notocelia] EPI liLEMID AE 



towards costa and dorsum ; lower half of central fascia fuscous 

 spotted with black, preceded by a grey mark ; ocellus edged 

 with leaden-metallic, enclosing three or four black dots; some 

 brown or ferruginous and leaden-metallic streaks towards apex, 

 llindwings light grey. 



Britain to the Clyde, common; Germany, Denmark; G, 7. 

 Larva purplish-brown, beneath whitish; beau! brown; plate of 

 '_' black : on rose (especially Rom rubif/inom) ; ft, 6. 



3. N. trimaculana, II n>. (si/ffusnna, Z.) 15-16 mm. Differs 

 from iV. rosaecolwna as follows : forcwings somewhat narrower, 

 costa less arched, fold reaching middle, ground-colour much 

 mixed and marked with grey except on a quadrate dorsal spot 

 beyond basal patch ; bindwings grey. 



Britain to the Clyde, N. Ireland, common ; C. Europe, WC. 

 Asia to N. Persia; 6. Larva reddish-brown, sometimes tinged 

 with greenish ; head light brown ; plate of 2 black : on haw- 

 thorn ; 4, 5. 



4. N. roborana, Tr. 18-21 mm. Forcwings elongate, costa 

 at first straight, beyond middle arched, fold reaching middle; 

 whitish, much Btrigulated with grey, usually clearest towards 

 dorsum beyond basal patch ; costa towards middle suffused with 

 fuscous, posteriorly Btrigulated with dark fuscous ; basal patch 

 dark fuscous, edge straight, parallel to termen ; a triangular 

 dark fuscous and black practomal spot, with usually some black 

 scales above it in disc ; ocellus edged with leaden-metallic, en- 

 closing several black dots or a wavy line ; apical area streaked 

 with ferruginous and leaden-metallic. Hindwings whitish-grey. 



Britain to the Clyde, E. Ireland, common ; ('. Europe; 7. 

 Larva reddish-brown ; head light brown ; plate of 2 black : on 



rose ; 5, G. 



5. N. incarnatana, Hb. (amoenama, Mb.) 14-18 mm. Fore- 

 wings with costa slightly arched, fold reaching middle; rosy- 

 whitish, sometimes ochreous-tinged, sometimes striated with 

 fuscous, costa strigulatcd with dark fuscous ; basal patch 

 fuscous or ferruginous-brown, black-marked, edge nearly straight: 

 central fascia ill-defined, grey or ferruginous, with black pos- 

 terior subdorsal projection ; apical area streaked with ferruginous 

 and leaden-metallic, marked with black. Hindwings whitish- 

 fuscous. 



England, E. Ireland, local; ('.and ,S. Europe J 7. Larva 

 reddish-brown ; head light, brown ; plate of 2 black : on rose ; 

 5, 6. 



6. N. tetragonana, Stph. 13-15 mm. Forewiugs with costa 



