stenoptiua] 



PTEROPHOBIDAE 



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times pale purplish or pale yellowish : on flowers of Erythraea 

 centaur iimi ; G. 7. 



3. S. bipunctidactyla, J/n<. (aridus, 'A. ; serotinus, Z. ; 

 plagiodacti/lus, Stt.) 18-23 mm. Forewings brown, more or 

 less sprinkled with black and whitish ; a distinct clear 

 ochreous dorsal streak, sometimes reddish-tinged ; a blackish 

 dot in disc at ^, and a transverse spot at base of fissure ; 

 base of terminal cilia whitish, with several black dots. Hind- 

 wings dark fuscous. 



Britain to Ross, Ireland, common; Europe, Asia Minor; G, 

 8. Larva green or pale greenish - yellow ; dorsal line rosy, 

 reddish-fuscous, or brown, sometimes obsolete: on shoots and 

 flowers of Scabiosa ; 5, 7. The variations of the imago tend to 

 bo localised, probably through correlation to the character of 

 the food-plant. 



9. Agdistis, lib. 



Face with horny prominence. Ocelli distinct. Labial palpi 

 ascending, second joint with pro- 

 jecting scales beneath, terminal 

 short. Tibiae simple. Forewings 

 entire ; 8 and 9 separate, 9 and 

 10 sometimes connate. Hind- 

 wings entire, dorsum with rough 

 scales beneath ; 5 absent. 



A small European genus, ex- 

 tending into Africa. Whilst 

 agreeing with the rest of the 

 family in essential structure, it yet differs most strikingly from 

 all. It doubtless represents the ancestral type of the family, 

 but only in a very modified form. 



1. A. Bennetii, Curt. 22-25 mm. Forewings greyish- 

 oehrcous, towards costa and dorsum irroratcd with blackish ; 

 a blackish dot in disc at \, two above dorsum before and 

 beyond middle, a fourth above and beyond third, and a fifth 

 below costa at f. Hindwings pale grey, darker dorsally ; 

 termen above tornus sprinkled with blackish. 



I. of Wight, Kent, Essex, York, local ; not yet identified 

 elsewhere ; 7. Larva on Statice limonium ; 5. 



7. ORNEODIDAE. 



Ocelli distinct. Tongue developed. Maxillary palpi obsolete. 

 Forewings six-cleft, cell very short, 5 absent, 7 separate, 8 and 



Neui'.aliun of AffdAsUs Bennetii. 



