38 VYRALimiiM. 



on Inula dijsetiterica (fleabane) in May, and pupates 

 among leaves of its footl-plant in a slight cocoon. 



Ent. ix. 88. 



Ebulea verbascalis, Schiff. 

 arcualis, lib. 

 (Plate 5. fig. 1.) 

 Loc. Wotton, Folkestone, Sheffield, Norwich, St. 

 Faith's, Colchester, Suffolk. 



This species frequents dry meadows in June and July. 



The larva feeds on Teucrium scorodonia ; ithybernates 

 in a cocoon, pupating the following spring. 



Larva : head pale drab, freckled with darker ; second 

 segment the same colour, with a conspicuous long black 

 mark on each side ; dorsal stripe dark green, bordered 

 with white ; sides green ; spiracular stripe whitish 

 yellow ; spiracles black ; ventral surface pale green. 



E. M. M. XV. 102. 



Ebulea sambucalis, Schiff. 



(Plate 5. fig. 3.) 



Loc. Scotland ?, Rugby, Marlborough, Plymouth, 

 Sidmouth, Bristol, Birkenhead, Chester, Colchester, 

 Hastings, Suffolk, Askhara Bog, (roole, Bradford, 

 Halifax, Leeds, Norwich, Yarmouth, Lynn, South 

 London, Ireland, Pembroke. 



Common nearly everywhere in June and August. 



The larva feeds in a slight web on the underside of 

 the leaves of Sambucus nigra and convolvulus ; it 

 pupates in a slight cocoon. 



