i.oxostege] PYRAUSTIDAE 



pale orange - yellowish, cosfca oohreous - orange ; markings 

 ochreous- orange, sometimes grey-tinged ; first line indistinct, 

 second serrate, slightly curved, subtcrminal serrate; orbicular 

 dot-like, discal spot irregular. Hindwings pale yellowish ; 

 discal dot and serrate costally dilated second and subtcrminal 

 lines dark grey. 



S. England to Norfolk and Hereford, rather common ; C. 

 Europe, WO. and N. Asia; 6, 7. Larva green; spots black; 

 head pale brown, darker-spotted : on Cardials arvensis, perhaps 

 also Cytisus, Atryplex, etc. ; 7, 8. 



3. L. palealis, Schiff. 27-31 mm. Forewings pale sulphur- 

 yellow; small orbicular and discal spots, and upper part of 

 second line faintly greyish-tinged. Hindwings sulphur-whitish ; 

 a grey costal postmedian spot. 



E. England (not W. of Hants) to York and Lancashire, 

 local ; C. and S. Europe, WC. and N. Asia, N. Africa ; 6, 7. 

 Larva whitish ; dorsal line greyish ; spots black ; head ochreous- 

 whitish, black-dotted : amongst flowers of Daucus and Fe.uce- 

 danum ; 8, 9. 



22. Oynaeda, lib. 



Face with slight rounded prominence. Antennae \. Labial 

 palpi porreoted, second joint with loose scales attenuated for- 

 wards, terminal concealed. Maxillary palpi rather triangularly 

 dilated. Tibial outer spurs \. Forewings with large dorsal 

 scale-tuft at \. 



Perhaps contains only one geographically varying species; 

 it is derived from the rather extensive allied genus Titanio, 

 with horny projecting frontal plate, which does not reach Britain. 



1. C. dentalis, Schiff, 22-27 mm. Forewings yellow- 

 whitish, partially suffused with pale brownish ; two oblique 

 brown marks in disc ; second line fine, dark fuscous, very 

 strongly dentate, deeply sinuate inwards below middle, an- 

 teriorly partly white-edged, posteriorly edged by an irregular 

 dentate brown band ; cilia yellow-whitish, barred with dark 

 fuscous. Hindwings in £ whitish-ochreous with indistinct grey 

 dentate postmedian line; in $ dark grey. 



Kent to Dorset, local; C. and S. Europe, Asia Minor; 7. 

 Larva yellow-whitish ; spots black ; head and plate of 2 black : 

 in stems of Echiv/m ; 5. 



23. SCOPAEIA, III". 

 Antennae \. Labial palpi porreoted, second joint with long 



