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costa ; fifth and sixth wholly dark grey, subterminal line 

 whitish. Hindwings whitish, with grey striae dorsally ; a dark 

 grey terminal fascia arid discal dot. 



England to York, K and W. Ireland, local ; C. Europe, WC. 

 Asia ; 6. Larva slender, green ; dorsal line dark green ; sub- 

 dorsal indistinctly darker; spiracular pale green; incisions 

 yellow; 13 with two purple points; head ochreous : on flowers 

 of Scabiosa, Centaurea, Gentiana, etc. ; 8, 9. 



3. E. togata, Hb. 21-24 mm. Abdomen with brown-red sub- 

 basal band and black lateral spots. Forewings light ochreous- 



. greyish, with indistinct curved fuscous striae ; an angulated 

 black subbasal stria; edges of median band black-marked, 

 stronger on costa, posterior angulated in middle ; second and 

 fifth fasciae reddish-fuscous, sixth fuscous ; an oval black discal 

 spot. Hindwings as forewings, but all markings greyer, less 

 distinct. 



Britain to Caledonian Canal, W. Ireland, local; N. and C. 

 Europe ; 6. Larva flesh-colour ; head and tubercles black : in 

 cones of Pinus abies ; 8-10. 



4. E. vitalbata, Hb. 28-32 mm. Head and front of thorax 

 dark fuscous. Forewings pale ochreous, with curved brown 

 striae, nearly obsolete on a broad subcostal band ; costa suffused 

 with dark fuscous basally ; median band suffused with ochreous- 

 brown or dark fuscous on lower half, the suffusion extending 

 to termen beneath apex; a black discal dot. Hindwings 

 whitish-ochreous, with brownish striae ; those of median band 

 dark fuscous on lower half ; a blackish discal dot. 



5. England to Hereford and Leicester, local ; C. and S. 

 Europe, Asia Minor, Africa; 5, 6, 8. Larva slender, pale 

 pinkish-ochreous ; dorsal line dark brown, broader on 2-4 and 

 11-13; spiracular pale : on Clematis mtalba ; 6, 7, 9, 10. 



5. E. tersata, Hb. 28-33 mm. Abdomen with slender black 

 subbasal ring. Forewings light ochreous-brown, with curved 

 darker brown striae ; a subbasal stria and edges of median band 

 somewhat blackish-marked, anterior edge thickened dorsally ; 

 subterminal line obscurely whitish ; a black discal dot ; a short 

 blackish apical dash. Hindwings as forewings, but paler, 

 without apical dash. 



S. England to Hereford and Norfolk, common; C. and S. 

 Europe, WC. and N. Asia, Japan ; 6, 7. Larva pale brown ; 

 dorsal line dark brown on 2-4, thence grey on incisions ; a black 



rt on 10, and often indications on 7-9 ; spiracular line pale, 

 k-edged : on Clematis vitalba ; 8, 9. 



