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Turkestan); 6. Larv;i pale dull brownish-ochreoiis ; dorsal 

 Hue pale, edged with dark brown ; subdorsal blackish, pale- 

 edged above ; some irregular lateral streaks ; spiracular dull 

 brown : on Poli/fionum aviculare (?) ; 8-5. 



7. L. strigilaria, Hh. {prataria, Boisd.) 26-28 mm. Head 

 blackish, fillet white, collar whitish -ochreous. Posterior tarsi 

 m S 4- Forewings whitish-ochreous, much sprinkled with 

 black ; lines subsinuate ; first, median, and margins of sub- 

 terminal ochreous ; second grey, waved ; a black discal dot 

 before median. Hindwings as forewings, but first line absent, 

 discal dot beyond median ; termen angulated. 



Kent, Sussex, Cumberland, scarce; C. Europe, N. Asia; 6, 

 7. Larva ochreous or greyish ; dorsal line pale, brown-edged ; 

 5 with three, 6-9 with four, 10 with two black oblong dorsal 

 spots ; spiracular line pale, brown-edged beneath ; head paler : 

 on Ci/fisifs, Erica, etc. ; 8-5. 



8. L. strigaria, Hb. 20-21 mm. Head blackish, fillet white, 

 collar whitish-ochreous. Posterior tarsi in S almost 1. Fore- 

 wings whitish-ochreous, much sprinkled with black ; first line, 

 median, second, and margins of subterminal greyish-ochreous, 

 regular. Hindwings as forewings, but first line absent ; a black 

 discal dot before median ; termen rounded or somewhat bent. 



Kent, Sussex, scarce ; C. and S. Europe, Asia Minor ; 6. 



9. L. immorata, L. 23-26 mm. Head blackish, mixed with 

 ochreous -white. Posterior tarsi in $ 1. Forewings whitish, 

 densely sprinkled with black throughout, towards base suffused 

 with ochreous ; first, median, and second lines thick, sinuate, 

 ochreous, first and median subcoufluent ; subterminal clear, 

 white, dentate, margins broad, ochreous. Hindwings as fore- 

 wings, but first line absent ; sometimes a black discal dot 

 beyond median ; termen rounded. 



Sussex, very local ; N. and C. Europe, N. Asia ; 6, 7. 



10. L. rubiginata, Hufn. (rubricata, F.) 18-21 mm. Face 

 dark fuscous, crown pale ochreous or reddish-grey. Posterior 

 tarsi in S l^- Forewings ochreous-reddish, light crimson, or 

 pale reddish -ochreous ; postmedian band often paler; first, 

 median, and second lines grey, regular, first bent ; margins of 

 subterminal faintly darker or greyish. Hindwings as fore- 

 wings, but first line absent ; sometimes a minute grey discal 

 dot beyond median ; termen rounded. 



Sussex to Norfolk, N. England, local ; Europe, WC. and N. 

 Asia; 6, 7. Larva greyish - brown ; dorsal line pale, reddish- 

 edged ; subdorsal anteriorly broad, blackish, afterwards forming 



