acroclita] 



EPIBLEMIDAE 



505 



Hants, Dorset, local ; SW. Europe ; 5, 7, S. Larva light 

 brownish-ochi'eous, greenish -tinged ; head light brown : on 

 Etiphorbia paralias, especially on the seeds; 6, 9, 10. 



Palpi moderate, 



21. Pammene, IBj. 



Antennae in 5 simple or minutely ciliated 

 porrected or subascending. Thorax 

 smooth. Forewings with termen 

 slightly sinuate. Hindwings : 3 

 and 4 connate or stalked, 5 par- 

 allel to 4, 6 and 7 in 9 closely 

 approximated towards base, in 

 S 7 running into 8 soon after 

 origin. 



A rather limited genus, con- 

 fined to nortliern temperate 

 regions. 



1. Forewings with yellow dorsal 



blotch . 2. 

 ,, without yellow 



, 1 1 1 , 1 o Nf'uration of Pammene ar(72/ra7ia (J. 



dorsal blotcii o. 



2. Dorsal blotch almost reaching tornus . 13. traimicma. 

 not nearly reaching tornus 12. 7-egiana. 



3. F<jrewings with distinct whitish dorsal blotch 



,, without distinct whitish dorsal blotch 



4. 



4. Dorsal spot enclosing a dark dot . 



,, ,, darker-strigulated 



5. Dorsal sjiot erect . 



,, ,, somewhat obliquely bent 



6. Ground-colour irregularly black-marked 



,, not mixed with black 



7. Hindwings whitish 



,, fuscous 



8. Forewings with apical third orange 



,, ,, ,, not orange 



9. Basal patch enclosing a metallic fascia i 



,, ,, not enclosing metallic fascia 



10. Face and palpi whitish 



,, dark fuscous . 4. ( 



5. 

 . 6. 



10. spiniana 



1 1 . pjopndana. 

 8. argyrana. 



7. 

 7. jimhriana. 

 9. f/allicolana. 

 5. rhedieUa. 

 9. 

 spAendiduhuia. 

 . 10. 

 . 11. 

 ■hsenheimeriivia. 



11. Forewings with some anteapical metallic dots 3. germarana. 



,, without such dots . . .12. 



12. Antemedian fascia curved . . 1. flexana. 



„ ,, anu'ulated . .2. nitidana. 



