PYRAL1DINA 



[PTEKOrilORUS 



2. Forewings with black discal dot at J 4. galactodactylus. 



,, without discal dot at \ 5. spilodactylus. 



3. Costal cilia of forewings wholly white 3. pentadactylus. 



„ „ not wholly white . 4. 



4. Costal cilia of forewings wholly dark fuscous 



1 . tetradactylus. 

 „ „ not wholly dark fuscous 



2. baliodactylus. 

 tetradactylus, L. 16-22 mm. Forewings yellow- 

 whitish ; costa more or less 

 broadly suffused with fuscous, 

 posteriorly becoming a very 

 slender dark fuscous costal 

 streak ; sometimes a subcostal 

 whitish line towards base; costal 

 cilia wholly dark fuscous, rest 

 fuscous. Hindwings dark grey, 

 segments whitish towards tips. 



Britain to Caledonian Canal, 



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W. Ireland, rather common ; 

 Europe, Asia Minor; G-8. Larva green; dorsal lino broad, 

 darker, whitish-edged ; subdorsal darker ; spiracular grey- 

 yellowish ; head yellowish-green : on Thymus ; 5, 6. 



2. P. baliodactylus, Z. 19-25 mm. Forewings whitish- 

 ochreous or pale yellowish-ochreous ; a dark fuscous mark in 

 costal cilia beyond middle, costal edge from base to this very 

 finely dark fuscous mixed with whitish ; a fuscous costal 

 suffusion from near this to near apex ; cilia towards tips of 

 both segments becoming yellow - whitish above, dark grey 

 beneath. Hindwings grey, paler and ochrcous-tinged towards 

 tips of segments. 



S. England to Gloucester and Oxford ; C. and S. Europe, 

 Asia Minor; 7, 8. Larva dull green; dorsal line and incisions 

 more yellowish ; head yellowish-green : on Origanum ; 6. 



3. P. pentadactylus, L. 26-20 mm. Forewings and hind- 

 wings wholly white, witli a few blackish scales. 



England, E. and S. Ireland, common ; Europe, N. and WC. 

 Asia ; 6, 7. Larva green : dorsal area yellow, enclosing a series 

 of green blotches ; spiracular whitish posteriorly ; head yellow- 

 brown : on Convolvulus ; 8-5. 



4. P. galactodactylus, lib. 20-25 mm. Forewings yellow- 

 ish-white, with a few blackish scales; a blackish dot in disc at 

 J, two transversely placed before fissure, one on costa at |, two 



