276 NOTODONTINA [hybebnia 



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

 Europe, N. America; 10, 11, 2. Larva dark grey, longi- 

 tudinally brown-marked ; dorsal line pale, brown-edged ; spira- 

 cular bright yellow, broad, interrupted, on 4-9; head and 13 

 orange-brown : on oak, beech, hawthorn, etc. ; 5, 6. 



16. Apochkima, HI. 

 Face roughly hairy. Tongue very short or rudimentary. 

 Antennae in $ bipectinated to apex, or with apex simple. 

 Palpi rough - haired. Thorax 

 densely hairy above and beneath, 

 with slight anterior triangular 

 crest. Femora densely hairy ■ 

 posterior tibiae in $ not dilated, 

 middle - spurs short (pedaria) or 

 absent. Forewings in $ without 



fovea ; 10 usually anastomosing 

 PorewiDg of Apoatevma totuma. , -, .,, ~ , -, 



or connected with 9, 1 1 some- 

 times out of 10 or running into 12 or concealed by anastomosis 

 of 10 with 12. Hind wings : 6 and 7 sometimes stalked. ? 

 almost apterous. 



A rather limited group, almost confined to the European 

 region. Imago with thorax rather stout, forewings less broad 

 than usual. 



1. Thorax striped with whitish . . 1. zonari.a. 



,, not striped with whitish . . .2. 



2. Antennal pectinations pale ochrcous . 2. hispidaria. 



,, ,, blackish . . 3. pedaria. 



1. A. zonaria, Sckiff. 27-29 mm. Antennae pectinated to 

 apex. Thorax dark fuscous, whitish -striped. Abdomen 

 blackish, segmental margins reddish - ochreous. Forewings 

 whitish ; veins dark fuscous ; costa, first line, second, and 

 margins of subterminal rather thick, fuscous. Hindwings as 

 forewings, but first line absent, second slender. ? with rudi- 

 mentary wings fuscous, whitish-haired. 



Flint to Lancashire, NE. Ireland, local ; C. Europe, Asia 

 Minor ; 4. Larva ochrcous - yellowish, with irregular black 

 markings forming indistinct lines, or green, marked with 

 whitish; spiracular broad, pale yellow; head flesh -colour, 

 brown-speckled: on Achillea millefolium, rose, etc.; 5, 6. 



[A. lapponaria, B., an alpine species of N. and C. Europe, 

 with thorax and abdomen blackish mixed with pale red, fore- 

 wings whitish -grey with indistinct blackish-grey lines, costa 



