PYRALIDINA 



[l'YHAUSTA 



A very large and nearly cosmopolitan genus, but mainly 

 characteristic of northern temperate regions. 



1. Forewings purple or with crimson fasciae . 2. 



„ without purple or crimson markings . 4. 



2. Forewings ochreous with two crimson 



fasciae . . .4. 



purple with yellowish markings 



sanguinalis. 



. 3. 



5. purpuralis. 



6. awrata. 



. 5. 



. 6. 



3. nigrata. 



2. cingulata. 



oclomaculata. 



7. 



8. alpinalis. 



. 8. 



. 9. 



. 10. 



10. olivalis. 



9. decrepitalis. 



3. Hindwings with a pale discal spot 



„ without pale discal spot 



4. Wings with a white postmedian fascia . 



„ without white fascia 



5. Fascia irregular, one or two white spots . 



„ even, no white spots 



6. Wings black, with two large white spots 



each . 1 



„ without large white spots 



7. Lines of forewings wholly absent 



„ ,, not wholly absent 



8. Posterior half of costa pale with dark dots 



„ ,, not dotted 



9. A quadrate white spot in middle of disc . 

 No white spot in disc 



10. Hindwings whitish . . .11. repandalis. 



„ not whitish . . . .11. 



11. Hindwings yellowish or with pale markings . 12. 



„ g 1- ey, without pale markings . 16. (isinalis. 



12. Discal mark of forewings linear . . .13. 



„ „ „ not linear . .15. 



13. Hindwings with broad pale postmedian 



fascia 

 „ without broad pale fascia 



14. Forewings dark fuscous . 



„ deep ochreous-yellow . 



15. Forewings yellow 



,, brown or grey 



1. P. octomaculata, F. 19-21 mm. Forewings black; 

 large round white subdorsal spot before middle, and a second 

 in disc beyond middle ; sometimes a white dot above first ; 

 cilia white towards tips. Hindwings as forewings, but without 

 the white dot. 



England, Ireland, rather local ; N. and C. Europe, WC. and 

 N. Asia, N. America ; 6, 7. Larva ochroous-whitish ; dorsal 

 line deep green ; subdorsal and lateral green ; spiracular 



15. nuhilalis. 

 . 14. 



13. stachydalis. 



14. verbascalis. 

 12. jiavalis. 

 7. cespitalis. 



