F.rcosMA] EPIBLEMIDAE 467 



yellow-green ; head and plate of 2 black : on flowers of Genista 

 tinctoria, Orchis, etc. ; 5, 6. 



30. E. metallicana, lib. (alternana, Wilk. ; daleana, Dbld.) 

 15-18 mm. Forewings light greyish-ochreous ; basal patch, 

 central fascia with posterior edge angulated in middle, a dorsal 

 spot immediately beyond and often confluent with fascia, and 

 a subapical fascia narrowed beneath formed by a coarse black 

 irroration, sometimes edged with metallic-grey, often wholly or 

 partially concealed in a general black irroration. Hindwings 

 grey, in $ darker. 



Perth, local, on mountains ; N. and C. Europe, N. Asia ; 7. 



31. E. micana, Frol. (olivana, Tr.) 14-17 mm. Forewings 

 pale greyish-ochreous, sometimes more or less mixed with pale 

 ferruginous ; costa spotted with fuscous posteriorly ; basal 

 patch, very broad central fascia enclosing pale median spot 

 near posterior edge, and subapical fascia fuscous, blackish- 

 mixed, partly edged with pale leaden-metallic striae. Hindwings 

 light grey. 



Surrey to Norfolk and Cambridge, York to Ross, local ; N. 

 and C. Europe ; 7. 



32. E. irriguana, IIS. 15-18 mm. Forewings pale greyish- 

 ochreous, costa spotted with dark grey ; basal patch, central 

 fascia posteriorly broadly prominent in middle, a praetomal 

 subquadrate spot, and subapical fascia darker greyish-ochreous, 

 more or less edged with pale leaden-metallic strigulae. Hind- 

 wings grey. 



Westmoreland to Ross, local ; N. and mountains of C. 

 Europe, NW. Asia ; 7. 



33. E. urticaria, lib. 14-20 mm. Forewings pale ochreous 

 or reddish-ochreous, striated with silvery-whitish, costa marked 

 with black ; basal patch with sinuate edge, central fascia 

 posteriorly prominent and indented in middle, a praetornal 

 spot separated from fascia by a hardly paler space, subapical 

 fascia hardly reaching costa, and small apical spot ochreous 

 or ferruginous, mixed with black. Hindwings grey. 



Britain to the Hebrides, Ireland, common, more scarce 

 northwards ; C. Europe, Asia Minor, N. America ; 7. Larva 

 dark red-brown ; head and plate of 2 black : on Vaccinium, 

 Lonicera, birch, etc. ; 5, 6. 



34. E. lacunana, Dup. (herbaria, Gn.) 15-17 mm. Forewings 

 pale ochreous or greyish-ochreous, striated with silvery-metallic, 

 sometimes strigulated with dark fuscous, costa marked with 

 dark fuscous ; basal patch with edge abruptly excavated below 



