epiblema] EPIBLEMIDAE 493 



what darker, brown-marked : in catkins and buds of hazel and 

 alder; 11-5. 



4. E. nisella, CI. (cinerana, Hw.) 13-15 mm. Forewings 

 grey, more or less mixed with white, slightly ferruginous-tinged, 

 irregularly strigulated with blackish-grey ; basal patch darker, 

 edge more blackish, acutely angulated in middle ; often a fer- 

 ruginous or red-brown flattened-triangular dorsal blotch beyond 

 this ; central fascia slender, irregular, somewhat darker ; edges 

 of ocellus, and sometimes a stria above them leaden-metallic ; 

 sometimes whole wing suffused with fei'ruginous except basal 

 and terminal patches ; termen sinuate. Hiudwings light 

 fuscous, terminally dark fuscous. 



Britain to Perth, Ireland, common ; C. Europe, N. America ; 

 8. Larva pale green ; head dark l:)ro\vn : in catkins and on 

 leaves of poplar and Salix cciprea ; (3. 



5. E. crenana, lib. 13-16 mm. Forewings narrow, dark 

 ashy -fuscous, sometimes more grey or reddish -tinged, costa 

 strigulated wuth whitish ; dorsal half varying from whitish to 

 ferruginous-brown, rounded -prominent in middle and pos- 

 teriorly, partially edged with blackish marks above ; sometimes 

 a triangular blackish -fuscous praetornal spot ; termen sinuate. 

 Hindwings fuscous, termen darker. 



Norfolk, York, Westmoreland, Perth, scarce and local ; C. 

 Europe ; 4. Larva pale green ; head pale brown : on Salix 

 cajyrea ; 7, 8. 



6. E. demarniana, F.li. 13-15 mm. Head and palpi ochre- 

 ous-whitish. Forewings whitish, costa spotted and strigulated 

 with dark fuscous ; basal patch suffused with dark brown, 

 black -marked, edge obtusely angulated ; central fascia ferru- 

 ginous-brown, strigulated with black ; costal half beyond this 

 mixed with dark grey and streaked with ferruginous ; ocellus 

 partly edged with leaden - metallic ; termen sinuate; a white 

 subapical dash in cilia. Hindwings rather dark fuscous. 



Kent and Sussex to Norfolk, Cheshire, local; C. Europe, Asia 

 Minor; 6, 7. Larva in catkins of birch and Salix caprea ; 4, 5. 



7. E. immundana, F.R. 12-14 mm. Differs from E. tetra- 

 quetrana as follows : forewings darker fuscous, hardly ferru- 

 ginous-mixed, basal patch more blackish, edge acutely angulated, 

 dorsal whitish spot more distinct, dark spot before ocellus less 

 marked. 



Britain to Ross, E. Ireland, local ; C. Europe ; 4, 5. Larva 

 light greenish-grey ; head brownish-ochreous : on birch and 

 alder ; 7, 8. 



