EPIBLEMA] EPIBLEMIDAE 497 



dnrsum before middle, reaching more than half across wing, its 

 apex emitting a strong pointed projection towards tornus : 

 ocellus pale grey, with two or three brown dots. Hindwings 

 rather dark fuscous. 



Kent to Hants and Norfolk, local; C. and SE. Europe, WC. 

 Asia to Turkestan; 7. Larva yellow-whitish; head dark 

 brown; plate of 2 brownish -ochreous : in stems and roots of 

 J / // /// IXHI vulgaris ; 1 0-5. 



20. E. bilunana, ttw. 12-16 mm. Head and thorax ochreous- 

 white. Fore wings with fold not reaching J; ochreous -white, 

 costa indistinctly blackish -strigulated ; lower half of edge of 

 basal patch forming a thick black anteriorly fuscous-edged 

 mark; central fascia pale greyish -ochreous, indistinct, ending 

 in a small subtriangular black praetornal spot; some black 

 scales before termen in middle ; termen rounded. Hindwings 

 grey. 



Britain to Caledonian Canal, rather common ; C. Europe ; 



6, 7. Larva yellow-whitish ; head and plate of 2 blackish- 

 brown : in catkins of birch ; 3, 4. 



21. E. ophthalmicana, Hb. 18-23 mm. Head ferruginous- 

 fuscous. Forewings elongate, with fold reaching -f ; dark 

 ashy-fuscous, strigulated with black and sometimes with deep 

 ferruginous ; a narrow black dorsal spot before middle ; a 

 small black praetornal spot, sometimes surmounted by a ferru- 

 ginous spot ; termen nearly straight. Hindwings light fuscous, 

 terminally darker. 



England to York, Renfrew, N. Ireland, local ; C. Europe ; 



7, 8. Larva dull greenish -white ; spots grey ; head black ; 

 plate of 2 brown, anterior edge white : on aspen (Populus tre- 

 mula) ; 6. 



22. E. solandriana, L. 18-21 mm. Forewings elongate, 

 costa moderately arched, fold reaching J ; varying from whitish- 

 ochreous or brownish to ferruginous, more or less darker- 

 strigulated, sometimes whitish - mixed ; basal patch with 

 angulated edge, and central fascia narrowed towards extremities 

 sometimes darker ; a rounded triangular white or pale median 

 dorsal blotch, sometimes replaced by a more elongate semioval 

 dark reddish-brown blotch ; termen rather oblique. Hindwings 

 light grey. 



Britain to the Orkneys, Ireland, common ; N. and C. Europe ; 

 7, 8. Larva grey-whitish or dull greenish; head pale brown 

 or partly black ; plate of 2 whitish or brown : on hazel, birch, 

 and Salix caprea ; 5, 6. 



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