200 NOTODONTINA [EUCESTIA 



sixth fascia ochreous -brown. Hindwings elongate, brownish- 

 grey, darker apically. 



Britain to Ross, N. Ireland, common ; WC. Europe ; 9, 10. 

 Larva green ; dorsal line darker, pale -edged ; subdorsal very 

 dark green, yellowish-edged above ; spiracular white ; incisions 

 yellowish: on Cytisus ; 5, 6. The imago curiously resembles 

 the dried open seed-pods of the food-plant. 



2. E. rufata, F. (obliquaria, Bkh.) 31-33 mm. Forewings 

 elongate, light fuscous; an angulated dark fuscous subbasal 

 line, antemedian space ochreous-suffused ; edges of median band 

 bisinuate, black-marked, posterior wholly black on upper half, 

 followed by a pale ochreous shade continued beneath costa to 

 apex ; subterminal line whitish, sixth fascia brownish-ochreous. 

 Hindwings elongate, grey; a faint darker discal dot. 



Britain to Ross, local ; C. Europe, Asia Minor ; 5-7. Larva 

 dull olive -green; dorsal line darker, pale - edged ; subdorsal 

 dark green, pale-edged beneath ; lateral pale ; spiracular white : 

 on Cytisus ; 7-9. 



3. E. griseata, Schiff. 26-30 mm. Forewings elongate, grey- 

 whitish, thickly sprinkled with grey ; a somewhat darker prae- 

 subterminal shade, running to apex; cilia white. Hindwings 

 elongate, whitish-grey ; cilia white. 



Suffolk, Norfolk, very local; C. and SW. Europe, Asia 

 Minor ; 6, 7. Larva green ; a dorsal series of purplish 

 blotches ; dorsal line darker green or brown ; subdorsal pale, 

 darker -edged ; spiracular pale yellow : on Sisymbriwn, and 

 Erysimum ; 7, 8. 



4. E. plagiata, L. 34-38 mm. Forewings grey-whitish, 

 much fuscous -sprinkled, with indistinct fuscous striae; first 

 fascia of one dark fuscous stria, forming a dark brown costal 

 spot ; striae of third and fourth dark fuscous, sometimes suf- 

 fused with brown, darker on costa, fourth angulated below 

 costa, followed above middle by an ochreous tinge ; subterminal 

 line pale ; an ochreous -brownish oblique apical streak ; a grey 

 discal mark. Hindwings pale fuscous ; a darker discal dot and 

 faint postmedian line. 



Britain to the Orkneys, Ireland, common ; Europe, W. Asia ; 

 5, 6, 8, 9. Larva reddish -ochreous, with numerous reddish- 

 brown lines ; spiracular pale yellow ; incisions yellowish ; head 

 pale brown : on Hypericum ; 7, 10-4. 



10. CARSIA, ffb. 

 Face prominent. Antennae in <J ciliated. Palpi rough- 



