262 NOTODONTINA [DEILEPTENIA 



dark fuscous discal mark before median. Hindwings as fore- 

 wings, but lines more indistinct, first absent, discal mark beyond 

 median. 



S. England to Gloucester and Essex, Perth, local ; C. Europe ; 

 7. Larva light ochreous-brown or dark grey-brown, with paler 

 dorsal patches, especially on 5, 9, and 10; dorsal, subdorsal, 

 and lateral lines pale, brown-edged ; 5-9 spotted with black on 

 back : on yew, Pinus, etc. ; 9-5. 



5. CLEORA, Curt. 



Face nearly smooth. Tongue developed. Antennae in <$ 

 bipectinated to apex. Palpi rough -scaled. Thorax hairy be- 

 neath. Femora almost glabrous; posterior tibiae in <$ not 

 dilated. Forewings in <$ with fovea ; 10 connected or anasto- 

 mosing with 9. 



One species only is known. 



1. 0. lichenaria, Hufn. 29-33 mm. Head green -whitish, 

 forehead spotted with dark fuscous. Forewings whitish, suf- 

 fusedly strigulated with dull greenish and sprinkled with black ; 

 first line curved, second strongly sinuate and dentate, black ; a 

 green blackish discal spot. Hindwings as forewings, but first 

 line absent, second less sinuate, spot grey. 



Britain to Ross, N. Ireland, common ; C. Europe ; 7. Larva 

 wrinkled, olive-green, variegated with lighter and darker; 5-11 

 with pairs of slight prominences; 12 with two larger yellow 

 black-tipped prominences; spiracular line sometimes partly 

 blackish : on lichens ; 9-5. 



6. SELIDOSEMA, Hb. 



Face with appressed or shortly projecting scales. Tongue 

 developed. Antennae in $ bipectinated, towards apex simple. 

 Palpi rough -scaled. Thorax sometimes crested posteriorly, 

 hairy beneath. Femora nearly glabrous : posterior tibiae in $ 

 dilated. Forewings in $ with fovea; 10 sometimes connected 

 with 9, 11 sometimes out of 10 near base only, or if separate, 

 sometimes anastomosing with 12. 



A genus of considerable extent, and universally distributed ; 

 derived from Synopsia. 



1. Discal mark whitish, dark-margined . 6. cinctaria. 



wholly dark . . . .2. 



2. Forewings whitish . . . .3. 



not whitish 4. 



