NOTOCELIA] EPIBLEMIDAE 439 



towards costa and dorsum ; lower half of central fascia fuscous 

 spotted with black, preceded by a grey mark ; ocellus edged 

 with leaden-metallic, enclosing three or four black dots ; some 

 brown or ferruginous and leaden-metallic streaks towards apex. 

 Hindwings light grey. 



Britain to the Clyde, common ; Germany, Denmark ; 6, 7. 

 Larva purplish-brown, beneath whitish ; head brown ; plate of 

 2 black : on rose (especially Rosa rubiginosa) ] 5, 6. 



3. N. trimaculana, 7/>. (suffusana, Z.) 15-16 mm. Differs 

 from N. rosaecolana as follows : forewings somewhat narrower, 

 costa less arched, fold reaching middle, ground-colour much 

 mixed and marked with grey except on a quadrate dorsal spot 

 beyond basal patch ; hindwings grey. 



Britain to the Clyde, N. Ireland, common ; C. Europe, WC. 

 Asia to N. Persia ; 6. Larva reddish-brown, sometimes tinged 

 with greenish ; head light brown ; plate of 2 black : on haw- 

 thorn ; 4, 5. 



4. N. roborana, Tr. 18-21 mm. Forewings elongate, costa 

 at first straight, beyond middle arched, fold reaching middle ; 

 whitish, much strigulated with grey, usually clearest towards 

 dorsum beyond basal patch ; costa towards middle suffused with 

 fuscous, posteriorly strigulated w r ith dark fuscous ; basal patch 

 dark fuscous, edge straight, parallel to termen ; a triangular 

 dark fuscous and black praetornal spot, with usually some black 

 scales above it in disc ; ocellus edged with leaden-metallic, en- 

 closing several black dots or a w r avy line ; apical area streaked 

 with ferruginous and leaden-metallic. Hindwings whitish-grey. 



Britain to the Clyde, E. Ireland, common ; C. Europe ; 7. 

 Larva reddish-brown ; head light brown ; plate of 2 black : on 

 rose ; 5, 6. 



5. N. incarnatana, lib. (amoenana, Hb.) 14-18 mm. Fore- 

 wings with costa slightly arched, fold reaching middle ; rosy- 

 whitish, sometimes ochreous- tinged, sometimes striated with 

 fuscous, costa strigulated with dark fuscous ; basal patch 

 fuscous or ferruginous-brown, black -marked, edge nearly straight : 

 central fascia ill-defined, grey or ferruginous, with black pos- 

 terior subdorsal projection; apical area streaked with ferruginous 

 and leaden-metallic, marked with black. Hindwings whitish- 

 fuscous. 



England, E. Ireland, local ; C. and S. Europe ; 7. Larva 

 reddish-brown ; head light brown ; plate of 2 black : on rose ; 

 5, 6. 



6. N. tetragonana, Stph. 13-15 mm. Forewings with costa 



