PYRALiniNA [scopaiua 



olaviform blaokiah, oval, separate; a black-outlined 8-shaped 

 diseal mark ; subterminal line cloudy, whitish, touching 

 second in middle. Hindwings whitish-grey, in $ somewhat 

 darker. 



Devon, Dorset, Stafford to Sutherland, N. Ireland, local ; 

 N. and mountains of C. Europe; 6, 7. Larva dull brown,' 

 paler laterally; spots dark fuscous; head and plate of 2 dark 

 brown or black : on mosses, growing on walls ; 5, 6. 



6.S. frequentella, Stt. (phaeoleicca, Stt., nonZ.; Vmercurella, 

 L.) 15-18 mm. Forewings grey, sometimes ochreous-tinged, 

 mixed with black and partially suffused with white; baso 

 black - marked ; lines white, dark-edged, first curved, followed 

 by a suffused dark fascia, second rather sinuate; orbicular and 

 claviform dot-like, black, often absorbed in the dark fascia ; a 

 black X-shapcd diseal mark, upper half sometimes filled with 

 brownish ; subterminal line cloudy, whitish, touching second 

 in middle. Hindwings light grey, darker terminally. A 

 variety with the first line enlarged into a broad white sub- 

 basal band is common at Portland. 



England, Kirkcudbright, Ireland, common ; C. and S. 

 Europe ; 7. Larva pale dull yellowish ; dorsal line faintly 

 brownish; spots brown; head dark brown; plate of 2 dark 

 brown or almost black: on mosses, growing on walls, etc.; 

 3, 4. 



7. S. crataegella, lib. 15-17 mm. Forewings whitish, some- 

 times mixed with light ochreous-ycllowish, sprinkled with 

 black; baso black-marked; lines whitish, blackish-edged, first 

 irregular, second rather sinuate ; orbicular and claviform dot- 

 like, black ; a black X-shapcd diseal mark ; terminal area grey 

 mixed with black, subterminal line white, interrupted in middle. 

 Hindwings whitish-grey, darker terminally. 



Britain to the Clyde, N. and E. Ireland, common ; C. and 

 S. Europe; 7. Larva yellowish-green; spots brownish-green ; 

 head and plate of 2 black-brown : on mosses; 3, 4. 



8. S. truncicolella, Stt. (mercure/.la, Z.) 19-21 mm. Fore- 

 wings ochreous-whitish, much sprinkled with black ; base 

 blackish -marked; lines whitish, dark-edged, first irregular, 

 second angulate-sinuate, subserrate ; orbicular and claviform 

 dot-like or rather elongate, black; diseal spot 8-shaped, out- 

 lined with black ; subterminal line whitish, touching second in 

 middle. Hindwings whitish-grey, darker terminally. 



Britain to Caledonian Canal, Ireland, local; C. Europe; 7, 

 8. Larva dull dark brown ; dorsal line blackish ; spots black ; 



