epiblema] EPIBLEMIDAE 497 



dorsum before middle, reaching more tliaii half across wing, its 

 apex emitting a strong pointed projection towards tornus ; 

 ocellus })ale grey, with two or three brown dots. Hindwings 

 rather dark fuscous. 



Kent to Hants and Norfolk, local ; C. and SE. luirope, WC. 

 Asia to Turkestan: 7. Larva yellow - whitish ; head dark 

 brown ; plate of 2 brown ish-ochreous : in stems and roots of 

 Artemlsiii ri(/(/(iiis: 10-5. 



20. E. bilunana, Ilir. 12-lG mm. Head and thorax ochreous- 

 white. Forewings with fold not reaching 1 ; ochreous- white, 

 costa indistinctly blackish -strigulated ; lower half of edge of 

 basal patch forming a thick black anteriorly fuscous-edged 

 mark ; central fascia pale greyish -ochreous, indistinct, ending 

 in a small subtriangidar black praetornal spot; some black 

 scales before termen in middle; termen rounded. Hindwings 

 grey. 



Britain to Caledonian Canal, rather common; C. Europe ; 

 (), 7. Larva yellow-whitish ; head and })late of 2 l)lackish- 

 brown : in catkins of birch ; 3, 4. 



21. E. ophthalmicana, J/h. 18-23 mm. Head ferruginous- 

 fuscous. Eorewiugs elongate, with fold reaching -| ; dark 

 ashy-fuscous, strigulated with black and sonietimes with deep 

 ferruginous ; a narrow black dorsal spot before middle ; a 

 small black praetornal spot, sometimes surmounted by a ferru- 

 ginous spot ; termen nearly straight. Hindwings light fuscous, 

 terminally darker. 



England to York, Renfrew, N. Ireland, local ; C. Europe ; 

 7, 8. Larva dull greenish - white ; spots grey; head black; 

 plate of 2 brown, anterior edge white : on aspen (Pojitilus tre- 

 iinihi) ; 6. 



22. E. solandriana, L. 18-21 mm. Forewings elongate, 

 costa moderately arched, fold reaching -| ; varying from whitish- 

 ochreous or brownish to ferruginous, more or less darker- 

 strigulated, sometimes whitish - mixed ; basal patch with 

 angulated edge, and central fascia narrowed towards extremities 

 sometimes darker ; a rounded triangular white or pale median 

 dorsal blotch, sometimes i-eplaced by a more elongate semioval 

 dark reddisli-brown blotch; termen rather oblique. Hindwings 

 light grey. 



Britain to the Orkneys, Ireland, common ; N. and C. Europe ; 

 7, 8. Larva grey-whitish or dull gi-eenish ; head pale brown 

 or partly black ; plate of 2 whitish or brown : on hazel, birch, 

 and Salix caprea ; 5, 6. 



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