. A handbook of British lepidoptera. Lepidoptera. stenoptiua] PTEROPHOBIDAE 441 times pale purplish or pale yellowish : on flowers of Erythraea centauriimi; 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
. A handbook of British lepidoptera. Lepidoptera. stenoptiua] PTEROPHOBIDAE 441 times pale purplish or pale yellowish : on flowers of Erythraea centauriimi; 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
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