PYRALIDINA [orambus 



10. C. craterellus, Sc. (rorellus, L. ; cassentiniellus, Z.) 19- 

 22 mm. Palpi extremely long. Forewings dark brown mixed 

 with leaden-grey; veins and costal edge marked with strong 

 ochrcous-whitish partly yellow -tinged streaks; median and 

 second lines curved, dark brown ; three or four blackish dots 

 on lower half of termen ; cilia metallic. Hindwings grey. 



Kent to Devon, scarce ; C. and S. Europe, WC. Asia to 

 Turkestan ; 6. 



11. 0. chrysonuchellus, Sc. 20-23 mm. Forewings ferru- 

 ginous-brown, clearly irroratod with black; veins and costal 

 edge marked with rather undefined white streaks ; median line 

 thick, obtusely angulated, ferruginous-brown ; second white, 

 anteriorly edged with ferruginous-brown, rounded-angulatcd ; 

 termen ferruginous-yellow, with some indistinct black dots; 

 cilia metallic. Hindwings grey. 



S. England to Worcester and Norfolk, local; C. Europe, 

 Asia Minor, NW. Asia ; 5, 6. 



12. C. falsellus, Schiff. 18-20 mm. Forewings whitish, 

 irregularly tinged with brown, confusedly irroratod with black 

 in disc between veins ; a rather broad shining white median 

 streak from base to -£, lower edge angularly projecting in 

 middle ; second line white, anteriorly dark - edged, strongly 

 curved, sharply indented near dorsum, preceded except dorsally 

 by a shining white fascia twice or thrice interrupted above 

 middle; a white apical spot; three black dots on lower half of 

 termen, preceded by a white spot ; cilia submetallic, irregularly 

 barred. Hindwings pale grey. 



Britain to Aberdeen, rather local ; N. and C. Europe ; 7, 8. 

 Larva grey ; spots black ; head brown : amongst moss, growing 

 on old walls ; 2-5. 



13. C. verellus, Zh. 18-20 mm. Forewings brown, suffusedly 

 mixed with blackish except on veins and towards costa ; anterior 

 half of costa white; an undefined white median streak from 

 base, becoming soon obsolete; second line white, strongly 

 curved and interrupted above middle, indented near dorsum, 

 indentation preceded by an oblique white wedge ; cilia rather 

 metallic grey, with three or four slender white bars. Hind- 

 wings light grey. 



Kent, Cambridge, scarce and local ; C. Europe ; 7, 8. Larva 

 amongst moss on tree-trunks; 3-5. 



14. C. myellus, lib. 19-21 mm. Face slightly prominent. 

 Forewings ferruginous-oohreous, brown-tinged towards costa 

 posteriorly ; a shining white gradually broadly dilating median 



