324 LASIOCAMPINA [odonestis 



placed, upper smaller; second linesubsinuate,dark brown, running 

 to apex ; praesubterniinal obscure, fuscous, waved. Hindwings 

 ochreous-yellowish, in S wholly, in 9 posteriorly suffused with 

 brownish ; an indistinct darker postmedian lino running to 

 apex. 



Britain to Argyll, N. Ireland, common ; C. Europe, N. Asia ; 

 7. Larva blue-grey, finely black-sprinkled and yellow-dotted ; 

 some orange spiracular marks ; hairs light yellow-brownish ; 

 subdorsal series of short black hair-tufts ; spiracular series of 

 white hair-tufts ; two long tufts on 2, and a long blackish tuft 

 on 12: on grass ; 9-5. 



5. Gastropacha, 0. 



Palpi long or moderately long. Forewings with strong 

 rounded dorsal prominence on apex of 

 lb ; 6 and 7 stalked, 8 sometimes out 

 of 7, 9 to ternien or apex. Hind- 

 wangs : 4 and 5 sometimes stalked, 6 

 and 7 approximated at base from 

 angle, 8 connected with cell by long 

 oblique bar or anastomosing with 7 

 near origin, from one to six pseudo- 



Hindwing of Gastropacha neuria present. 



qneicip ta. ^ small European and Asiatic 



genus. In repose the dilated costal area of the liindwings 

 projects much beyond the forewings, causing a very leaf- like 

 appearance. 



Termen dentate ; hindwings with six pseudoneuria 



1 . quercifolia. 

 „ not dentate ; hindwings with one or two 



pseudoneuria . . .2. Kicifolia. 



1. G-. quercifolia, L. 52-80 mm. Forewings with 9 to ter- 

 men ; red-brown, with purple-bluish gloss, towards costa black- 

 ish-mixed,dorsally ferruginous; first, second, and praesubterminal 

 lines blackish-grey, waved, bent near costa ; a blackish-grey 

 discal mai'k ; termen waved-dentate. Hindwings as forewings, 

 but lines indistinct, straight, costal area ferruginous, with about 

 six blackish pseudoneuria ; 8 connected with cell by long bar. 



England to York, less common than formerly ; C. Europe, 

 N. and WC. Asia ; 6. Larva dark grey or brown ; whitish dorsal 

 marks on 3 and 4 ; 2nd and 3rd incisions deep indigo-blue ; a 

 prominence on 1 2 ; a subspiracular series of tubercles and fringe 

 of pale hairs: on hawthorn, blackthorn, and Salix ; 9-5. 



