aolossa] PYHALIDIDAE 



England to York, Roxburgh, local ; S. Europe, G. Asia, N. 

 Africa, N. America, Australia (range due to accidental intro- 

 duction) ; 7. Larva bronzy-blackish ; head and plate of 2 

 deep brown -red : in silken galleries amongst chaff, maize, 

 etc.; 8-5. 



4. Synaphb, lib. 



Antennae in $ finely bipectinated. Labial palpi very long, 

 porrected, loosely scaled, attenuated forwards, terminal joint 

 long, exposed. Maxillary palpi triangularly dilated. Hind- 

 wings : 4 and 5 connate or stalked, 7 shortly approximated to 

 8 or connected at a point only. 



A moderate genus, mainly characteristic of S. Europe, C. 

 Asia, and N. Africa. 



1. S. angustalis, Schiff. 20-25 mm. Forewings ochreous- 

 brown or ochreous-yellowish, more or less sprinkled with dull 

 reddish-purple, sometimes suffused with reddish-brown ; several 

 white costal dots; first line hardly paler, faint, posteriorly 

 darker-edged, curved ; second thick, cloudy, pale ochreous, 

 slightly sinuate, anteriorly darker-edged ; a darker discal dot, 

 often indistinct. Hindwings rather dark grey. 



S. England to Norfolk and Somerset, York, local ; C. and S. 

 Europe ; 0-8. Larva dusky reddish-brown or blackish ; head 

 black ; plate of 2 dark reddish-brown : in slight web amongst 

 damp moss, growing on ground ; 5, 6. 



6. PTEROPHORIDAE. 



Ocelli usually concealed or obsolete, rarely distinct. 

 Tongue developed. Maxillary palpi obsolete. Antennae in £ 

 shortly ciliated. Forewings : lb simple or shortly furcate, lc 

 present, 5 remote from 4, 8 and 9 stalked or coincident or 

 rarely separate (Agdistis), wing usually fissured to form two 

 segments. Hindwings without defined pecten of hairs on 

 lower margin of cell, on lower surface with a double row of 

 short spine-like scales on lower margin of cell in disc ; la 

 usually obsolete, 5 remote from 4, 7 remote from 6, shortly 

 approximated to 8 beyond origin, wing usually fissured to form 

 throe segments. 



Although this family is universally distributed and includes 

 altogether a very considerable number of species, it is nowhere 

 very prominent. Imago with forewings very elongate, narrow, 

 dilated posteriorly. Most of the species fly about sunset. The 



