. A handbook of British lepidoptera. Lepidoptera. pybausta] PYRAUSTIDAE 413. Neuration and head of Pyrausta purpuralU. whitish-green; dots green; head whitish-brown : in a slight web beneath lower leaves of Solidago ; 8, 9. 2. P. cingulata, L. 13-16 mm. Forewings blackish; a narrow very slightly sinuate white fascia beyond middle ; tips of cilia white. Hindwings as forewings, but fascia slightly curved. Britain to Perth, W. Ireland, rather local; Europe, Asia Minor; 5, 7, 8. Larva in a web beneath lower leaves of Salvia pratensis ; 6, 9. 3. P. nigrata, Sc. (anguinalis, Hb.) 13-16 mm. Forewings
. A handbook of British lepidoptera. Lepidoptera. pybausta] PYRAUSTIDAE 413. Neuration and head of Pyrausta purpuralU. whitish-green; dots green; head whitish-brown : in a slight web beneath lower leaves of Solidago ; 8, 9. 2. P. cingulata, L. 13-16 mm. Forewings blackish; a narrow very slightly sinuate white fascia beyond middle ; tips of cilia white. Hindwings as forewings, but fascia slightly curved. Britain to Perth, W. Ireland, rather local; Europe, Asia Minor; 5, 7, 8. Larva in a web beneath lower leaves of Salvia pratensis ; 6, 9. 3. P. nigrata, Sc. (anguinalis, Hb.) 13-16 mm. Forewings black, strewn with ferruginous- brown scales; a small white subdorsal spot at J, and a second (sometimes nearly obsolete, but distinct on lower surface) in middle of disc; an irregular sinuate white fascia beyond middle; cilia white towards tips. Hindwings as forewings, but without subdorsal spot, fascia more regular, curved. S. England to Cambridge and Hereford, Westmoreland, Cumberland, W. Ireland, local; Europe; 5, 8. Larva dull purplish ; spots black ; head and plate of 2 shining olive-green : in a slight web beneath leaves of Thymus and Origanum; 6, 7, 9, 10. 4. P. sanguinalis, L. 13-17 'mm. Forewings brownish- ochreous, basal and dorsal areas deep yellow, disc yellow- mixed ; markings purple-crimson; a streak along costa to |; a fascia before middlo; an oblong discal spot, connected above with costal streak, and sometimes beneath with preceding fascia; a subterminal fascia. Hindwings in $ light grey, darker terminally, in $ grey ; termen crimson in middle. Flint to Lancashire, W. Ireland, local; C. and S. Europe, Asia Minor to Turkestan; 6, 8. Larva greenish-grey, reddish- tinged ; subdorsal and spiracular lines whitish; head brown : on flowers of Thymus ; 7, 9, 10. 5. P. purpuralis, L. (ostrinalis, Hb.) 14-20 mm. Forewings purple, more or less mixed with dark grey ; markings ochreous- yellow, black-edged; an oblique fascia near base, not reaching. Please note that these
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