28o LEPIDOPTERA. 



Ireland Howth, near Dublin, and Sligo. Abroad its range 

 seems to be small — Southern France, Northern Germany, 

 and Spain. 



Genus 2. EUPCECILIA 



Anteunse faintly notched, rather thick ; palpi short, 

 blunt, drooping, thickly tufted ; face oblique, rather smooth; 

 fore wings trigonate, without fold, roof-like when at rest. 

 Hind wings smooth, not tufted. 



We have twenty-three species, not easy to tabulate : 



A. Fore wings white. 



B. Face white, markings black. E. dvhitmm. 

 B^. Face white, markings rosy brown. E. hyhridella. 

 B"-. Face white, markings dappled with grey. E. pallidana. 

 B^. Face black. E. atricapitana . 

 W. Face white or yellow-white, markings dark brown. 



E. notulann. 

 A'-. Fore wings rich yellow. 



C. Central band broad, black. E. ambiguel/a. 

 C^. Central band narrow, black. E. curvistrigana. 

 C^. Central band broad, black-brown. E. gilvicomana. 

 C*. Central band and hind margin red-brown. E. siihroscana. 

 A^. Fore wings pale yellow. 



C*. Central band broad, grey-bUack. E. nana. 



C^ Central band narrow, chestnut-brown. E. manniana. 



C. Central band narrow, ill-defined, grey-brown. 



E. angvdaiia. 

 A*. Fore wings dull pale ochreous. E. ojfinitana. 



A^. Fore wings silky pale ochreons. 



D. Markings shining reddish-brown. E. invusrhUana. 

 D'-. Markings shining chocolate. E. gcymana. 

 A**. Fore wings brownish yellow, markings broad, red-brown 



E. 7-upicola. 

 A". Fore wings dull olive-bi'o\vn. E. reetisann. 



A*. Fore wings dull brownish- white with a dark brown 



central band. E. cdismana. 



