234 NOTODONTINA [EOIS 



1. EOIS, Hb. 



Antennae in $ ciliated with fascicles or evenly, rarely 

 (perochraria) with fascicles rising 

 from very short paired processes. 

 Posterior tibiae in without 

 spurs, in $ with end -spurs only. 

 Hindwings : 6 and 7 stalked, or 

 rarely separate. 



A large and generally distribu- 

 ted group, but most numerous in 

 the European region ; derived 

 from Leptomeris. Larva thickest 

 on 9 or 10, tapering forwards, 

 transversely wrinkled, head more 

 or less bifid ; probably feeding on 

 various low plants indiscriminately, 



Neurationof-Eoisawrsata. b ut mogt are on jy k nown by 



breeding from the eggs of captured moths. 



1. Termen of forewings with angular projection 14. emarginata. 



,, not angular . . .2. 



2. Wings purple and yellow . .1. muricata. 



,, not purple and yellow . . .3. 



3. Wings deep yellow-ochreous . . 6. perochraria. 



not deep yellow-ochreous . . .4. 



4. Forewings without discal dot . . 7. holosericata. 



with discal dot . . .5. 



5. Discal dot of forewings before median line . 6. 



,, ,, on or beyond median line 12. 



6. Wings blackish-sprinkled . . .7. 



not blackish-sprinkled . . .11. 



7. Praesubterminal line thickened . .17. bisetata. 



,, not thickened . . 8. 



8. Second line black-dotted . . .4. virgularia. 



not black-dotted . . .9. 



9. Discal dot of hindwings before median line 5. straminata. 



,, ,, beyond median line . 10. 



10. Cilial dots blackish . . .12. aversata. 



faint or absent . .11. inornata. 



11. Antemedian band reddish-grey . 13. degeneraria. 



not reddish-grey 10. subsericeata. 



12. Forewings with fuscous postmedian bund 3. rusticata. 



without such band 13. 



