498 TORTRICINA [epiblema. 



23. E. semifuscana, Sfph. {piceana, Wilk.) 17-20 mm. Fore- 

 wings elongate, fold reaching -| ; varying from whitish-fuscous 

 or oclireous-l)ro\vn to dark fuscous, costa posteriorly sometimes 

 darker-dotted ; basal patch with edge angulatcd, irregular 

 median fascia, and a posterior spot in disc sometimes darker; 

 sometimes costal half dark fuscous and dorsal whitish, latter 

 twice sharply indented ; sometimes a pale median longitudinal 

 suffusion ; termcn rather oblique. Hindwings whitish-fuscous, 

 terminally darker. 



]^)ritain to Perth, Shetland Is., local ; C. Europe ; 7-9. Larva 

 whitish -green, dorsally grey; head dark brown: on Salix 

 caprea ; 4, 5. 



24. E. sordidana, II h. (sfabilana, Stph.) 19-23 mm. Fore- 

 wings elongate, fold reaching ^ ; brow-n, more or less strigulated 

 with dark brown ; edge of basal patch darker on lower half, 

 angulated ; central fascia somewhat darker or obsolete, more 

 or less interrupted near dorsum ; termen more oblique than in 

 the two preceding species. Hindwings rather light fuscous. 



England to York, Orkney Is., local : C. Eui-o})c ; 7, 8. 

 Larva on alder ; 5. 



25. E caecimaculana, ///>. 17-21 nun. Forewings elongate, 

 fold reaching I ; ])ale greyish -ochreous, closely striated with 

 rather dark fuscous, costa posteriorly strigulated with whitish ; 

 basal patch with edge obtusely angulated above middle, and 

 central fascia with posterior median projection somewhat 

 darker ; ocellus obscurely edged on lower half with whitish- 

 ochreous, enclosing two or three black scales ; termcn sinuate. 

 Hindwings grey, termen darker. 



Kent to Dorset and Surrey, Lancashire, local ; C. Europe, 

 Asia Minor : 7. 



26. E. expallidana, Ifn'. lG-18 nun. Head more or less 

 whitish. Forewings elongate, fold reaching to near middle ; 

 light ochreous-brown, darker in disc longitudinally, dorsal area 

 below submedian fold distinctly paler, somewhat indented witli 

 darker brown before middle ; costa posteriorly strigulated with 

 paler and darker ; ocellus ill-defined, whitish-ochreous, obscurely 

 metallic -edged, including two sometimes interrupted black 

 dashes ; termen sinuate. Hindwings grey. 



England, local ; C. Europe, WC. Asia to N. I'ersia ; 7. 

 Larva orange, beneath (or sometimes wholly) whitish ; head 

 dark brown ; plate of 2 light brown : in flower-heads of Sonchus 

 arvensis ; 8, 9. 



27. E. fulvana, >Stpk. 20-23 mm. Forewings elongate, fold 



