252 NOTODONTINA [aplasta 



mosingwith 12. Hindwings : 6 and 7 stalked, 8 approximated 

 to cell towards base, diverging from middle. 



Includes only the one European species. It is a somewhat 

 isolated type, of uncertain affinity. 



1. A. ononaria, Fuesl. 22-27 mm. Head brownish-ochreous. 

 Forewings light ochreous, strigulated with ferruginous ; second 

 line formed by a cloudy darker suffusion ; subterminal indis- 

 tinctly pale ; terminal band somewhat darker. Hindwings as 

 forewings, but markings hardly indicated. 



Kent, appai'ently a casual only ; WC. and S. Europe, Asia 

 Minor, Syria ; 5, 6. Larva stout, clothed with stiff short 

 down ; dull green, dorsal line darker, spiracular obscurely 

 lighter : on Ononis spinosa ; 9-4. 



3. Ebannis, Hh. 



Face with appressed scales. Tongue obsolete. Antennae in 



cj serrate, ciliated with very long fascicles. Palpi very short, 



^^^rp~\ rough-scaled. Thorax somewhat 



^ — hairy beneath. Femora glabrous. 



^^ — Forewings : 1 1 sometimes anasto- 



^^^^^:y^ \ ' / mosingwith 12 or 10. Hindwings: 



^^^^^-''^ 7 6 and 7 stalked, 8 anastomosing 



/^^^^''^'''''^~^-^~J^~~/ with cell to beyond middle. ? 



v4;^rr:-l-__^^^^^^"--^7^/ apterous, with large anal tvift. 



^ — "^ ^'^^^ A very small genus, confined to 



the European region and North 



Xll----^;^;::::::^^^^^'^^^^^. America. Larva with rudimentary 



^^-..^....~7J^ n prolegs on 9. 



'^r~~~~-x— -■■::^*=\H 1- E. aescularia, Schiff. 29-33 



\\\. ^^-^^^C/ '^'^^' Head brownish. Forewings 



x^^, ^\S^ brown or brownish-ochreous, spi'in- 



^ kled with blackish ; first and second 



Neurcation of Emrawis aescttZavia. Ym^^ serrate, whitish, internally 

 margined with blackish-fuscous marks in serrations ; a dark 

 ' fuscous linear discal mark, and obliqne apical streak. Hind- 

 wings pale whitish-fuscous ; a dark fuscous discal dot ; second 

 line faintly whitish, curved. 



Britain to Perth, Ireland, common (unfreqnent in Scotland) ; 

 C. Europe ; 3, 4. Larva yellowish-gx'een ; dorsal line dark 

 green, yellow-edged; subdorsal, lateral, and subspiracular 

 yellowish : on oak, elm, etc. ; 5, 6. The 5 moth strews hairs 

 from the anal tuft over her eggs. 



