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a faint blackish discal dot before median. Hindwings as fore- 

 wings, but first line absent, discal dot beyond median or absent. 

 England to Westmoreland, E. Ireland, local ; WC. and S. 

 Europe, WC. Asia to N. Persia ; 6. Larva pale ochreous, 

 brown-mai'ked ; dorsal line pale, brown-edged ; subdorsal dark 

 brown, on 6-9 broken into oblique streaks almost meeting on 

 back posteriorly ; lateral ridge ochreous ; a conspicuous pale 

 lateral spot on 10 : on Taraxacum, Polygonum, etc. ; 7-5. 



11. E. inornata, Hw. 26-30 mm. Head blackish, fillet 

 white, collar pale ochreous. Antennae in $ filiform, cilia 1. 

 Posterior tarsi in $ \. Forewings pale ochreous, dusted with 

 black ; lines subsinuate ; first and second grey ; median and 

 margins of subterminal faintly darker ochreous ; a black discal 

 dot before median ; cilial dots faint or absent. Hindwings as 

 forewings, but first line absent, discal dot beyond median. 



England to Westmoreland, E. and S. Ireland, local ; C and 

 S. Europe, Asia Minor; 6, 7. Larva purple-brown or dull 

 brown; dorsal line pale, indistinct; on 5-8 a dark fuscous 

 X-shaped dorsal mark, on 9 a Y-shaped mark extended to 13 : 

 on Rumex acetosella, Polygontum, etc. ; 8-5. 



12. E. aversata, L. 27-30 mm. Head blackish, fillet white, 

 collar pale ochreous. Antennae in c? filiform, cilia 1. Posterior 

 tarsi in $ J. Forewings pale ochreous, much sprinkled with 

 blackish ; lines subsinuate ; first, median, and second dark grey, 

 postmedian band sometimes grey ; margins of subterminal 

 faint, ochreous-grey ; a black discal dot before median ; ter- 

 minal line and cilial dots blackish. Hindwings as forewings, 

 but first line absent, discal dot close beyond median. 



Britain to Ross, Ireland, common ; Europe, Asia Minor ; 6, 

 7. Larva dark brown, 9-13 reddish-ochreous ; dorsal line pale, 

 dark-edged ; an ochreous-whitish dorsal spot on 9, containing a 

 reddish-brown V-shaped mark ; short lateral whitish streaks on 

 6-9 ; head brown, with two reddish-ochreous stripes : on Gevm, 

 Myosotis, etc. ; 8-5. 



13. E. degeneraria, Hb. 23-27 mm. Head dark reddish - 

 fuscous, fillet white, collar ochreous. Antennae in c? filiform, 

 cilia 1. Posterior tarsi in $ \. Forewings light greyish - 

 ochreoiis, costa narrowly reddish-ochreovis ; lines angularly 

 sinuate ; first and median fuscous, enclosed band reddish-grey, 

 sometimes basal area also ; second faint, near costa fuscous ; 

 margins of subterminal very faint ; a black discal dot before 

 median ; terminal line blackish. Hindwings as forewings, but 

 first line absent, disca! dot beyond median. 



