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EUPITHECIA. By L. B. Prout. 



with the median bands. The black marks on costa are larger and wider apart. Length of a forewing 9,5 mm". 

 A ? between Oaargla and El-Golea, S. Algeria. 



arenicola. E. arenicola Bthschd. "Differs from tenellata by its sandy buff ground colour, in the parallel transverse 



lines on both wings being straighter, but much more crenulated, and the distinct dark stigma in both wings. 

 Length of a forewing cf 8,5, $ 8—10 mm". S.Algeria: half-way between Oaargla and El-Golea and South 

 Oued Mya. 



sobrinala. E, sobrinata Hhn. (? = pusillata Schiff.) (121). Extremely variable but generally easy to recognize by 



the acutely angulated antemedian line, whitish patch between discal dot and postmedian, dark dashes proximally 



graeseriata. to the postmedian, etc. Antennal ciJiation short. — graeseriata Rdtzer (= latoniata Mill.) is larger and greyer, 



anglicata. in general more weakly marked but very variable. Swiss Alps. — anglicata TL-Sch. (== stevensata Wehh), 



scoriaia. from the chalk clifls of Kent, is a whitish grey form of rather characteristic appeai'ance. — scoriata Stgr., 



from Iceland, is a dark, weakly-marked form. — Larva on Juniperus communis, that of graeseriata also on 



J. nana. It forms in the egg-shell in the autumn, hatching in the spring. Imago in August in early September. 



Widely distributed in North and Central Europe, more local in the South. 



corticosa. E. corticosa nom. nov. (= draudti Dietze, nom. praeocc). Rather uniform bark-colour with a slight cupreous 



tinge, markings scarcely indicated, median area slightly darkened, proximal half of marginal area a little lighter: cell- 

 spot small, oval, deep black, bordered by some light scales as in sobrinata. Under surface glossy, a little paler, discal 

 dots smaller, median area of forewing continued on the costal margin distally by a blackish spot: distal 

 margin with a blackish spot; distal margin dark, interrupted. Fringes long, not distinctly chequered. Cilia of 

 cf less than diameter of shaft. Palpus unusually long, about 2Y2 times diameter of eye. Tokio in April. 



ericeala. E. ericeata Rbr. (= millierata Stgr.) (121). Very similar to not very variegated forms of aohrinatn, 



the discal dot smaller, the antemedian and median lines more widely diverging posteriorly, cf antennal ciliation 

 short. Larva in the early spring on Erica arborea or Juniperus. Imago in September — October, local in 

 S. Europe and N. Africa. 



oxycedrata. E. oxycedrata Rhr. {■= provinciata Mill) (121). Narrower-winged than the 3 preceding, the lines fine, 



the antemedian and median still more widely diverging: the black wedge-markings on the veins strong. Larva 

 on Juniperus oxycedrus. oxycedrata inhabits the Mediterranean lands; spring and autumn. 



phoeniceata. E. phoeniceata Z??*/-. (121) is again similar, the angle formed by antemedian and median lines narrower; 



characterized by the exti'emely oblique lines, which make the wing appear narrower than it really is. Hindwing 



weakly marked. Antenna in cf well ciliated, the cilia not quite as long as the diameter of the shaft. — 



mnemo- mnemosynata Mill, is a larger form, chiefly obtained froui cypress in gardens. Otherwise phoeniceata lives 



synata. (.jjipfly q,j juniper, December and January. Moth in September and October, in the Mediterranean region. 



adseriptaria- E. adscriptaria Stgr. Ground-colour duller and more uniform than in oxycedrata, the markings reduced, 



only the discal spot, the dark angulated maikings to the inner margin and the wedge-shaped markings towards 

 the apex developed. Asia Minor to Transcaucasia. 



euxinata. E. euxinata Bohatsch is much darker than oxycedrata, according lo Staudinger scarcely distinguishable 



from adscriptaria, but Dietze says that the cf antenna is serrate, with loose ciliation. Amasia; Crimea. 



sardoa. E. sardoa Dietze. Size and colour nearly as in euxinata. The lines which, in oxycedrata, form the 



conspicuous angle posteriorly are almost wanting, instead there is a rather oblique dark indication of the 

 proximal and distal boundaries of median area. Discal spot more or less distinct; nervures more darkened 

 within than outside the median area. But chiefly distinguished by the cf antenna, which is strongly dentate 

 with strongly developed ciliation. Sardinia. 



ros- E. rosmarinata Mill. (13o). Wings elongate, fringes very long. Grey with a slight violet tinge. The 



marinata. lines are sharply angled anteriorly, then pretty straight and extremely oblique, those at the beginning of the 



distal area forming a sort of slender W-markings near the apex, cf antennal ciliation longer than diameter 



of shaft. Palpus narrow and pointed. Larva in March on Rosmarinus officinalis. Moth in November-December. 



Spain, S. France and Tunis. 



lariciata. E. lariciata i^rr. (:= ? rosiduata i/irt.) (12 g) much resembles .some dark forms o( castigata but is rather 



longer-winged, the lines on an average sharper, the proximal ones rather more acutely angled. Best distinguished 

 by a white metathoracic spot. Larva on larch in July — August, eating the needles. The pupa hibernates, the 

 moth appearing in May — June. Central and Northern Europe, Transcaucasia to Transbaikal. 



