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rcnitorm obscurely pale or pale-edged. Hindwings grey, costa 

 and termen whitish-ochreous suffused with pale reddish. 



Britain to Ross. Ireland, rather common ; N. and C. Europe. 

 Asia Minor, X\V. Asia; 9, 10. Larva brown, brownish-given. 

 or ochreous-reddish ; dorsal line whitish, indistinct; spiracular 

 broad, white : on oak, elm, ha/.el, etc. ; 4-6. 



11. 0. litura, L. 32-37 mm. Forewings light fuscous, 

 sprinkled or partly sutl'used with brown, slightly reddish- 

 tinged ; five more or less distinct black costal marks on origin 

 of lines; subbasal, first, and second lines obscurely darker 

 edged; median shade dark brown; orbicular and renilorm 

 finely outlined with pale, reniform fuscous. Hindwings fuscous, 

 darker terminally. 



Britain to Ross, Ireland, rather common; Europe; 9, 10. 

 Larva dull yellowish-green, darker-freckled; dorsal and .sub- 

 dorsal lines pale, indistinct, darker-edged ; spiracular whitish- 

 yellow, blackish-edged above; head brownish-tinged: on bramble 

 (.Rifbui), Salix, Rumex, etc. ; 4-6. 



12. 0. pistacina, /'. 33-38 mm. Forewings ochreous or 

 reddish-ochreous, sometimes brownish-tinged, veins sometimes 

 paler; first and second lines faintly dark-edged, sometimes 

 marked with black dots on costa; orbicular and reniform 

 darker or partly blackish, obscurely pale-edged, orbicular very 

 narrow, oblique; subterminal line sometimes preceded by 

 black dots. Hindwings grey. 



Ki inland to York, Ireland, common; C. and S. Europe, 

 Asia Minor; 9, 10. Larva green or brown, darker-freckled; 

 dorsal line slender, whitish; spiracular broad, whitish: on 

 grasses, Carex, Ranun'-nlna, etc. ; 4-6. 



13. 0. macilenta, Jib. 31-35 mm. Forewings ochreous or 

 reddish-ochreous ; subbasal, first, and second lines indicated 

 by black dots; median shade indistinctly fuscous; orbicular 

 and reniform faintly outlined with darker, lower end of 

 reniform usually blackish ; subterminal line almost straight, 

 broken near costa, pale, edged anteriorly with brown or red- 

 brown. Hindwings grey, discal spot and postniedian line 

 obscurely darker. 



Britain to Ross, Ireland, common ; C. Europe ; 9, 10. 

 Larva ochreous -brown, darker - f reckled ; dorsal line whitish, 

 distinct; subdorsal pale or whitish; spiracular ochreous-whitish 

 or white, dark-edged above : on beech, oak, and hawthorn ; 

 4-6. 



14. 0. lota, Cl. 32-36 mm. Forewings grey, sometimes 



