PYRALIDINA [crambus 



angulated, silvery -white, anteriorly dark-edged; a triangular 

 white subapieal spot ; several terminal longitudinal black 

 marks ; cilia metallic. Hindwings grey. 



England to Lancashire, S. Ireland, local ; N. and C. Europe, 

 N. Asia, N. America ; 7. 



2. C. uliginosellus, Z. 17-21 mm. Forevvings with apex 

 slightly produced ; yellow-ochreous, posteriorly with whitish 

 intcrneural streaks edged with dark fuscous ; a suffused white 

 dorsal streak ; a broad white median longitudinal streak, edged 

 with dark fuscous, reaching costa until near middle, cut by an 

 oblique dark brown lino beyond middle, and usually by an 

 ochreous subcostal line ; second line angulated, silvery-white, 

 preceded and followed by triangular white costal spots ; some 

 black terminal dots ; cilia metallic. Hindwings whitish, 

 towards apex suffused with grey. 



S. England to Hereford and Norfolk, local ; Holland, Germany, 

 N. Italy ; 6, 7. 



3. C. pascuellus, L. 21-24 mm. Forewings with apex 

 triangularly produced ; brownish - ochreous, posteriorly with 

 whitish blackish -edged intcrneural streaks; a white dorsal 

 streak ; a broad shining white median longitudinal streak, 

 reaching costa towards base, narrowed posteriorly, where it is 

 cut by an oblique dark line, not passing second line ; second 

 line angulated, silvery-white, dark-edged anteriorly, preceded 

 by a white costal spot and followed by a V-shaped mark; 

 some black terminal longitudinal marks ; cilia metallic. Hind- 

 wings grey, more whitish dorsally. 



Britain to the Shetlands, Ireland, common ; N. and C. 

 Europe, Asia Minor, N. Asia ; 6, 7. 



4. 0. ericellus, Hb. 19-25 mm. Forewings with apex hardly 

 produced ; golden-ochreous ; a narrow white dorsal streak ; a 

 rather narrow shining white median longitudinal streak from 

 base to \, obliquely cut at f of length, apex truncate ; grey 

 dark-edged intcrneural streaks in disc posteriorly ; second line 

 shining white, bent, preceded by a white oblique costal mark ; 

 a small white triangular subapieal spot ; five black dots on 

 lower part of termen, sometimes surrounded by whitish 

 suffusion ; cilia metallic. Hindwings grey. 



Cumberland, Perth to the Orkneys, on moors, local ; N. and 

 C. Europe ; 7. 



5. C. silvellus, Ilh. (adippellw, Tr.) 20-24 mm. Differs 

 from C. pascuellus as follows : forewings with apex little pro- 

 duced, dorsum less whitish, median streak less broad, continued 



