T0RTR1CINA [kucosma 



middle, central fascia broadest dorsally and moro or less 

 interrupted by a narrow anterior indentation above middle, 

 subapical fascia hardly reaching costa, and small apical spot 

 sometimes confluent with it dark fuscous mixed with pale 

 greyish-oehreous. Hindwings grey. 



Britain to the Shctlands, Ireland, abundant ; Europe, WG. 

 Asia ; 6, 7. Larva very variable, dark brown, blackish, grey- 

 whitish, yellowish, or green ; head and plate of 2 black or light 

 brown : on most low plants, Salix, Hubus, etc. ; 5. 



35. E. doubledayana, liarr. 12-13 mm. Palpi ascending, 

 second joint shortly scaled, terminal rather long. Forewings 

 with costa rather strongly arched, termen little oblique ; 

 ochreous - whitish, striated with grey, costa strigulated with 

 dark fuscous ; basal patch with sinuate edge, central fascia 

 with two sharp posterior projections, a triangular praetornal 

 spot, and subapical fascia much narrowed costally ochreous 

 or ferruginous-brown, mixed with black. Hindwings grey. 



Norfolk and Cambridge, locally common in the feus ; C. 

 Europe ; 7. 



36. E. cespitana, lib. 12-16 mm. Palpi porrected, second 

 joint broadly scaled, terminal very short. Forewings with 

 costa less arched than in E. doubledayana, termen more 

 oblique ; silvery - whitish, strigulated with ochreous, greyish- 

 ochrcous, reddish, or dark fuscous, costa black-marked ; basal 

 patch with edge angularly indented, central fascia with two 

 sharp posterior projections, oblique praetornal spot, and tri- 

 angular terminal patch ochreous or ferruginous, mixed with 

 black or dark fuscous. Hindwings grey. 



Britain to Ross, Ireland, local ; C. Europe, WC. Asia ; 6, 7. 



37. E. bifasciana, II w. 12-13 mm. Forewings with costa 

 slightly arched; silvery -whitish, with pale greyish. -ochreous 

 striae, posteriorly confluent in disc, costa marked with blackish ; 

 basal patch with edge nearly straight, central fascia evenly 

 broad and posteriorly indented below middle, and a slender 

 terminal streak pale greyish-oehreous mixed with pale silver- 

 grey and irrorated with black. Hindwings light grey. 



England, local, amongst firs ; C. Europe ; 7. 



38. E. branderiana, L. 21-27 mm. Forewings whitish-fuscous 

 or fuscous; basal patch and dorsally dilated central fascia fuscous 

 or rather dark fuscous, in darker specimens often obsolete ; a 

 dark fuscous praetornal spot touching fascia. Hindwings grey, 

 in $ lighter. 



England to York, Aberdeen (1), local ; C. Europe ; 7. Larva 



