HKRMINIA] 



PLUSIADAE 



149 



black discal dot. Hind wings fuscous -whitish, terminally 

 brownish-tinged ; a grey discal dot. 



S. England to Somerset and Lincoln, in marshy places, 

 local; C. Europe, N. Asia; 7. Larva pale grey-brown, 

 yellowish-freckled ; dorsal line darker, pale-edged; subdorsal 

 and spiracular paler : on Salix, Carex, Luzula, etc. ; 9-5. 



2. H. barbalis, Cl. 27-31 

 mm. Antennal pectinations of 

 c very short, terminating in 

 long bristles. Fore wings pale 

 greyish-ochreous irrorated with 

 dark brown; first and second 

 lines cloudy dark yellowish- 

 brown, somewhat sinuate, bent 

 near costa; an ill-defined darker 

 discal mark ; subterminal line 

 cloudy, dark brown, nearly 

 straight. Hindwings whitish 

 irrorated with fuscous except 

 towards costa and apex ; obscure 

 darker fuscous second and sub- 

 terminal lines. 



England to York, common ; Neuration and head of Herminia, barbalis. 



N. and C. Europe, Asia Minor; 5-7. Larva dull reddish- 

 ochreous; dorsal, subdorsal, and lateral series of darker- 

 freckled diamonds ; head fuscous : on birch and oak ; 8-4. 



4. SCHRANKIA, Hb. 



Head smooth-scaled. Antennae in $ ciliated. Palpi long, 

 recurved, smooth -scaled, second joint thickened, terminal 

 moderately long, pointed. Thorax smooth -scaled. Abdomen 

 not crested. Tibiae smooth -scaled. Fore wings : 7 absent, 8 

 separate, 9 and 10 stalked. Hindwings : 5 parallel to 4. 



Includes only the single species. 



1. S. turfosalis, Wk. 13-14 mm. Forewings whitish- 

 ochreous, irregularly irrorated with brown and dark fuscous; 

 first line indistinctly indicated ; second irregular, oblique, dark 

 fuscous, posteriorly whitish-edged ; a small dark fuscous discal 

 spot, white-edged posteriorly; subterminal line straight, oblique, 

 ill-defined, whitish, preceded by a dark fuscous suffusion, run- 

 ning to apex. Hindwings grey. 



Britain to Perth, S. Ireland, in marshy places, local ; NC. 

 Europe ; 7. 



