pybausta] 



PYRAUSTIDAE 



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Neuration and head of Pyrausta 

 purpuralU. 



whitish-green ; dots green ; head whitish-brown : in a slight 

 web beneath lower leaves of Solidago ; 8, 9. 



2. P. cingulata, L. 13-16 mm. Forewings blackish; a 

 narrow very slightly sinuate 

 white fascia beyond middle ; tips 

 of cilia white. Hindwings as 

 forewings, but fascia slightly 

 curved. 



Britain to Perth, W. Ireland, 

 rather local ; Europe, Asia Minor; 



5, 7, 8. Larva in a web beneath 

 lower leaves of Salvia pratensis ; 



6, 9. 



3. P. nigrata, Sc. (anguinalis, 

 Hb.) 13-16 mm. Forewings 

 black, strewn with ferruginous- 

 brown scales ; a small white 

 subdorsal spot at J, and a second 

 (sometimes nearly obsolete, but 

 distinct on lower surface) in 

 middle of disc ; an irregular 

 sinuate white fascia beyond middle ; cilia white towards tips. 

 Hindwings as forewings, but without subdorsal spot, fascia 

 more regular, curved. 



S. England to Cambridge and Hereford, Westmoreland, 

 Cumberland, W. Ireland, local ; Europe ; 5, 8. Larva dull 

 purplish ; spots black ; head and plate of 2 shining olive-green : 

 in a slight web beneath leaves of Thymus and Origanum ; 6, 7, 

 9, 10. 



4. P. sanguinalis, L. 13-17 'mm. Forewings brownish- 

 ochreous, basal and dorsal areas deep yellow, disc yellow- 

 mixed ; markings purple-crimson ; a streak along costa to | ; 

 a fascia before middlo ; an oblong discal spot, connected above 

 with costal streak, and sometimes beneath with preceding 

 fascia ; a subterminal fascia. Hindwings in $ light grey, 

 darker terminally, in $ grey ; termen crimson in middle. 



Flint to Lancashire, W. Ireland, local ; C. and S. Europe, 

 Asia Minor to Turkestan ; 6, 8. Larva greenish-grey, reddish- 

 tinged ; subdorsal and spiracular lines whitish ; head brown : 

 on flowers of Thymus ; 7, 9, 10. 



5. P. purpuralis, L. (ostrinalis, Hb.) 14-20 mm. Forewings 

 purple, more or less mixed with dark grey ; markings ochreous- 

 yellow, black-edged ; an oblique fascia near base, not reaching 



