hespebia] HESPEBIADAE 357 



blackish ; posterior § with numerous creamy-white Bubquadrate 

 spots ; cilia white, with blackish bars. Hind wings as forewings, 

 but spots forming two series. Hindwings beneath sufl'usrcUy 

 irrorated with yellow-ochreous, with three additional white spots 

 towards base. 



Britain to Sutherland, local, common in S. England ; Europe, 

 Asia Minor to Syria, N. Asia ; 5, 6. Larva pale ochreous-green 

 or brownish, dorsally reddish-tinged ; dorsal, subdorsal, and 

 spiracular lines somewhat paler greenish ; head dark purplish- 

 brown : on Potentilla and Eubus, drawing the leaves together ; 

 6-9. 



2. H. tages, L. 25-31 mm. Forewings fuscous; two darker 

 bauds of confluent spots, included space irrorated with whitish, 

 second followed by a scries of small spots of whitish irroration ; 

 a terminal row of whitish dots. Hindwings dark fuscous ; a 

 discal mark, and postmedian and terminal series of dots whitish. 

 Wings beneath pale ochreous-brownish, pale dots indistinct. 



Britain to Boss, N. and W. Ireland, common ; Europe, N. 

 and W. Asia ; 5, 6. Larva dull green ; dorsal line darker ; 

 subdorsal and spiracular obscurely paler ; head purple-blackish : 

 on Lot-us corniculatus, drawing the leaves together ; 6-4. 



2. Cyclopaedbs, Hb. 



Posterior tibiae without middle- spurs. Forewings in 3 

 without costal fold ; 5 from middle of transverse vein. 



A group of limited extent but widely distributed. Pupa 

 attached by tail and central belt of silk. 



1. C. palaemon, Pall, (paniscus, F.) 26-29 mm. Forewings 

 dark fuscous ; three or four subconfluent spots in disc before 

 middle, and an irregular posterior scries orange ; a subtenninal 

 series of indistinct spots of- orange irroration. Hindwings dark 

 fuscous ; a roundish discal spot before middle, two beyond 

 middle, and a subterminal series of small spots orange. Hind- 

 wings beneath orauge-irrorated, spots paler, two additional spots 

 above and below middle. 



Hants and Suffolk to Merioneth and Lincoln, always local, 

 now more restricted and mainly in Lincoln and Northampton ; 

 C. Europe, Asia Minor, N. Asia ; 5, 6. Larva green ; subdorsal 

 line yellowish, darker-edged; lateral pale; spiracular faintly pale: 

 head green (after hibernation the green colour becomes reddish- 

 brown, head more blackish) : on Brachypodivm sylvaticum, 

 drawing the leaves into tubular chambers ; 7-4. 



