laspeyresia] 



EPIBLEMIDAE 



509 



A genus of some considerable extent, rather gcnci'ally 

 distributed, but mainly inhabiting the Northern hemis))here. 

 A large proportion of the larvae feed on seeds of Lef/ioi/itio.'^iu'. 



■i. seri'i//i!ii((. 

 2. 

 dorsal 



5. scojiariana. 

 3. 



1. Forewings ochreous-white 

 ,, not white 



2. Forewings with leaden - metallic median 

 mark 



,, without such mark 



3. Forewings with distinct white median dorsal s})Ot 4. 



,, without such spot . . .13. 



4. J )orsal spot without dark strigulae . . 5. 



,, ,, with one or more dark marks . 6. 



5. Dorsal spot rather broad, curved . . 11. orohana. 



,, ,, narrow, less curved . .12. (Jorsana. 



6. Dorsal s])ot with three dark lines . . 7. 



,, ,, with one dark mai-k . . .8. 



7. Ocellus well-detincd . . .5. teplni<t'riana. 



„ re])resented by a metallic mark 10. composiU'lla. 



8. Ocellus well-detincd . . . .9. 



,, represented by a metallic mark . .12. 



9. L)orsal spot crossing fold . . . .10. 



,, ,, not crossing fold . 14. leguminana. 



10. Apical area yellow-ochreous . . 7. perlepklami. 



,, ,, not yellow-ochreous . . .11. 



11. Dorsal spot broadei", curved outwards . 17. corpidtana. 



,, ,, narrower, erect . . IS. coniferana. 



12. Face and palpi white . . 9. pallifrontana. 



,, ,, fuscous . . .8. internana. 



13. A})ex and termen ferruginous-orange . 2. iantltinana. 



,, ,, not ferruginous-orange . .14. 



14. Ocellus including several black dots or dashes . 15. 



,, without black dots or dashes . .21. 



15. Ocellus triangular . . .6. corollana. 



,, normal . . . . .16. 



16. Forewings with ground-colour light grey 22. ■uUr(:t<tn<(. 



„ ,, ,, fuscous or dark fuscous . 17. 



17. Forewings more or less oclu'eous-tinged . .18. 



,, not ochreous-tinged . .1. roseticolana. 



18. Forewings with median metallic stria 16. cosmoj)hora?ia. 



,, without median metallic stria . .19. 



19. Forewings with ground-colour dark-striated 



1 9. micrograininana. 

 „ „ „ not dark-striated . 20. 



