LBWOOI'HTHALMIA] STERRHIDAE 



ilcntate, sinuate ; praesubterminal partially grey-reddish ; a 

 white reddish-circled discal dot before median. Hindwings as 

 forewings, but subterminal line not indicated. 



S. England to Worcester and Cambridge, E. Ireland, local ; 

 C. Europe ; 5, 6. Larva pale pinkish-ochreous or green ; dorsal 

 and subdorsal lines pale ; 5-9 with oblique pale purplish streaks ; 

 head yellowish, brown-speckled : on Salix caprea ; 8, 9. 



2. L. pendularia, CI. 22-25 mm. Face reddish-fuscous, 

 crown whitish. Forewings whitish, faintly strigulated with 

 reddish -grey and sprinkled with blackish; first and second 

 lines subsinuate, pale grey, black-dotted ; median grey, cloudy 

 or faint ; praesubterminal grey, interrupted ; a white red- 

 grey-cireled discal mark before median. Hindwings as fore- 

 wings, but discal mark blackish-circled, in median, subterminal 

 faint. 



Britain to Ross, rather common ; N. and C. Europe, N. 

 Asia ; 5, 6. Larva green or purplish ; dorsal line pale, dark- 

 edged ; subdorsal pale or yellowish; 5-9 with ferruginous 

 lateral marks ; head ferruginous or dark brown : on birch ; 7, 8. 



3. L. porata, F. 23-26 mm. Face reddish-ochreous, crown 

 whitish -ochreous. Forewiugs pale ochreous, strigulated with 

 grey, disc reddish-ochreous, strigulated with reddish ; first and 

 second lines subsinuate, formed by blackish dots ; median grey- 

 reddish, cloudy or faint ; praesubterminal grey, interrupted ; 

 a white brackish-circled discal dot before median. Hindwings 

 as forewings, but discal dot larger, on median. 



Britain to the Clyde, rather common ; C. and S. Europe, 

 Asia Minor ; 5, 6, 8. Larva green or flesh-colour ; head reddish- 

 brown : on oak and birch ; 6, 7, 9. 



4. L. punctaria, L. 23-29 mm. Face brown-reddish, crown 

 ochreous-whitish. Forewings pale ochreous, strigulated with 

 reddish-ochreous and grey, sprinkled with black ; first and 

 second lines curved, formed by black dots ; median dark grey. 

 Hindwings as forewings. 



Britain to Caledonian Canal, E. Ireland, common ; C. and 

 S. Europe, WC. Asia to N. Persia; 5, 6, 8. Larva green, 

 ochreous, or flesh-colour; dorsal pale, dark-edged; 5-10 with 

 oblique brown-red, dark grey, or blackish yellow-edged streaks; 

 head brown : on oak and birch ; 7, 9. 



5. L. trilinearia, Bkh. (linearia, Hb.) 24-29 mm. Face 

 brown-red, crown pale ochreous. Forewings reddish-ochreous, 

 dusted with black ; first and second lines curved, grey, black- 

 dotted ; median dark reddish-grey ; a whitish discal dot before 



