LARENTID.-E—EUPITHECIA. loi 



27. E. Valerianata, Huh. ,• viminata, Dhhl, — Expanse 

 I to J inch (l-j-18 mm.). Fore wings rather elongated; 

 pale shining brown, minutely stippled with obrcurely browner 

 transverse lines ; discal spot absent ; subterminal line faintly 

 white. Hind wings whitish-brown. 



Antennje of the male simple, slender, minutely ciliated, 

 whitish-brown ; palpi narrow, dull brown ; head and thorax 

 whitish-brown or drab ; abdomen smooth, ashy-brovyn ; anal 

 tuft compressed. Fore wings narrow at the base, elongated ; 

 costa gently arched ; apex rounded ; hind margin strongly 

 rounded ; dorsal margin also rather filled out ; smooth and 

 glossy, brownish-drab ; nervures minutely dotted with 

 white ; costa faintly barred with the smoky-brown com- 

 mencements of all the lines, which otherwise are very faint ; 

 the basal is only represented by the costal cloud and a dot 

 on the median nervure ; the first is double, smoky-brown, 

 enclosing a white thread ; central only just perceptible ; and 

 the second consists of a chain of faintly white lunules with 

 a smoky-black edging, both most marked upon the costa ; 

 subterminal line a succession of equally faint white dots and 

 lunules, but bending out into the hind margin above the 

 anal angle ; discal spot a very slender, erect, black streak ; 

 cilia whitish-grey. Hind wings rather long, rounded behind ; 

 brownish- white, rather browner towards the dorsal and hind 

 margins ; cilia concolorous. Female similar. 



Underside of the fore wings glossy, smoky-drab ; discal 

 spot faintly black ; beyond it is a whitish costal spot, and 

 also two extremely faint rippled whitish transverse lines. 

 Hind wings smoky-white with three or four curved trans- 

 verse brownish stripes, most marked on the nervures ; the 

 latter towards the hind margin are blackened ; body and legs 

 shining greyish-white. 



On the wing in ilajr and -June. 



Larva rather short but tapering very considerably towards 

 the head; ground colour bright green, very translucent;. 



