492 TOKTRICINA [bmblbma 



26. Forewings rather broad ; antennae in $ fasci- 



culated . . 18. grandaevana. 



,, rather elongate ; antennae in <? simj>ly 



ciliated . . . .27. 



27. HindwingB whitish-f usoous . 23. semifuscema. 



,, rather light fuscous . .28. 



28. Forewings commonly with whitish or red -brown 



dorsal blotch, tcrmen less oblique 



22. solandriana. 

 „ without such blotch, tcrmen more 



oblique . . .24. sordidana. 



1. E. tripunctana, F. 14-20 mm. Palpi ochreous-yellowish. 

 Forewings dilated, oosta slightly arched ; ochreous-whitc, costa 

 strigulated with dark grey ; basal patch large, dark fuscous, 

 edge straight, parallel to tcrmen ; central fascia grey, confluent 

 with basal patch on costa, interrupted below middle ; ocellus 

 edged with leaden - metallic, enclosing three black dots ; a 

 triangular dark grey apical spot. HindwingB light grey, in ? 

 darker. 



Britain to the Orkneys, Ireland, common ; C. and S. Europe, 

 WC. Asia, to N. Persia; 5, 6. Larva reddish - brown ; head 

 black : on rose, bramble, etc. ; 4, 5. 



2. E. subocellana, Don. (canyooUMana, Tr.) 11-13 mm. 

 Eead OohreoilS-white. Forewings ochreous-whitc, costa and 

 dorsum strigulated with dark fuscous; basal patch Striated 

 with black, interrupted near costa, edge obtusely angulated ; 

 central fascia mixed with pale ferruginous, leaden-metallic, and 

 black, narrowly interrupted above middle ; ocellus leaden- 

 metallic, with central scries of connected black marks; apex 

 with ferruginous and leaden -metallic striae; tcrmen sinuate. 

 HindwingB fuscous, darker terminally. 



Britain to the Orkneys, N. Ireland, common; C. Europe; 

 6. Larva pale green; head yellow-brown: on Salix caprea ; 

 8, 9. 



3. E. penkleriana, F.R. 13-15 mm. Forewings ferruginous 

 or dark ferruginous-fuscous, costa strigulated with white or 

 grey; space between obtusely angulated edge of basal patch 

 and Bubdorsally indented central fascia often more or less 

 suffused witli whitish ; margins of ocellus and some striae 

 above it obscurely leaden-metallic ; tcrmen sinuate. Hind- 

 wings fuscous, darker terminally 



Britain to the Orkneys, N. Ireland, very common ; N. and 

 ('. Europe ; 7. Larva pale green; head and plate of 2 some- 



