244 NOTODONTINA [LEPTOMERIS 



spots on incisions ; lateral ridge pale ; head darker-marked : on 

 Lotus, Polygonum, etc. (?) ; 8-5. 



4. PYLARGE, HS. 



Antennae in $ ciliated with fascicles. Posterior tibiae in $ 

 not dilated, with end-spurs only, in $ with all spurs present. 

 Hind wings : 6 and 7 sometimes stalked. 



A very small genus, but ranging to Australia. Larva as in 

 Leptomeris. 



1. P. fumata, Stph. 23-26 mm. Head blackish, fillet and 

 collar ochreous-white. Forewings pale whitish-ochreous, much 

 sprinkled with black ; first line, median, second, and margins 

 of subterminal pale ochreous or greyish -ochreous, regular. 

 Hindwings as forewings, but lines subsinuate, first absent; 

 terrnen very obtusely augulated. 



Britain to Sutherland, Ireland, common (scarce in S. 

 England) ; N. and mountains of C. Europe, N. Asia ; 6. 

 Larva pale brown; dorsal line pale, brown -edged, darker on 

 incisions; subdorsal pale; lateral ridge pale, brown -edged 

 beneath ; black subspiracular dots on 2, 5, 6 : on Erica and 

 Vacciniivm ; 8-5. 



5. LEUCOPHTHALMIA, Hb. 



Antennae in <$ bipectinated, towards apex simple. Posterior 

 tibiae in $ slender, with end -spurs only , in $ with all spurs 

 present. Hindwings : 6 and 7 stalked. 



A small characteristically European genus, reaching North 

 America. Pupa truncate anteriorly, exposed, attached to a 

 leaf by the tail and sometimes a median girdle. 



1. Second line black-dotted . . . .2. 



dentate, not dotted . . 6. annulata. 



2. Discal dot absent . . .4. punctaria. 



present . . 3. 



3. Median line dentate . . . 1. orbicularia. 



,, not dentate . . . .4. 



4. Median line dark grey, sharp . . 5. trilinearia. 



,, cloudy or faint . .5. 



5. Ground-colour whitish . . .2. pendularia. 



pale ochreous . . 3. porata. 



1. L. orbicularia, Hb. 24-26 mm. Face dark fuscous, crown 



white, blackish-sprinkled. Forewings grey-whitish, strigulated 



with dull reddish and sprinkled with blackish ; first and second 



lines irregular, formed by black dots; median grey-reddish, 



