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pectinations very short. Fore wings \vhitish-ochreous, -with 

 fuscous striae angulated near costa ; two before and two beyond 

 middle suffusedly dark fuscous on lower half; costa fuscous 

 towards base ; a strong oblique dark fuscous apical streak ; a 

 round black discal dot. Hindwings pale whitish-ochreous, with 

 fuscous striae ; a dark fuscous discal dot. 



Britain to Ross, N. and E. Ireland, rather local ; N. and 0. 

 Europe ; 5, 6, 8. Larva pale reddish-brown, anteriorly greenish- 

 tinged ; dorsal line darker ; subdorsal whitish ; spiracular marked 

 with lighter and darker brown ; head green, grey-dotted : on 

 Galimn ; 7, 9-4. 



2. X. cervinata, Schiff. 30-36 nun. Forewings light ochreous- 

 brownish, with indistinct darker striae ; basal patch, median 

 band, and a suffused terminal band reddish-ochreous-brown, 

 finely whitish - dusted ; edges of median band suffused with 

 darker fuscous, finely whitish-edged, anterior twice angulate- 

 indented, posterior hardly prominent in middle ; subterminal 

 line obscurely whitish. Hindwings light greyish-ochreous, 

 terminally ochreous-brownish ; a pale postmedian fascia and 

 subterminal line. 



Britain to the Clyde, E. Ireland, rather local ; C. Europe, 

 Asia Minor, Syria; 9, 10. Larva pale yellowish-green, white- 

 dotted ; dorsal line darker, interrupted ; incisions yellow ; 

 spiracles black, white-ringed, conspicuous : on Malva and 

 Althaea; 6, 7. 



3. X. limitata, Sc. (menwraria, Schiff.) 29-33 mm. Fore- 

 wings ochreous or brownish, with faint or partially distinct 

 darker striae ; edge of basal patch darker, curved ; median 

 band formed by ochreous-brown fasciae enclosing a fuscous 

 (sometimes posteriorly dark fuscous) space, anterior edge hardly 

 curved, posterior slightly angulated in middle ; a black discal 

 dot ; a short dark fuscous apical streak ; sixth fascia more 

 fuscous. Hindwings fuscous, sometimes whitish-ochreous 

 towards apex ; two darker postmedian striae. 



Britain to Sutherland, Ireland, common ; Europe, WC. and 

 N. Asia; 7, 8. Larva pale pinkish-grey; dorsal, line pale 

 grey ; subdorsal pale yellow-ochreous, brown-edged ; spiracular 

 pinkish ; head black-dotted : on Vicia ; 6. 



4. X. plumbaria, F. (palumbaria, Bkh.) 28-31 mm. Fore- 

 wings pale grey, sprinkled with dark fuscous; edge of basal 

 patch dark fuscous, hardly curved ; median band sometimes 

 partially suffused with dark fuscous, edges dark fuscous, finely 

 ochreous-margined, anterior almost straight, posterior slightly 



