700 TINKINA [chobeutis 



metallic ; three white dots on costa, and two or three others in 

 disc. Hindwiugs dark fuscous ; a white median subterminal 

 mark. 



Britain to the Clyde, N. Ireland, local ; N. and C. Europe, 

 WC. Asia to N. Persia ; 7. Larva whitish-green ; spots black : 

 in a slight web on Scutellaria yalericnlata ; 6. 



2. C. bjerkandrella, Thnb. (vibrana, Hb.) 9-11 rnm. Fore- 

 wings brown, somewhat whitish-sprinkled ; two short suffused 

 yellow-ferruginous streaks from base ; curved cloudy whitish 

 fasciae before middle and at f ; about ten scattered irregular 

 violet-silvery-metallic spots or marks, one in disc beyond middle 

 and one on termen above tornus larger and surrounded with 

 blackish. Hindwiugs fuscous, darker posteriorly; a white 

 median subterminal mark. 



Kent to Dorset and Cambridge, local ; C. Europe, WC. 

 Asia to Turkestan, Africa, America, Australia, New Zealand ; 

 8,9. Larva green, yellower laterally; spots black; head brown: 

 on Carduns, Inula, Eryngiitmi, etc. ; 6, 7. The wide range of 

 the species is remarkable, and it is in fact much more plentiful 

 in other regions than in Europe. 



10. SlMAETHIS, Lch. 



Head smooth. Antennae £-£, in $ ciliated with long fascicles, 



_^-^=^»->-_ basal joint without pecten. Labial 



^) palpi moderately long, curved, 



'< ^7 ascending, second joint rough 



- — -J beneath, terminal shorter than 



N ^ ~~~--^$>^~>' second, thickened with scales, 



blunt-pointed. Maxillary palpi 

 obsolete. Forcwings: 7 and 8 

 separate. Hindwiugs 1 or over 1, 

 luV^V F-^ ~^ ovate, cilia - 1 , ; 3 and 4 connate 



l\\\ ^v£T~~ / or stalked, (i and 7 parallel. 



\\\\ \\~\T"y' A genus of moderate extent 



\A \\ \/\^ and universal distribution, but 



^~-l_3--~^ more numerous within the tropics, 



Dentation vtsiuwcthix/abrkinnii. where the larvae are especially 

 attached to species of Finis. Imago with forewings elongate- 

 triangular, termen little oblique. 



Forewings with cilia broadly whitish . 2. fabriciana. 



„ „ not whitish • . .1. pariana. 



1. S. pariana, CI. 11-13 mm. Forewings brown, sometimes 



with a paler-sprinkled postmedian band, sometimes purplish- 



