catocala] PLUSIADAE 163 



fuscous, second edged anteriorly with dark fuscous, posteriorly 

 with brown, subterminal whitish, edged with dark fuscous ; 

 rcniforni edged with whitish, enclosing a dark fuscous ring, 

 and outlined with dark fuscous ; beneath it a light spot out- 

 lined with blackish. Hindwings crimson ; a twice sinuate 

 median fascia and terminal band black. 



S. England to Gloucester and Norfolk, local ; C. Europe, Asia 

 Minor ; 7, 8. Larva light greenish-grey, darker-freckled ; pale 

 dorsal ochreous- tinged blotches on 5, 9, and 10 ; a prominence 

 on 9, and slight ridge on 1 2 : on oak ; 5, 6. 



5. C. electa, Bkh. 60-70 mm. Forcwings light brown, 

 suffusedly irroratcd with grey-whitish ; lines hardly pale, very 

 irregular, strongly dentate, subbasal, first, and second edged 

 internally with blackish, externally with brown ; rcniform 

 edged with whitish, enclosing a dark brown ring, and out- 

 lined with dark brown ; beneath it a spot partly outlined with 

 blackish ; subterminal line obscure. Hindwings crimson ; an 

 angulated median fascia contracted above angle, and terminal 

 band black ; cilia white. 



Sussex, Dorset, two specimens, a doubtful resident ; C. 

 Europe, Asia Minor, N. Asia ; 8, 9. Larva on Salix ; 6, 7. 



16. Euclidia, 0. 



Head rough - scaled. Antennae in <$ ciliated. Palpi 

 moderate ascending, second joint rough - scaled, terminal 

 moderate, obtuse. Thorax without crest. Abdomen not 

 crested. All tibiae spinose. Hindwings : 5 approximated 

 to 4. 



Includes only a few species from northern temperate regions. 

 Imago flying freely in the sunshine. Larva slender, without 

 prolegs on 7 and 8. 



Second line very strongly contorted . . .1. mi. 



„ ,, not contorted . . .2. glyphica. 



1. E. mi, CI. 25-31 mm. Forewings ochreous-brown, 

 irregularly mixed with ochreous-whitish and dark fuscous ; 

 lines ochreous-whitish, first straight, very oblique, second 

 angulated above middle, near dorsum abruptly contorted 

 inwards to middle of disc, on dorsum connected with first, 

 subterminal partly double ; orbicular small, blackish ; reni- 

 form dark-suffused anteriorly, edged posteriorly with ochreous- 

 whitish. Hindwings blackish; two or three anterior spots, 

 a twice angulated postmedian fascia, and subterminal series 

 of spots pale ochreous-yellowish. 



