492 TORTRIOINA [epiblema 



26. Forewings rathei' broad ; antennae in <$ fasci- 



culated . . 18. grandaevana. 



„ rather elongate ; antennae in (? simply 



ciliated . . . .27. 



27. Hindwings whitisli-fuscous . 23. semifmcana. 



,, rather light fuscous . . .28. 



28. Forewings commonly with whitish or red-brown 



dorsal blotch, termen less oblique 



2 2 . solandriana. 

 ,, without such blotch, termen more 



oblique . . . 24. sorJidana. 



1. E. tripunctana, F. 14-20 mm. Palpi ochreous-yellowish. 

 Forewings dilated, costa slightly arched ; ochreous-white, costa 

 strigulated with dark grey ; basal patch large, dark fuscous, 

 edge straight, parallel to termen ; central fascia grey, confluent 

 with basal patch on costa, interrupted below middle ; ocellus 

 edged with leaden - metallic, enclosing three black dots ; a 

 triangular dark grey apical spot. Hindwings light grey, in 5 

 darker. 



Britain to the Orkneys, Ireland, common ; (J. and S. Europe, 

 WC. Asia to N. Persia; 5, 6. Larva reddish -brown ; head 

 black : on rose, bramble, etc. ; 4, 5. 



2. E. subocellana, Don. (cmnpoliliana, Tr.) 11-1.3 mm. 

 Head ochreous-white. Forewings ochreous-white, costa and 

 dorsum strigulated with dark fuscous; l)asal ])atch striated 

 with black, interrupted near costa, edge oljtusely angulated ; 

 central fascia mixed with pale ferruginous, leaden-metallic, and 

 black, narrowly interrupted above middle ; ocellus leaden- 

 metallic, with centi'al series of connected black marks ; apex 

 with ferruginous and leaden-metallic striae; termen sinuate. 

 Hindwings fuscous, darker terminally, 



Britain to the Orkney's, N. Ireland, common ; C. Europe ; 

 6. Larva pale green; head yellow -brown : on Snlix caprea ; 

 8,9. 



3. E. penkleriana, 7'^.^. 13-15 mm. Forewings ferruginous 

 or dark ferruginous-fuscous, costa strigulated with white or 

 grey ; space between obtusely angulated edge of basal j)atch 

 and subdorsally indented central fascia often more or less 

 suffused with whitish ; margins of ocellus and some striae 

 above it obscurely leaden -metallic ; termen sinuate. Hind- 

 wings fuscous, darker terminally 



Britain to the Orkneys, N. Ireland, very common ; N. and 

 C Europe ; 7. Larva pale green ; head and ])late of 2 some- 



