552 TORTRICINA [phalonia 



Europe ; 5, 6. Larva whitish ; head and plate of 2 black : in 

 seed-vessels of cowslip {Primula veris) ; 7, 8. 



23. P. flaviciliana, Wilk. 12-14 mm. Differs from P. 

 roseana as follows : forewings with ground - colour ochreous- 

 whitish, cilia ferruginous-yellow, without dark fuscous line. 



Kent and I. of Wight to Oxford, local ; not recorded else- 

 where ; 7. Larva varying from dull green to reddish-brown ; 

 head and plate of 2 brown: in flower-heads of Knautia ; 

 8-10. 



24. P. erigerana, Wtsm. 10-12 mm. Forewings with costa 

 slightly arched ; ochreous- whitish, with fuscous striae and 

 strigulae suftused with ochreous ; an ochreous-brown median 

 fascia angulated near costa, partly blackish-edged, indistinctly 

 interrupted below angle, above interruption becoming grey ; a 

 more or less distinct sufl'used dark grey posterior striga ; a 

 blackish dorsal dot before tornus ; cilia ferruginous-yellowish, 

 basal line and some bars of irroration blackish. Hindwings 

 light grey. 



Kent and Sussex to Norfolk, local ; not recorded elsewhere ; 

 6, 8. Larva white ; head brownish : in flowers of Erigeron 

 acre; 6, 7, 9. 



25. P. nana, H^i\ 9-12 mm. Head white. Forewings with 

 costa gently arched ; white, basal area and costa strigulated 

 with blackish ; a broad direct median fascia of blackish irrora- 

 tion and strigulae, dilated dorsally, posterior edge sinuate \ 

 apical area clouded with pale ochreous, with a suftused spot of 

 blackish irroration on costa before apex, sometimes indistinctly 

 connected with tornus ; cilia pale ochreous, with indistinct bars 

 of blackish irroration. Hindwings pale grey. 



Britain to the Clyde, E. Ireland, common ; C. Europe, WC. 

 Asia to N. Persia, N. America ; 6. Larva in catkins of birch ; 

 3, 4. The imago is found resting on the tnuiks. 



26. P. atricapitana, Stph. 12-15 mm. Head in ^ blackish, 

 in 5 greyish-ochreous. Forewings with costa gently arched ; 

 rosy -ochreous -whitish, costa and dorsum strigulated with 

 blackish; a small dai'k ashy-fuscous basal patch; a spot on 

 costa touching it, a very irregular median fascia, a narrow 

 terminal fascia dilated or furcate on costa, and cilia brown 

 much marked with black ; a pale grej^ish-ochreous cloud above 

 tornus. Hindwings in i^ whitish -grey strigulated with grey, 

 in ? grey. 



England, Roxburgh, E. Ireland, local ; Holland, Germany : 

 5, 6, 8. Larva pale yellow, faintly reddish-tinged above; head 



