310 NOTODONTINA [odontosia 



3. 0. carmelita, Esp. 40-44 mm. Forewings purple-fuscous, 

 sufFusedly irrorated with whitish ; costa broadly dark reddish- 

 brown ; first and second lines sometimes grey, first preceded 

 and second followed by series of whitish and blackish dots on 

 veins, forming yellow-whitish costal spots, second larger ; an 

 obscure fuscous -whitish blotch along lower half of termen ; 

 termen waved; cilia sharply barred. Hindwings whitish- 

 fuscous, darker towards apex ; a pale postmedian line ; a 

 purplish-grey tornal sufi'usion. 



Britain to the Clyde, scarce and local ; C. Europe ; 4. Larva 

 green, with yellowish freckles tending to form lines ; spira- 

 cular line yellow, pink-spotted : on birch ; 6, 7. 



9. HiEROPHANTA, Meyr. 



Eyes glabrous. Antennae in $ shortly bipectinated. Palpi 

 rather short, rough-haired. Thorax hardly crested. Anterior 

 tarsi rough -scaled. Forewings with dorsal scale-tooth; 10 

 rising separate, connected or anastomosing with 9. Hindwings: 

 8 approximated to cell to beyond middle. 



Only the one species is known. Larva without prominence, 

 often resting with anal extremity raised. Pupa in a cocoon 

 between leaves. 



1. H. bicoloria, Schiff. 35-37 mm. Forewings white; a 

 black subbasal dot ; a small patch of blackish irroration on and 

 before dorsal tooth ; first line waved, black, not reaching mai'gins, 

 edged posteriorly by an orange streak, connected with second 

 near dorsum by an orange bar ; second reduced to a series of 

 dark grey marks, black opposite the bar ; a light orange tornal 

 spot. Hindwings white. 



Devon, Stafford, S. Ireland, rare and very local ; C. Europe ; 

 5, 6. Larva pale yellowish or whitish-green ; dorsal, subdorsal, 

 and lateral lines green ; spiracular yellow, edged with green : on 

 birch ; 7, 8. 



10. Cerura, SchrL 



Eyes glabrous. Antennae in S bipectinated to apex. Palpi 

 rather short, rough-haired. Thorax with slight anterior crest. 

 Anterior tarsi rough-scaled ; posterior tibiae without middle- 

 spurs, end-spurs very short. Forewings: 6 out of 9 remote 

 from base, 10 rising separate, connected or anastomosing with 

 9. Hindwings : 8 approximated to cell to beyond middle. 



A genus of some extent, ranging throughout the Northern 

 hemisphere, with stragglers in S. America and Australia. 



