EUDEMIS] 



EPIBLEMIDAE 



477 



1. E. naevana, Hh. {geminana, Stph.) 11-14 mm. Fore- 

 wings grey, often obscurely striated or suffused with whitish ; 

 large basal patch with edge an- 

 gulated, and anteriorly suffused 

 central fascia with posterior 

 median projection suffusedly 

 dark fuscous, sometimes black- 

 marked ; some small dark fuscous ^^ 

 spots on costa posteriorly, and a ^^i 

 suffused streak beneath them 

 from apex ; ocellus broadly 

 edged with light metallic-grey. 

 Hind wings grey ; in $ beneath 

 suffused with black towards 



, Neuration of Eudemis naevana. 



costa. 



Britain to the Clyde, N. and E. Ireland, common ; N. and 

 C. Europe, N. America (?) ; 7, 8. Larva light grey-green, sides 

 more yellowish; head black or blackish - brown ; plate of 2 

 black : on blackthorn, holly, Vacciniwrn, etc. ; 5, 6. The 

 Facci?m<»t-feeding form has been distinguished under the name 

 geminana, but there is no constant difference. 



12. Ancylis, Rb. 



Antennae in ^ shortly ciliated. Palpi moderately long, 

 porrected. Thorax smooth. Fore wings with apex falcate, 

 acute. Hindwings : 3 and 4 stalked or coincident, 5 approxi- 

 mated to 4, 6 and 7 closely approximated towards base. 



A genvis of moderate extent, more numerous in N. America 

 than in Europe, hardly found elsewhere. 



1. 3 and 4 of hindwings coincident . . .2. 



,, ,, stalked . . .6. 



2. Forewings with dark fuscous median longitudinal 



streak . . .5. siculana. 



,, without such streak . . .3. 



3. Central fascia distinct tlu'oughout . 4. myrtillana. 



„ „ dorsally obsolete . . .4. 



4. Pale band before fascia centrally grey . 1. derasana. 



„ ,, ,, ,, wholly Avhitish . . 5. 



5. Forewings with three black dots at base of cilia 



3. pahulavAi. 

 ,, without such dots . . 2. hmdana. 



6. Forewings with sinuate whitish longitudinal line 7. 



without such line . . .9. 



