ki'ii-.i.kma] EPIBLEMIDAE 



dorsum before -middle, reaching more than half across wing, its 

 apex emitting a strong pointed projection towards torn us: 

 ocellus pale grey, with two or three brown dots. Hindwings 



rather dark fuscous. 



Kent to Hants and Norfolk, local ; ('. and SE. Europe, WC. 

 Asia to Turkestan; 7. Larva yellow-whitish; head dark 

 brown; plate of 2 brownish -ochreous : in stems and roots of 

 Artemisia vulgaris; 10-5. 



20. E. bilunana, Hw. 12-16 mm. Head and thorax oohreous- 

 white. Forewings with fold not reaching .', ; ochreous -white, 

 eosta indistinctly blackish - strigulated j lower half of edge of 

 basal patch forming a thick black anteriorly fuscous-edged 

 mark ; central fascia pale greyish ochreous, indistinct, ending 

 in a small subtriangular black praclornal spot; some black 

 scales before termen in middle ; termen rounded. Hindwings 

 groy. 



Britain to Caledonian Canal, rather common ; 0. Europe; 

 (i, 7. Larva yellow-whitish ; head and plate of 2 blackish- 

 brown : in catkins of birch ; 3, 4. 



21. E. ophthalmicana, Hb. 18-23 mm. Head ferruginous- 

 fuscous. Forewings elongate, with fold reaching r ; dark 

 ashy-fuscous, strigulated with black and sometimes with deep 

 ferruginous; a narrow black dorsal spot before middle; a 

 small blaok praetornal spot, sometimes .surmounted by a ferru- 

 ginous spot ; termen nearly straight. Hindwings light fuscous, 

 terminally darker. 



England to York, Renfrew, N. Ireland, local ; C. Europe ; 

 7, 8. Larva dull greenish - white ; spots grey; head black; 

 plate of 2 brown, anterior edge white: on aspen (Popuhts in 

 mula); (i. 



22. E. solandriana, L. LS-21 mm. Forewings elongate, 

 costa moderately arched, fold reaching \ ; varying from whitish- 

 ochreous or brownish to ferruginous, more or less darker- 

 strigulatcd, sometimes whitish - mixed ; basal patch with 

 angulated edge, and central fascia narrowed towards extremities 

 sometimes darker; a rounded triangular white or pale median 

 dorsal blotch, sometimes replaced by a more elongate semioval 

 dark reddish-brown blotch ; termen rather oblique, Hindwings 

 light grey. 



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

 7, 8. Larva grey-whitish or dull greenish ; head pale brown 

 or partly black ; plate of 2 whitish or brown : on hazel, birch, 

 and Salix caprea ; 5, 6. 



