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E. lavicata Fuchs is said to resemble lariciata in the postmedian line but is quite doubtful, the lines lavicata. 

 being almost obliterated. Long-winged, forewing uniform smoky brown-grey, with sharply black discal streak, 

 hindwing rather less dark, a broken band before distal margin. Norway: Lavik. 



E. emanata Dietze (=: korbi Dietze, sordidata Wileman) has about the colour of the lightest, most emanata. 

 reddish-grey lariciata, but is larger (at least in Japan), the antennal ciliation rather longer, the hindwing 

 approaching the abhreviata shape. Median vein of forewing light yellow-brown, with black longitudinal dashes, 

 3'''* radial and P' median clear yellow-brown; only the principal lines are strong, antemedian blackest anteriorly, 

 sharply angled, followed by dark dashes on the veins, median deeply incurved behind the elongate black cell- 

 spot, postmedian making a wider bend outwards than in lariciata. Hindwing and underside paler, with cell- 

 spot and postmedian line. Japan: Yezo, in June. Also Amur and Ussuri. 



E. atrisignis Btlr. (13 k), Darker than lariciata, forewing somewhat less elongate, more glossy, discal atrisignis. 

 spots much larger, etc. Larva rather slender, gold-yellow, with slender dark dorsal line. On Cedrus deodarus, 

 at 2000 m elevation. Bred in June by Lord Walsingham. Dharmsala. 



E. tantillaria Bsd. (= subumbrata Hbn. nee Schiff., pusillata Hhn. nee Schiff.) Generally recognizable tantillaria. 

 by the very large discal spots, strong but not numerous lines, generally interrupted band before the subterminal 

 line, strongly bent postmedian line of hindwing, etc. Antennal ciliation short and close. The name-type is 

 a dark form from S. Europe, rarer in Germany. — ^'iCQaia form. nov. {= subumbrata Z)iefee) (13 o) has lighter piceata. 

 ground-colour, sometimes showing a tinge of greenish or reddish. Prevails in North and Central Europe, 

 apparently also in the Caucasus. — calabrica Dietze is a larger, more strongly built greyish form from Calabria, calabrica. 

 — Larva on Picea excelsa, in some localities also on Larix, eating the needles; full-grown about July. The 

 pupa hibernates. Moth in May, in the mountains later. 



E. conterminata Zell. (= manniaria H.-Schaf.) (13 k). A small species, the cell-spot of the forewing as contermi- 

 thick as in the preceding and often relatively even longer, some large black costal spots, that beyond the cell- "'^^'^■ 

 spot followed immediately by a whitish one, the lines weak. The larva has been bred from the egg on spruce. 

 Imago in May and early June, Germany to Finland, very local. 



E. daemionata Dietze. Size and shape ol insigniata (12 e), markings recalling lanceata (13 o). Whitish, mthdaemionata. 

 brownish, black-margined median area on the forewing and large deep black discal lunule. Distal half of mar- 

 ginal area darkened, showing an interi'upted subterminal line. Nikko, Japan. 



E. lanceata Hbn. (= hospitata Tr.) (18 o) may be known at once by the extra,ordinarily long and oblique lanceata. 

 distal margin and by the course of the lines, the antemedian being very acutely angulated, the postmedian 

 touching the discal mark and then running almost in the direction of the anal angle. Larva on Picea excelsa • 

 in May — June. Imago in April. Distributed in Northern and Central Europe. 



E. conjunctiva Hmps.., founded on a single rather worn specimen, is slightly more reddish tinged than conjunctiva, 

 lanceata, the inner line and discal mark similar, postmedian line sharply angled at the 8'''' radial, connected 

 with antemedian by a black line along the fold. Dharmsala. 



E. nobilitata Stgr. {= medionotata Warr.) (13 a) is according to Bohatsch related to lanceata. Large, with nobilitata. 

 long glossy fringes. Said to be very variable, so that the descriptions based on single specimens are of little 

 value and i have no material before me. Staudinger's type was blackish grey, the forewing with longitudinal 

 dull chocolate-brown band at the base and in the middle, a wisp of the same colour towards the apex, etc. 

 Warren's specimen was more ochreous grey, the central stripe paler, crossed by white and blackish trans- 

 verse lines. Ala Tau and Koko-Nor. 



E. chesiata Dietze (13 a). Near nobilitata, lighter more clay-coloured (with red-brown admixture), the chesiata. 

 lines more curved behind the cell. Wings (especially in the ?) strikingly long and narrow, somewhat recalling 

 Chesias. Central Asia: Korla, Sai-chin, Aksu. 



E. elimata Dietze (:= sebdovensis Dietze) is said to differ from all other Palearctic Eupithecia in its elimaia. 

 robust build, very dense scaling, large eye, long palpus, etc., resembling some exotic species. Forewing dark 

 smoky brown with violet suffusion and with numerous sharply angled lighter and darker zigzag lines and 

 bands; median area darker, divided in the centre • by two white lines; discal mark elongate. Hindwing uniform 

 dark sepia brown. Sebdou, Oran. The figure somewhat recalls the group of hormiga Dogn., from S. America. 



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