PHALONU] 1'UALONIADAE 547 



Head not white above . . . .26. 



25. Ground-colour of forewings whitish-ochreous 



11. mammalia. 

 „ „ ,, whitish . 12. notuhma. 



26. Ground-colour of forewings leaden-grey . 16. c/riseawi. 



,, ,, „ not grey . . 27. 



27. Hindwings grey . . . . .28. 



„ dark grey . . .17. rupicola. 



28. Subapical fascia distinctly reaching termen 14. geyeriana. 



,, ,, not reaching termen . . 29. 



29. Central fascia marked posteriorly in middle with 



dark fuscous . 15. mussehliana. 



„ ,, not so marked . . 13. vdana. 



1. P. rutilana, Jib. 11-15 mm. Forewings elongate, costa 

 slightly arched; deep yellow; four moderately broad shining 

 violet-ferruginous fasciae, first basal, third dilated towards ex- 

 tremities, sometimes including a small yellow spot on dorsum, 

 fourth terminal. Hindwings grey. 



Surrey, Hants, local; N. and C. Europe, N. America; 7 

 8. Larva yellow ; head light brown ; plate of 2 paler : on 

 Juniperus ; 6. 



2. P. dipoltella, lib. 12-16 mm. Forewings elongate, costa 

 hardly arched ; silvery-white ; base, four variable slender fasciae, 

 and a costal spot before fourth deep ochreous, first fascia some- 

 what angulatod, second sometimes costally furcate, third some- 

 times dorsally furcate, fourth nearly terminal. II indwings light 

 grey- 

 Kent to Hants, local ; C. Europe, Asia Minor; 7, 8. Larva 



in flower-heads of Achillea millefolium ; 9. 



3. P. zephyrana, Tr. (dubrisana, Curt.) 10-16 mm. Fore- 

 wings with costa gently arched; pale ochreous-yellowish, more 

 or less sprinkled with blackish, costa strigulated with blackish : 

 several transverse series of silvery-metallic spots; two narrow 

 often very obscure more blackish fasciae parallel to termen, 

 first median, usually interrupted near costa, second subter- 

 minal, somewhat interrupted above middle ; cilia yellow-whitish. 

 Hindwings in c? grey-whitish, in $? grey. 



S. England to Worcester and Cambridge, Cumberland, rather 

 local ; C. and S. Europe, WC. Asia to N. Persia ; 6. Larva 

 yellow ; head pale brownish ; plate of 2 pale yellow : in stems 

 of Daucus carota ; 8-4. 



4. P. maritimana, Gn. 15-19 mm. Differs from P. zephyrana 

 as follows : forewings somewhat broader, yellower, first fascia 



