186 NOTODONTINA [TEPHROCLYSTIS 



Abdomen without black spots . . . 33. 



33. Discal spot of forewings transverse . . 34. 



dot-like . .13. satyrata. 



34. Discal mark posteriorly whitish-edged . 37. sobrinata. 



,, not whitish-edged . . 8. valerianata. 



35. Discal mark transverse .... 36. 



dot-like . . . .37. 



36. Forewings brown . . 3. campanulata, 



,, fuscous . . * 25. trisignaria. 



37. Discal dot of forewings grey, indistinct 21. plumbeolata. 



black, distinct . . 38. 



38. Fifth and sixth fasciae brownish-ochreous 20. cauchyata. 



not brownish-ochreous . 39. 



39. Forewings with veins and costa ochreous-brown 



24. tenuiata. 

 not ochreous-brown 



17. castigata. 



1. T. venosata, F. 22-25 mm. Abdomen with black sub- 

 basal ring. Forewings greyish-ochreous or grey ; median band 

 limited by pairs of pale blackish-edged waved striae ; veins on 

 dorsal half, a line near base, and a median line traversing a 

 black linear discal mark blackish. Hindwings paler than fore- 

 wings ; a dark grey discal dot ; median line and posterior striae 

 as in forewings, but indistinct. 



Britain to the Shetlands, E. and W. Ireland, common ; 

 Europe, Asia Minor, Syria ; 5, 6. Larva rather stout, blackish- 

 grey, with some white dots ; head dark brown : on flowers and 

 seeds of Lychnis and Silene ; 7, 8. 



2. T. expallidata, Gn. 25-26 mm. Abdomen with black sub- 

 basal ring and lateral streak. Forewings light brown ; edges 

 of median band black-dotted, forming blackish spots on costa, 

 posterior angulated near costa; faint subbasal and median 

 angulated lines, on costa blackish ; sub terminal obscure, whitish, 

 anteriorly sometimes edged with reddish-fuscous ; a strong black 

 discal mark. Hindwings ochreous-grey, with faint darker 

 striae ; a dark grey discal dot. 



S. and W. England to Lancashire, Aberdeen, E. and W. 

 Ireland, local ; Belgium, Germany ; 7, 8. Larva pale yellow or 

 green ; dorsal line dark brown, with a series of irregular brown 

 marks; subdorsal dark brown, interrupted; a lateral series of 

 oblique brown streaks ; markings sometimes obsolete, or almost 

 wholly suffused with deep reddish-brown : on flowers of Solidago 

 virgaurea ; 9. 



