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darker and lighter; 8 and 10 with pairs of small tubercles, 9 

 with a larger pair; 13 with two points: on Erica, Calluna, 

 Cytisus ; 8-5. 



3. C. gilvaria, F. 28-34 mm. Head pale yellowish. Fore- 

 wings pale ochreous-yellowish, thinly strigulated with pale 

 brownish ; costal edge mostly fuscous ; second line straight, 

 fuscous, running to near apex, not reaching dorsum ; a fuscous 

 discal spot. Hindwings yellow-whitish ; a grey discal spot and 

 faint second line. 



S. England to Suffolk and Gloucester, W. Ireland, local ; 

 C. Europe, WC. and N. Asia, N. America ; 8. Larva light 

 greyish-ochreous, with several indistinct paler and darker 

 lines; 13 with two points : on Thymus, Potentilla, etc.; 9-7. 



4. 0. ochrearia, -Ross, (citraria, Hb.) 26-32 mm. Head 

 ochreous- yellow. Forewings ochreous-yellow, in $ whitish- 

 ochreous, strigulated with deeper yellow or fuscous ; lines grey, 

 first rather curved, second nearly straight ; a grey discal spot. 

 Hindwings yellow-whitish ; a grey discal spot and incomplete 

 second line. 



England to Cheshire, Dumfries, local ; S. Europe, Asia Minor, 

 Syria, N. Africa ; 5, 8. Larva pale yellowish-ochreous ; dorsal 

 line ochreous -brown, pale-edged ; subdorsal ochreous-brown ; 

 head whitish, brown-marked; 13 with two long points: on 

 grass, Lotus, etc.; 6, 7, 9, 10. 



13. THERIA, Hb. 



Face with appressed scales. Tongue weak. Antennae in 

 $ bipectinated to apex. Palpi very short, rough -scaled. 

 Thorax slightly hairy beneath. Femora glabrous; posterior 

 tibiae in <J not dilated. Forewings in $ without fovea; 10 

 out of 9, often connected or anastomosing with 9, 1 1 out of 9, 

 anastomosing or connected with 12 and 10. Wings of $ 

 rudimentary. 



This includes only the single European species; it is cor- 

 related with the preceding. 



1. T. mpicapraria, Hb. 27-30 mm. Head fuscous, fillet 

 whitish. Forewings brown, faintly reddish, sprinkled with 

 darker ; lines darker fuscous, first faint, curved, second slightly 

 curved, posteriorly pale-edged; a dark fuscous discal spot. 

 Hindwings fuscous-whitish ; a dark grey discal dot and curved 

 second line. Wings of 9 g rev > w ith dark fuscous median 

 band. 



Britain to Forfar, Ireland, common ; C. Europe, Asia Minor ; 



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