554 TORTRICINA [PHALONIA 



striae, costa strigulated with black ; an irregular dark grey 

 black-mixed antemedian fascia, much dilated on costa, anterior 

 edge concave ; some blackish strigulae in disc beyond this ; a 

 broad dark grey terminal fascia, mixed with black and ochreous, 

 narrowed to a point beneath, anterior edge curved. Hind wings 

 dark grey. 



Kent to Devon and Hereford, local ; Germany ; 5, 6. Larva 

 pale yellowish-pink ; head light brown ; plate of 2 ochreous : in 

 seedheads of Solidago ; 8, 9. 



3. CHLIDONIA, Hb. 



Thorax with posterior crest. Forewings : 7 to termen. 

 Hindwings : 3 and 4 remote at origin, 6 and 7 stalked. 



Contains only the two following species, which are so similar 

 that they have often been regarded as doubtfully distinct ; an 

 offshoot of Euxanthis. 



Fascia right-angled, dark fuscous . 1. baumanniana. 



,, obtuse-angled, ferruginous . 2. subbaumanniana. 



1. C. baumanniana, Schif. 18-23 mm. Forewings pale 

 ochreous, somewhat ferruginous-sprinkled ; basal area suffused 

 with dark fuscous, near costa white-edged and sharply marked ; 

 a narrow dark reddish-fuscous partly white-edged fascia before 

 middle, right-angled and narrowly interrupted in disc ; a dark 

 fuscous posterior blotch on costa, edged with white spots; a 

 dark reddish -fuscous band from middle of fascia to tornus, 

 edged and interrupted with white spots ; a reddish -fuscous 

 suffusion below this, and some white and reddish-fuscous spots 

 above it ; a dark fuscous terminal streak. Hindwings light 

 grey. 



Britain to the Orkneys, Ireland, rather common ; C. Europe ; 

 5, 6. Larva in rootstock of Scabiosa ; 8-3. 



2. 0. subbaumanniana, Wilk. 13-16 mm. Differs from C. 

 baumanniana as follows : forewings with all dark markings 

 ferruginous, fasciti obtusely angulated and with lower portion 

 less oblique inwardly, white markings more largely developed 

 and forming nearly continuous striae instead of spots; hind- 

 wings usually rather darker. 



Britain to Sutherland, rather common ; Germany (?) ; 6, 7. 



4. EUPOECILIA, Stph. 



Thorax with posterior crest. Forewings in $ with small 

 costal fold ; 7 to apex. Hindwings : 3 and 4 connate, 6 and 7 

 closely approximated towards base. 



