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dark fuscous strigulae ; costa with dark fuscous and pale or 

 white strigulae ; basal patch with edge angulated in middle, 

 central fascia dilated dorsally, and an irregular spot before 

 termen in middle usually more or less ochreous and much 

 striated or suffused with dark fuscous, in ochreous specimens 

 sometimes obsolete ; apical area ochreous ; margins of ocellus 

 and sometimes two streaks from costa posteriorly leaden - 

 metallic. Hind wings grey. 



Britain to Caledonian Canal, E. Ireland, very common ; C. 

 and SW. Europe ; 6, 7. Larva pale greenish or yellowish, 

 more brownish above ; head and plate of 2 black : on elm ; 

 5,6. 



3. 0. minutana, Hb. 12-15 mm. Palpi ochreous-whitish, 

 above grey. Forewings whitish-ochreous, much tinged with 

 rosy -purplish, striated with red-brown, mixed with black ; 

 angulated edge of basal patch and irregular central fascia more 

 black-marked ; some streaks from costa posteriorly and margins 

 of ocellus obscurely golden-metallic ; ocellus including several 

 blackish dashes. Hind wings grey, darker posteriorly. 



Kent and Surrey to Norfolk, Lancashire, local ; C. and S. 

 Europe, N. Africa ; 7. Larva green ; head and plate of 2 dark 

 brown : on poplar ; 5. . 



4. 0. ramella, L. (paykulliana, Wilk.) 13-16 mm. Fore- 

 wings ochreous-white, with some black scales towards base ; 

 costa greyish-tinged, strigulated with black ; a triangular black 

 spot mixed with grey on dorsum before middle, and another 

 less denned on tornus ; central fascia ill-marked, pale ochreous- 

 grey ; apex suffused with dark grey ; ocellus edged with leaden- 

 metallic ; sometimes dorsal f of wing wholly suffused with 

 blackish-grey. Hindwings grey. 



Britain to Ross, rather common ; C. Europe ; 7, 8. Larva 

 on birch ; 5, 6. 



5. 0. signatana, Dgl. 14-16 mm. Forewings yellow-whitish 

 striated with fuscous, costa strigulated with dark fuscous ; 

 basal patch with edge angulated in middle, irregular central 

 fascia, and apical area fuscous irrorated with pale yellowish, 

 with a few blackish marks ; a slender blackish longitudinal 

 streak crossing middle of fascia and curved upwards above 

 ocellus to near termen ; ocellus pale yellowish, edged with 

 leaden-metallic. Hindwings grey or light grey. 



England, N. Ireland, local ; C. Europe ; 7. Larva on 

 Prunus padus and probably P. cerasus ; 5. 



6. C. achatana, F. 13-17 mm. Forewings fuscous, with 



