CLYSIA] 



PH ALUM A DAK 



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blackish apical or subapical marks. Hindwings light grey, in 

 whitish-suffused anteriorly. 



Sussex to Dorset and Essex, local ; C. Europe ; 6. Larva 

 pale brownish-yellow ; head and plate of 2 black : in berries of 

 Rhamnux jrii<itil<i : 7, 8. The larva cuts out a case from a 

 dead leaf to pupate in. On the Continent the larva feeds in 

 the flower buds of the vine, and is very injurious ; the variation 

 in habit is very remarkable. 



8. EUXANTHIS, H/>. 



Thorax with posterior crest or smooth. Forewings : 7 to 

 termeu. Hindwings : 3 and 4 stalked, 6 and 7 stalked. 



A rather small genus, ranging throughout northern tem- 

 perate regions. The imagos occur more freely on the wing 

 than in most other genera of the family. 



1. Costa of forewings nearly straight . .2. 



moderately arched . . 5. 



2. Forewings orange . . .4. aeneana. 



pale ochreous . . . .3. 



3. Antcmedian fascia entire . . .1. angustana. 



not reaching costa . . 4. 



4. Forewings with distinct darker basal and subter- 



minal suffusions . . 3. altemana. 



without such suffusions . 2. straminea. 



5. Tcrmen ferruginous-fuscous . . 5. zoegana. 



yellow . . . .6. hamana. 



1. E. angustana, Tr. 11-15 mm. Forewings with costa 

 hardly arched ; ochreous-whitish, 



strigulated and blotched with 

 ochreous; costal edge dark fus- 

 cous anteriorly ; a moderate 

 slightly curved antemedian fascia 

 and narrow terminal fascia leaden- 

 grey mixed with deep ochreous 

 and black. Hindwings whitish 

 or light fuscous, strigulated with 

 darker. 



Britain to the Orkneys, Ireland, 

 common; C. Europe; 6,8. Larva 



pinkish ; head and plate of 2 dark Neuration ofEuxanthis angustana. 



brown : in flower-heads of Achillea, Plantago, Origanum, etc. ; 

 7, 9, 10. 



2. E. straminea, Hw. 15-18 mm. Forewings with costa 



