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median. Hindwings as forewings, but first line absent, discal 

 dot beyond median ; termen rounded. 



Britain to the Clyde, E. and S. Ireland, local; C. and S. 

 Europe, WC. Asia ; 6, 7. Larva pale greyish-ochreous ; dorsal 

 line paler, dark-edged, more strongly on 11-13; subdorsal pale 

 yellowish : on Achillea, Polygonum, etc. ; 8-5. 



4. L. ornata, Sc. 21-24 mm. Head blackish, fillet white, 

 collar pale ochreous. Posterior tarsi in <^ almost 1. Fore- 

 wings white ; lines sinuate ; first faint, sometimes black-dotted ; 

 median faint ochreous ; second fine, waved, ochreous, partly 

 black ; margins of subterminal thick, grey, anterior forming 

 ochreous blotches above middle and tornus ; a grey discal dot 

 before median. Hindwings as forewings, but first line absent, 

 discal dot black, beyond median ; termen waved, obtusely 

 angulated. 



5. England to Gloucester and Suffolk, local ; C. and S. 

 Europe, WC. Asia to Turkestan, N. Africa ; 6, 8. Larva 

 brownish - ochreous ; dorsal line pale, dark- edged; subdorsal 

 dark brown ; spiracular pale, dark-edged beneath ; 5-9 with 

 obtuse dorsal diamonds outlined with dark brown : on Thymus 

 and Origanum; 8-4. 



5. L. imitaria, Hb. 24-27 mm. Head blackish; fillet 

 reddish -white, collar light ochreous. Posterior tarsi in $ 

 almost 1. Forewings reddish - ochreous ; first line grey, angu- 

 lated ; median dark grey, straight, oblique, followed by a 

 cloudy shade ; second subsinuate, dark grey ; a black discal 

 dot before median. Hindwings as forewings, but first line 

 absent, discal dot larger, beyond median ; termen angulated. 



England, S. Ireland, rather common ; W. and S. Europe, 

 WC. Asia ; 7, 8. Larva dull ochreous ; dorsal line brown, 

 darker posteriorly ; subdorsal and lateral faint, pale ; 5-9 with 

 dark lateral blotches, sometimes indistinct : on Taraxacum, 

 Rumex, etc. ; 9-6. 



6. L. enmtaria, Hb. 21-24 mm. Head blackish, fillet white, 

 collar brownish. Posterior tarsi in <J almost 1. Forewings 

 ochreous-whitish, sometimes pink-tinged, much sprinkled with 

 black ; lines nearly straight, obsolete towards costa ; first and 

 second fine, grey, blackish-dotted ; median thick, purplish-grey, 

 oblique ; margins of subterminal purplish-grey ; a black discal 

 dot before median. Hindwings as forewings, but first line 

 absent, discal dot on median ; termen angulated. 



SE. England to Dorset and Norfolk, local ; S. Europe, N. 

 Africa (a doubtfully distinct form ranges in WC. Asia to 



