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A". Fore wings brilliant crimson, white at the base. 



E. fliiviciliana. 

 A^". Fore wings brownish-crimson, dull yellow at the base. 



E. roscana. 



E. Fore wings brownish-crimson, dull grey at the base 



E. degreyana. 

 A^'. Fore wings whitish-grey, markings and apex red-brown, 



E. ciliel/a. 



F. Fore wings whitish-grey, markings slender, rosy grey. 



E. implicitana- 

 F-. Fore wings whitish-grey, markings slender, red-brown. 



E. eri(jerana. 



1. E. atricapitana, Stcph. — Expanse | to | inch (12- 

 16 mm.). Head and thorax black ; fore wings white or 

 pinkish-white, central band grey-black. 



Antennis notched, ciliated, white, dark beneath : palpi, 

 head, and thorax black or black-brown ; abdomen honey- 

 brown. Fore wings rather broad, oblong, costa nearly 

 straight ; apex rounded ; colonr delicate pink, fading rapidly, 

 even in life, to white ; base clouded with dull black dashes, 

 central band black, narrow, but complete, roughly edged on 

 both sides ; before and beyond it are some small black dots 

 on the dorsal margin ; a slender black undulating stripe from 

 the costa before the apex is followed by other black markings 

 which occupy the apex and cilia. Hind wings smoky white 

 with darker markings and paler cilia. Female stouter, fore 

 wings deeper pink; the hind wings blacker; otherwise similar. 



Underside of the fore wings brown-black with large white 

 costal dots. Hind wings dusky white. 



Not very variable, but I think that the male has sometimes 

 white fore wings even on emergence from the pupa and that 

 this is not always a result of fading. 



On the wing in May and June, and as a second generation 

 from the end of July till the beginning of September. 



Larva short and thick, thickest ton-ards the head and 



