NOTODONTINA [booiwtia 



sixth fascia ochreous-brown. Hindwings elongate, brownish- 

 grey, darker apically. 



Britain to Ross, N. Ireland, common ; WC. Europe ; 9, 10. 

 Larva green ; dorsal line darker, pale-edged ; subdorsal very 

 dark green, yellowish-edged above ; spiraeular white ; incisions 

 yellowish: on Cytims ; 5, 6. The imago curiously resembles 

 the dried open seed-pods of the food-plant. 



2. E. rufata, /*'. (pbliquaria, Bkh.) 31-33 mm. Forcwings 

 elongate, light fuscous; an angulatcd dark fuscous subbasal 

 line, antemedian space ochreous-suffused ; edges of median band 

 bisinuate, black-marked, posterior wholly black on upper half, 

 followed by a pale ochreous shade continued beneath costa to 

 apex ; subterminal line whitish, sixth fascia brownish-ochreous. 

 Hindwings elongate, grey ; a faint darker discal dot. 



Britain to Ross, local ; C. Europe, Asia Minor ; 5-7. Larva 

 dull olive-green; dorsal line darker, pale-edged; subdorsal 

 dark green, pale-cdgcd beneath ; lateral pale ; spiraeular white : 

 on Cytims ; 7-9. 



3. E. griseata, Schiff. 26-30 mm. Forewings elongate, grey- 

 whitish, thickly sprinkled with grey; a somewhat darker prae- 

 subterminal shade, running to apex ; cilia white. Hindwings 

 elongate, whitish-grey; cilia white. 



Suffolk, Norfolk, very local; C. and SW. Europe, Asia 

 Minor; 6, 7. Larva green; a dorsal series of purplish 

 blotches; dorsal line darker green or brown; subdorsal pale, 

 darker-edged ; spiraeular pale yellow: on Sisymbrium and 

 Erysimwm ; 7, 8. 



4. E. plagiata, L. 34-38 mm.. Forcwings grey-whitish, 

 much fuscous-sprinkled, with indistinct fuscous striae; first 

 fascia of one dark fuscous stria, forming a dark brown costal 

 spot ; striae of third and fourth dark fuscous, sometimes suf- 

 fused with brown, darker on costa, fourth angulatcd below 

 costa, followed above middle by an ochreous tinge; subterminal 

 line pale; an ochrcous-brownisli oblique apical streak; a grey 

 discal mark. Hindwings pale fuscous; a darker discal dot and 

 faint postmedian line. 



Britain to the Orkneys, Ireland, common ; Europe, W. Asia ; 

 5, 6, 8, 9. Larva reddish -ochreous, with numerous reddish- 

 brown lines ; Bpiraoular pale yellow ; incisions yellowish ; head 

 pale brown : on Hypericum; 7, 10-4. 



10. Oajisia, ip>. 

 Face prominent. Antennae in & ciliated. Palpi rough- 



