laspeykesia] EPIBLEMIDAE 511 



Germany ; 5, 6. Larva grey-whitish ; spots large, grey ; head 

 and ])late of 2 bhick : in swellings in shoots of Salix cajirea ; 

 8, 0. 



5. L. leplastriana, Curt. 12-13 mm. Forewings dark 

 fuscous, very finely and closely wliitish-striated ; costa blackish, 

 with white strigulae, some emitting leaden - metallic and 

 ochreous streaks ; basal patch much strigulated Avith white ; 

 an oblique white rather irregular-edged dorsal blotch, marked 

 with three dark fuscous sometimes incomplete lines, fol- 

 hnved by a blackish-fuscous triangular blotch ; ocellus whitish- 

 ochreous, eilged with leaden-metallic, including two or three 

 black marks. Hindwings fuscous, darker terminally, in (? some- 

 what whitish-sufFused anteriorly. 



Kent, Dorset, on coast, local ; C. and S. Europe, N. Africa ; 

 7. Larva grey-whitish ; head black ; plate of 2 black -brown : 

 in shoots of wild cabbage (Ui'assica oleracea) ; 9. 



6. L. corollana, lib. {heqierana, Wilk.) 11-13 mm. Fore- 

 wings blackish, very finely and closely striated with ochreous- 

 whitish ; basal patch with edge sharply angulated and narrow 

 central fascia blacker ; space between them more wdiitish, 

 especially dorsally, crossed by one blackish and two leaden- 

 metallic striae ; costa posteriorly white, with alternate leaden- 

 metallic and blackish streaks, and a blackish s})ot towai'ds 

 apex ; ocellus triangular, whitish-ochreous, edged with leaden- 

 metallic, including several liliick dashes. Hindwings dark 

 fuscous, base jialer. 



Hmits (\Vhittlesea Mere), once many years ago, perhaps 

 now extinct ; C. Europe ; 4, 5. Larva in swellings in shoots 

 of aspen (^Populu!> tremula) ; 7-9. 



7. L. perlepidana, IIiv. 10-13 mm. Forewings fuscous, 

 dorsal half dark fuscous, apical third pale yellow - ochreous ; 

 costa strigulated with dark fuscous and white ; a long narrow- 

 curved whitish median dorsal blotch, with dark fuscous central 

 line ; three streaks from costa posteriorly and margins of 

 ocellus silvei'y-leaden-metallic ; several black dashes in ocellus. 

 Hindwings in (? white, apex and costa fuscous ; in $ fuscous. 



Britain to Caledonian Canal, N. and E. Ireland, common, 

 often abundant ; C. and SE. Europe ; 5. Larva in pods of 

 Lathyrus macrorrhizus ; 7, 8. 



8. L, internana, Gn. (erectana, Barr.) 9-10 nun. Fore- 

 wings dark fuscous ; costa with eight rather long white 

 strigulae, some ending in violet-silvery -metallic marks; a 

 narrow curved whitish median dorsal blotch, with dark fuscous 



