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8. E. tetracftietrana, Hw. 12-15 mm. Forewings fuscous, 

 darker-strigulated, often whitish-mixed, costa strigulated with 

 blackish and posteriorly with white ; edge of basal patch 

 suffused with ferruginous - brown, partly blackish - marked, 

 obtusely angulated beyond this sometimes an obscure whitish 

 subquadrate dorsal spot; central fascia darker, often ferru- 

 ginous-suffused ; costal half beyond this sometimes ferruginous- 

 suffused, with some black scales j ocellus obscurely edged with 

 leaden-metallic, usually preceded by a small black subdorsal 

 spot ; term en sinuate ; a white subapical dash in cilia. Hind- 

 wings grey. 



Britain to the Orkneys, Ireland, very common N. and C. 

 Europe ; 5. Larva pale yellowish-green ; head and plate of 2 

 dark or light brown : on birch and alder (when young, in 

 swellings in twigs) j 7-10. 



9. E. nigricana, HS. 11-13 rnm. Forewings dark fuscous, 

 anteriorly lighter-striated, costa posteriorly obscurely strigulated 

 with whitish ; central fascia indistinctly darker ; ocellus edged 

 with leaden-metallic ; termen faintly sinuate. Hindwings dark 

 fuscous. 



Hereford, Essex, Norfolk, Lancashire, local Holland, Ger- 

 many, Greece ; 7. Larva dull yellow ; head and plate of 2 

 black : in buds of Pinus picea ; 9-4. 



10. E. distinctana, Wilk. (jproximana, Dbld., non HS. ; (?) 

 fraternana, Hw.) 11-12 mm. Face and palpi pale whitish- 

 ochreous. Forewings dark fuscous, costa posteriorly spotted 

 with whitish; central fascia broad, narrowed on costa, limited 

 by light leaden-metallic-grey fasciae, first straight, including a 

 dark fuscous stria, second somewhat curved ; termen sinuate ; 

 a white subapical dash in cilia. Hindwings fuscous, darker 

 terminally. 



Dorset, Hereford, Norfolk, N. England from York, N. 

 Ireland, local ; Germany ; 6, 7. Larva very pale green ; head 

 and plate of 2 light yellowish-brown : on Pinus picea: 8-10. 



11. E. tedella, Gl. (hyrciniana, Wilk.) 11-13 mm. Face 

 and palpi whitish. Forewings pale brownish, strigulated or 

 often wholly suffused with dark fuscous, costa posteriorly 

 strigulated with white ; sometimes a whitish fascia within basal 

 patch ; central fascia narrowed towards costa, limited by two 

 pairs of silvery-white or grey sometimes almost obsolete striae, 

 first somewhat curved, second somewhat interrupted in middle ; 

 disc posteriorly often whitish-mixed ; termen hardly sinuate ; 

 a white subapical dash in cilia. Hindwings grey. 



