CATOCALAj PLUSIADAE 163 



fuscous, second edged anteriorly with darlv fuscous, posteriorly 

 with brown, subterminal whitish, edged with dark fuscous ; 

 reniforni edged with whitish, enclosing a dai'k fuscous ring, 

 and outlined with dark fuscous ; beneath it a light spot out- 

 lined with blackish. Hindwings crimson ; a twice sinuate 

 median fascia and terminal band black. 



S. England to Gloucester and Norfolk, local ; C. Eui'ope, Asia 

 Minor ; 7, 8. Larva light greenish-grey, darker-freckled ; pale 

 dorsal ochreous- tinged blotches on 5, 9, and 10 ; a prominence 

 on 9, and slight ridge on 12 : on oak ; 5, 6. 



5. 0. electa, Bkh. 60-70 mm. Fore wings light brown, 

 sufl'usedly irrorated with grey-whitish ; lines hai'dly pale, very 

 irregula]-, strongly dentate, subbasal, first, and second edged 

 internally with blackish, externally Avitb brown ; reniform 

 edged with whitish, enclosing a dark brown ring, and out- 

 lined with dark brown ; beneath it a spot partly outlined with 

 blackish ; subterminal line obscure. Hindwings crimson ; an 

 angulated median fascia contracted above angle, and terminal 

 band black ; cilia white. 



Sussex, Dorset, two specimens, a doubtful resident ; C. 

 Europe, Asia Minor, N. Asia; 8, 9. I^arva on Salix ; 6, 7. 



16. EUCLIDIA, 0. 



Head rough - scaled. Antennae in S ciliated. Palpi 

 moderate, ascending, second joint rough - scaled, terminal 

 moderate, obtuse. Thorax without crest. Abdomen not 

 crested. All tibiae sjjinose. Hindwings : 5 approximated 

 to 4. 



Includes only a few species from northern temperate regions. 

 Imago flying freely in the sunshine. Larva slender, without 

 prolegs on 7 and 8. 



Second line very strongly contorted . . .1. mi. 



,, ,, not contorted . . .2. glyphica. 



1. E. mi, CI. 25-31 mm. Furewings ochreous-bi'own, 

 irregularly mixed with ochreous-whitish and dark fuscous ; 

 lines ochreous-whitish, first straight, very oblique, second 

 angulated above middle, near dorsum abruptly contorted 

 inwards to middle of disc, on dorsum connected with first, 

 subterminal partly double ; orbicular small, blackish ; reni- 

 form dark-suffused antei'iorly, edged posteriorly with ochreous- 

 whitish. Hindwings blackish ; two or three anterior spots, 

 a twice angulated postmedian fascia, and subterminal series 

 of spots pale ochreous-yellowish. 



