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20. E. profundana, F. 14-19 mm. Forewinga brownish- 

 oobreous or whitish -oohreous, partially suffused with deeper 

 oehreous, striated with leaden-grey, sometimes mostly suffused 

 with dark ashy-fuscous ; costa strigulated with dark fuscous: 

 basal patch often pale-mixed with edge angulated in middle, 

 central fascia with anterior edge dorsally obsolete, and a sub- 

 quadrate subterminal blotch in middledarkochreous-brown, more 

 or less blackish-marked. J [indwings fuscous, darker posteriorly. 



England to York, rather common ; C. Europe ; 7, 8. Larva 

 dark green ; head pale brownish : on oak ; (i. 



21. E. postremana, Z. 14-15 mm. Palpi whitish-oehreous. 

 Eorewings ferruginous-ochrcous, much mixed with black, with 

 metallic leaden -grey striae becoming whitish on costa; 

 basal patch and central fascia mostly blackish ; cilia with a 

 paler or sometimes whitish tornal spot. Uindwings dark 

 fuscous, in $ lighter basally. 



Lancashire, Westmoreland, local ; G. Europe ; 6. Larva 

 pale yellow ; head and plate of 2 black : in stems of Impatiens 

 noii-me-tangere ; 8-5. 



22. E. arcuella, CI. 16-18 mm. Eorewings deep orange; 

 three short longitudinal streaks from base, a straight transverse 

 antemedian streak, a curved oblique interrupted postmedian 

 streak, and two oblique anteapical streaks stcelblue-mctallic ; a 

 round median discal patch, upper half dark grey becoming 

 whitish-oehreous towards centre, lower half black marked with 

 orange and containing four steelblue-metallic dots. Hind- 

 wings blackish-grey ; in $ with rudimentary dorsal lobe. 



Britain to Stirling, in woods, common ; C. and S. Europe, 

 N. and WC. Asia, Japan ; 5, 6. The dorsal lobe of the hind- 

 wings is so rudimentary that it appears insufficient for generic 

 separation ; yet in the large Japanese form of the species it is 

 more distinct. 



23. E. arbutella, L. 14-16 mm. Head and thorax fuscous, 

 crimson -tinged. Eorewings reddish-ferruginous, irregularly 

 striated with leaden-grey. Hindwings grey! 



Lancashire to Sutherland, local; N. and C. Europe; 6. 

 Larva blackish-grey: on Arctostaphi/los ; 4, 5. 



24. E. rufana, Sc. 15-17 mm. Head and thorax pinkish- 

 ochrcous. Eorewings shorter and broader than in E. ju/r- 

 pwnma, costa more strongly arched; pale greyish - oehreous 

 strigulated with fuscous, reticulated throughout with bright 

 ferruginous. Hindwings light grey. 



Lancashire to Cumberland, local ; C. Europe j 6 7 

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