hemimene] EPIBLEMIDAE 503 



Britain to the Clyde, Orkney Is., Shetland Is., local ; C. 

 Europe ; 5, 6, 8. Larva whitish ; head light brown ; plate of 

 2 faintly brownish : in rootstocks and shoots of Chr//santhemu)ii 

 and Tanacetum ; 10-4, 7. 



9. H. tanaceti, Stt. (hcrbosana, Barr.) 12-13 mm. Forewings 

 with fold reaching ^ ; dark fuscous, sharply irrorated with pale 

 yellow-ochreous, towards base suft'usedly striated with whitish- 

 fuscous ; an oblique rather irregular-edged median dorsal blotch 

 formed of several subconfluent whitish-fuscous striae, narrowed 

 upwards, reaching more than half across wing ; costa strigulated 

 towards middle with fuscous-whitish, posteriorly with dull 

 leaden-metallic; ocellus irregularly edged with leaden-metallic; 

 three black terminal dots below middle. Hindwings grey. 



Lancashire, York, Durham, local ; not recognised elsewhere; 

 5, 6. Larva whitish ; head and plate of 2 light brown : in 

 roots of Achillea viillefolium and Tanacetum ; 10-4. 



10. H. senectana, Gr. 13-15 mm. Forewings with fold 

 reaching f ; dark fuscous, sharply irrorated with pale ochreous, 

 costa posteriorly obscurely strigulated with whitish ; some 

 streaks from costa posteriorly and margins of ocellus purplish- 

 leaden-metallic; an obscure hardly paler subtriangular sinuate- 

 edged median dorsal blotch, enclosing a darker streak ; three 

 black dots on termen towards middle ; termeu somewhat 

 rounded, sinuation well-marked. Hindwings fuscous, darker 

 posteriorly. 



Kent to Devon and Pembroke, local : France, Holland ; 6. 

 Larva perhaps in rootstocks of Chrysaiithemum. 



11. H. plumbagana, Tr. 12-14 mm. Forewings with fold 

 reaching | ; dark fuscous, sharply irrorated with pale ochreous, 

 slightly greenish-tinged, costa posteriorly strigulated with 

 silvery-whitish ; some streaks from costa posteriorly and margins 

 of ocellus bi'ight silvery-leaden-metallic; an obscure leaden- 

 metallic dorsal blotch with darker central streak, narrowed 

 upwards, contracted beneath truncate apex ; three black dots 

 on termen towards middle ; termen oblique, sinuation distinct. 

 Hindwings grey, paler towards base. 



Britain to the Shetlands, E. Ireland, very connnon ; C. 

 Europe ; 6. Larva yellowish-white ; head light brown ; plate of 

 2 very pale brown : in rootstocks of Achillea millefolium ; 9-4. 



19. LiPOPTYCHA, Ld. 



Antennae in S simple. Palpi moderately long, porrected. 

 Thorax smooth. Forewings with termen slightly sinuate. 



