philedone] TORTRICIDAE 527 



Includes only a very few northern temperate species. 

 Forewings oclireous-grey or whitish . 1. prodro7na)ia. 



„ yellow-ochreous . . .2. gerninyana. 



1. P. prodromana, Hb. {walkerana, Curt.) 13-16 mm. 

 Antennal pectinations very short, ending in very long tufts of 

 cilia. Forewings ochreous-grey, more or less whitish-suffused, 

 sometimes strigulated with ochreous-brown ; basal area darker, 

 undefined, reddish-mixed ; central fascia and costal patch grey 

 mixed with red-brown and blackish. Hind wings rather dark grey. 



Cheshire to the Clyde, on heaths, local ; C. Europe ; 4, 5. 

 Larva on Potentilla ; 7, 8. 



2. P. gerningana, Schiff. 13-16 mm. Antennal pectinations 

 moderately long. Forewings yellow-ochreous, darker-strigu- 

 lated ; basal area browner, undefined ; broad central fascia and 

 costal patch red-brown. Hindwings rather dark grey. 



Kent, Pembroke, Hereford to the Shetlands, E. Ireland, on 

 heaths, local ; C. Europe ; 7, 8. Larva dull greenish ; head 

 reddish-ochreous : on Potentilla, Statice, Vaccinium, etc. ; 5, 6. 



4. Epagoge, lib. 



Antennae in S moderately ciliated. Palpi moderate, por- 

 rected. Thorax with posterior crest. Forewings without costal 

 fold ; 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to termen. Hindwings : 3 and 4 con- 

 nate, 5 approximated to 4, 6 and 7 stalked. 



A ratlier limited genus, most numerous in Australia. 



Hindwings dark grey . . .2. grotiana. 



,, more or less whitish . .1. gnomana. 



1. E. gnomana, CI. 16-18 mm. Forewings pale ochreous, 

 sometimes faintly strigulated with brown ; central fascia 

 reddish-ochreous-brown, angulated first outwards and then 

 inwards, usually obsolete in disc ; costal patch brown ; termen 

 subsinuate. Hindwings whitish, sometimes partially greyish- 

 tinged. 



Has occurred, but locality unknown ; C. and S. Europe ; 7. 

 Larva on Stachys sylvatica ; 5, 6. 



2. E. grotiana, F. 13-16 mm. Forewings ochreous, strigu- 

 lated with fuscous or red -brown ; basal patch, central fascia, 

 and costal patch fuscous or red-brown, fascia sometimes inter- 

 rupted ; termen nearly straight. Hindwings dark grey. 



England to York, local ; C. Europe ; 7. 



5. Capua, Stph. 



Antennae in $ moderately or strongly fasciculate -ciliated. 



