1'YKAUDINA [mjsoYMA 



projecting angularly beneath. Middle tibitio in <J much dilated, 

 enclosing tuft of hairs j tibial outer spurs J-f. 



A small hut quite cosmopolitan genus, of which only one 

 species oeours in Europe : correlated with Pynmsta. 



1. M. polygonalis, lib. 27-34 mm. Forewings brown, some- 

 times reddish -tinged or partially suffused with dark fuscous; 

 lines dark fuscous, first straight, oblique, second waved, rather 

 strongly curved above middle ; orbicular dot and narrow trans- 

 verse discal spcit dark fuscous, latter often followed by a large 

 round light space. Hindwings orange ; costa and sometimes 

 dorsum suffused with dark grey; a blackish terminal fascia. 



Kent, Suffolk, Gloucester, a casual immigrant only; C. and 

 S. Europe, ('. and S. Asia, Australia; 6. Larva on Genista 

 and Ci/lixnx ; 7, 8. 



21. LOXOSTEQE, lib. 



face with pointed or obtuse conical horny projection. An- 

 tennae '\. Labial palpi porrccted, second joint with dense 

 projecting scales attenuated to a point forwards, terminal con- 

 ceded. Maxillary palpi filiform. Tibial outer spurs |~| (in 

 v< rticalis middle-spur J). 



A genus of some size, principally confined to northern tem- 

 perate regions. Pupa subterranean. 



1. Forewings fuscous . . .1. sticticalis. 



„ yellowish . . . .2. 



2. Hindwings with two dark grey lines . 2. vrrtiattis. 



,, without lines . . .3. palealis. 



1. L. sticticalis, L. 22 27 mm. Forewings rather dark 

 fuscous, somewhat ochreous-tinged ; first line obsolete, second 

 darker, sul 'serrate, angularly indented below middle, followed 

 "ii costa by an ochreous- whitish spot;' oval orbicular and 

 irregular discal spot darker, separated by an ochreous-whitish 

 spot; a terminal whitish -ochreous streak, projecting above 

 middle. Hindwings rather dark fuscous; a darker postmedian 



line, sometimes followed by a cloudy whitish streak becoming 

 obsolete beneath ; a whitish-ochreous subtcnuinal streak. 



England to Fork, E. Ireland, local ; Europe, WC. and N. Asia, 

 X. America; 6-8. Larva grey; dorsal line pale, dark-edged, 

 or dark, pale-edged; subdorsal pale j spiracular pale yellow, 

 enclosing a fine dark grey line ; spots pale, blackish-ringed ; head 

 and sometimes plate of 2 black ; on upper side of leaves of 

 Artemisia vulgaris and A. cwmpestris ; (>, 7. 



2. L. verticalis, L. {cinctalis, Tr. ) 2<S-:il mm. Forewings 



