EUDEMIS] 



EPIBLEMIDAE 



477 



Neuration of Eudemis naevana. 



1. E. naevana, Hb. (geminana, Stph.) 11-14 mm. Fore- 

 wings grey, often obscurely striated or suffused with whitish ; 

 large basal patch with edge an- 

 gulated, and anteriorly suffused 

 central fascia with posterior 

 median projection suffusedly 

 dark fuscous, sometimes black- 

 marked; some small dark fuscous 

 spots on costa posteriorly, and a 

 suffused streak beneath them 

 from apex ; ocellus broadly 

 edged with light metallic -grey. 

 Hindwings grey ; in $ beneath 

 suffused with black towards 

 costa. 



Britain to the Clyde, N. and E. Ireland, common ; N. and 

 C. Europe, N. America (?) ; 7, 8. Larva light grey-green, sides 

 more yellowish; head black or blackish - bro wn ; plate of 2 

 black : on blackthorn, holly, Vaccinium, etc. ; 5, 6. The 

 Vaccinium-feeding form has been distinguished under the name 

 geminana, but there is no constant difference. 



12. ANCYLIS, Hb. 



Antennae in $ shortly ciliated. Palpi moderately long, 

 porrected. Thorax smooth. Forewings with apex falcate, 

 acute. Kindwings : 3 and 4 stalked or coincident, 5 approxi- 

 mated to 4, 6 and 7 closely approximated towards base. 



A genus of moderate extent, more numerous in N. America 

 than in Europe, hardly found elsewhere. 



1. 3 and 4 of hindwings coincident . . .2. 



stalked . . .6. 



2. Forewings with dark fuscous median longitudinal 



streak . . .5. siculana. 



without such streak . . .3. 



3. Central fascia distinct throughout . 4. myrtillana. 



dorsally obsolete . . .4. 



4. Pale band before fascia centrally grey . 1. derasana. 



wholly whitish . . 5. 



5. Forewings with three black dots at base of cilia 



3. paludana. 

 without such dots . . 2. lundana. 



6. Forewings with sinuate whitish longitudinal line 7. 



without such line 9. 



