T0RTRIC1NA [epiblbma 



23. E. semifuscana, Stph. (piceana, Wilk.) 17-20 mm. Fore- 

 wings elongate, fold reaching \ ; varying from whitish-fuscous 

 or ochreous-brown to dark fuscous, costa posteriorly sometimes 

 darker-dotted ; basal patch with edge angulatcd, irregular 

 median fascia, and a posterior spot in disc sometimes darker; 

 sometimes costal half dark fuscous and dorsal whitish, latter 

 twice sharply indented ; sometimes a pale median longitudinal 

 suffusion; tcrmen rather oblique, llindwings whitish-fuscous, 

 terminally darker. 



Britain to Perth, Shetland Is., local ; C. Europe ; 7-9. Larva 

 whitish-green, dorsally grey; bead dark brown: on Salix 

 caprea ; 4, 5. 



24. E. sordidana, ///'. (staMlana, Stph.) 19-23 mm. Fore- 

 wings elongate, fold reaching \ ; brown, more or less strigulatcd 

 with dark brown ; edge of basal patch darker on lower half, 

 angulated ; central fascia somewhat darker or obsolete, more 



■or less interrupted near dorsum; tcrmen more oblique than in 

 the two preceding species. Hindwings rather light fuscous. 



England to York, Orkney Is., local; C. Europe; 7, 8. 

 Larva on alder ; 5. 



,25. E caecimaculana, Hb. 17-21 mm. Forewings elongate, 

 fold reaching .'. ; pale greyish-ochreous, closely striated with 

 rather dark fuscous, costa posteriorly strigulatcd with whitish ; 

 basal patch with edge obtusely angulated above middle, and 

 central fascia with posterior median projection somewhat 

 darker ; ocellus obscurely edged on lower half with whitish- 

 ochreous, enclosing two or three black scales ; tcrmen sinuate, 

 llindwings grey, tcrmen darker. 



Kent to Dorset and Surrey, Lancashire, local ; C. Europe, 

 Asia Minor ; 7. 



26. E. expallidana, Hw. 16-18 mm. Head more or less 

 whitish. Forewings elongate, fold reaching to near middle; 

 light ochreous-brown, darker in disc longitudinally, dorsal area 

 below submedian fold distinctly paler, somewhat indented with 

 darker brown before middle ; costa posteriorly strigulated with 

 paler and darker ; ocellus ill-defined, whitish-ochreous, obscurely 

 metallic -edged, including two sometimes interrupted black 

 dashes ; termen sinuate. Hindwings grey. 



England, local; C. Europe, WC. Asia to N. Persia; 7. 

 Larva orange, beneath (or sometimes wholly) whitish ; head 

 dark brown ; plate of 2 light brown : in flower-heads of Sonchus 

 arvensis ; 8, 9. 



27. E. fulvana, Stpk. 20-23 mm. Forewings elongate, fold 



