Eois] STERRHIDAE 239 



Dorset (Portland), very local ; SC. and S. Europe, WC. Asia 

 to Turkestan, more reddish-ochreous southwards ; 6, 7. Larva 

 ferruginous, 5-8 dark brown ; dorsal and subdorsal lines pale 

 greyish-ochreous, interrupted ; 5-9 with darker dorsal spots and 

 double V-shaped marks ; head black-brown, ferruginous-marked : 

 on Ruhus, Polyr/onum., etc. (?) ; 8-5. 



14. E. emarginata, L. 21-22 mm. Head dark reddish - 

 fuscous, fillet white, collar whitish-ochreous. Antennae in S 

 subdentate, cilia 1. Posterior tarsi in c? |. Fore wings light 

 reddish-oclu'eous ; first and second lines fine, curved, dark 

 fuscous; median broad, fuscous, sometimes faint ; a black discal 

 dot on median ; termen projecting in middle, concave above. 

 Hindwings as forewings, but first line absent. 



England to York, local; Europe, N. Asia; 6, 7. Larva 

 light greyish-ochreous; dorsal line pale, bi'own- edged, more 

 strongly on 10-13; 6-9 with black dorsal X-shaped marks ; some 

 lateral brown marks, ridge pale : on Galiv/m, Convolvulus, etc. ; 

 8-5. 



15. E. dimidiata, Hufn. {scutulata, Bkh.) 16-19 mm. Head 

 black, fillet white, collar whitish-ochreous. Antennae in i 

 dentate, cilia 1§. Posterior tarsi in S almost 1. Forewings 

 ochreous-whitish, sprinkled with blackish ; first and second lines 

 curved, grey, partly black -marked ; median cloudy, grey ; 

 mai'gins of subterminal waved, grey, antei'ior blackish-marked 

 on lower half ; a black discal dot on median. Hindwings as 

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

 praesubterminal not black-marked. 



Britain to the Clyde, Ireland, common (unfrequent in Scot- 

 land) ; C. Europe, WC. Asia to N. Persia ; 6, 7. Larva reddish- 

 ochreous ; dorsal line pale, brown-edged, stronger posteriorly ; 

 5-9 with pairs of oblique brown streaks ; lateral ridge pale : on 

 Galmm, Pimjmiella, etc. ; 8-5. 



16. E. trigeminata, Htv. 21-22 mm. Head blackish, fillet 

 white, collar light ochreous. Antennae in c? filiform, cilia 1|. 

 Posterior tarsi in $ h, tibial tuft large. Forewings pale whitish- 

 ochreous ; basal J of costa fuscous ; first and median lines faint, 

 irregular, on costa fuscous ; second line and thick interrupted 

 praesubterminal dark fuscous, waved, postsubterminal faint ; 

 a black discal dot beyond median. Hindwings as forewings, 

 but lines faintei", first absent, costa not dark-marked. 



Britain to the Clyde, local ; C. Europe, W. and N. Asia ; 6, 

 7. Larva deep brown ; dorsal line faint, pale, black-edged near 

 incisions, with blackish V-shaped dorsal marks, ceasing beyond 



