ctdia] EPIBLEMIDAE 487 



including three silvery-metallic marks connected by a longitu- 

 dinal ochreous- whitish bar marked with two rows of square 

 black dots. Hindwings grey. 



Essex to Devon, Pembroke, York, local ; C. Europe, Asia 

 Minor; 8. Larva yellow-whitish; dorsal and subdorsal lines 

 pinkish : in stems of Artemisia absynthivm; 10-7. 



15. C. aemulana, Schl. (modestana, IIS.) 12-15 mm. Fore- 

 wings pale greyish-ochreous, sometimes partly suffused with 

 darker ochreous, costa more or less strigulated with dark 

 fuscous and whitish ; basal patch with blackish striae, inter- 

 rupted above middle, edge angulatcd ; central fascia irregular, 

 darker ochreous, sometimes black -sprinkled, obscurely inter- 

 rupted above middle ; tornal area and some streaks from costa 

 posteriorly darker ochreous ; ocellus edged with silvery-metallic, 

 including two or three black dashes. Hindwings grey. 



S. England to Pembroke and Norfolk, Dumbarton, very 

 local ; Germany ; 7. Larva pale yellowish ; dorsal, subdorsal, 

 and spiracular lines purple ; head black ; plate of 2 whitish, 

 black-spotted : on flowers of Solidago mrgawrea ; 8, 9. 



16. C. tripoliana, Barr. 13-16 mm. Differs from C. aemu- 

 lana as follows : forewings somewhat more elongate, colour 

 varying sometimes to fuscous or dark brown, basal patch without 

 distinct striae, markings sometimes nearly obsolete; hindwings 

 in (? more whitish anteriorly. 



Essex, local; Germany; 7, 8. Larva pale rosy -yellowish ; 

 head black or dark brown ; plate of 2 brown : in flowers of 

 Aster tripolium ; 9, 10. 



17. C. aspidiscana, III). 15-18 nun. Forewings ochreous- 

 brown, somewhat mixed with paler and darker scales tending to 

 form longitudinal streaks in disc, dorsum partly darker fuscous, 

 costa posteriorly strigulated with whitish and dark fuscous ; 

 space between basal patch and central fascia obscurely greyish- 

 tinged ; three streaks from costa posteriorly and margins of 

 ocellus leaden-metallic, ocellus including three black clashes. 

 Hindwings fuscous, darker terminally. 



Hereford, Lancashire, Westmoreland, local ; N. and 0. Europe, 

 N. America ; 5, 6. Larva on flowers of Solidago virgavrea ; 8. 



18. 0. conterminana, IIS. 16-18 mm. Forewings ochreous, 

 costa marked throughout with fine short darker streaks ; basal 

 patch suffused with brown posteriorly except towards costa, 

 edge sharply angulated, followed by a paler dorsal suffusion ; 

 central fascia and a suffusion above ocellus brownish ; ocellus 

 ochreous- whitish, edged with pale golden -metallic, including 



