 



„ „ 4 and 5 approximated . 21. 



21. Cell of hindwings reaching ^ . 8. Dioryctria. 



„ „ reaching middle 19. Eurhodope. 



1. Anerastia, Hb. 



Face with rounded horny prominence. Tongue short. 

 Antennae in $ shortly ciliated, with roughened sinuation above 

 base. Labial palpi long, straight, porrected, second joint densely 

 scaled, rough above, terminal moderate, obtuse. Maxillary palpi 

 rudimentary. Forewings : 5 absent. Hindwings : cell not 

 reaching middle, 3 and 4 stalked, 5 absent, 7 closely approximated 

 to 8 to middle. 



A genus of rather limited extent, but very generally 

 distributed in warmer regions. It forms part of a group of 

 allied genera, principally occurring within the tropics, whose 

 development originates from Salebria. Imago with forewings 

 narrow, costa moderately arched. 



1. A. lotella, lib. 19-25 mm. Forewings whitish-ochrcous 

 or pale ochreous, usually somewhat reddish -tinged ; veins 

 sometimes paler, often sprinkled with fuscous or dark fuscous ; 

 an evenly broad costal streak sometimes paler or distinctly 

 rosy-whitish ; often two indistinct fuscous transversely placed 

 discal dots. Hindwings ochrcous-grcy-whitish to light grey. 



England to York, E. Ireland, mainly on sandy coasts, local ; 

 C. Europe, WO. Asia to Turkestan ; 7. Larva pale orange- 

 yellow ; dorsal line faintly reddish ; head pale reddish-brown : 

 in a tubular case covered with sand, amongst stem-bases of 



