200 NOTODONTINA [eucestia 



sixth fascia ochreous-brown. Hindwings elongate, brownish- 

 grey, darker apically. 



Britain to Ross, N. Ireland, common ; WC. Europe ; 9, 10. 

 Larva green; dorsal line darker, pale -edged; subdorsal very 

 dark green, yellowish-edged above ; spiracular white ; incisions 

 yellowish: on Cytisus ; 5, 6. The imago curiously resembles 

 the dried open seed-pods of the food-plant. 



2. E. rufata, F. {phliqua7'ia, Bkh.) 31-33 mm. Forewings 

 elongate, light fuscous ; an angulated dark fuscous subbasal 

 line, antemedian space ochreous-sufFused ; edges of median band 

 bisinnate, black-marked, posterior wholly black on upper half, 

 followed by a pale ocbreous shade continued beneath costa to 

 apex ; subterminal line whitish, sixth fascia brownish-ochreous. 

 Hindwings elongate, grey; a faint darker discal dot. 



Britain to Ross, local ; C. Europe, Asia Minor ; 5-7. Larva 

 dull olive-green; dorsal line darker, pale - edged ; subdorsal 

 dark gi'een, pale-edged beneath ; lateral pale ; spiracular white : 

 on Cytisus; 7-9. 



3. E. griseata, Schif. 26-30 mm. Foi-ewings elongate, grey- 

 wliitish, thickl}' sprinkled with grey; a somewhat darker prae- 

 subterminal shade, running to apex ; cilia white. Hindwings 

 elongate, whitish-grey ; cilia white. 



Suffolk, Norfolk, very local ; C. and SW. Europe, Asia 

 Minor ; 6, 7. Larva green : a dorsal series of purplish 

 blotches ; dorsal line darker green or brown ; subdorsal pale, 

 darker -edged ; spiracular pale yellow : on Sisymbrium and 

 Erysimum ; 7, 8. 



4. E. plagiata, L. 34-38 mm. Forewings grey -whitish, 

 much fuscous-sprinkled, with indistinct fuscous striae; first 

 fascia of one dark fuscoiis stria, forming a dark brown costal 

 spot ; striae of third and fourth dark fuscous, sometimes suf- 

 fused with brown, darker on costa, fourth angulated below 

 costa, followed above middle by an ochreous tinge ; subterminal 

 line pale ; an ochrcous-brownisli obli(|ue apical streak ; a grey 

 discal mark. Hindwings pale fuscous ; a darker discal dot and 

 faint postraedian line. 



Britain to the Orkneys, Ireland, connnon ; Europe, W. Asia; 

 5, 6, 8, 9. Larva reddish -ochreous, with numerous reddish- 

 brown lines ; spiracular pale yellow ; incisions yellowish ; head 

 pale brown: on Hypericum ; 7, 10-4. 



10. Carsia, Jlh. 

 Face prominent. Antennae in 3 ciliated. Balpi rough- 



