KPiiiuiMA] EPIBLEMIDAE 



reaching to near middle ; light ochrcous or ochreous-brownish, 

 costa with pale whitish-ochreous streaks reaching \ across wing, 

 anteriorly suffused ; basal patch posteriorly and central fascia 

 sometimes somewhat darker, space between them dorsally paler 

 or obscurely whitisli-ocliroous ; ocellus pale ochrcous, metallic- 

 edged, including three more or less incomplete longitudinal 

 rows of black scales ; termen sinuate. Hindwings grey or 

 whitish-grey, darker terminally. 



Britain to the Orkneys, N. Ireland, local; C. Europe; 6, 7. 

 Larva pale pink ; head brown ; plate of 2 yellowish-brown : in 

 seedheads of Centawea scabiosa; 8. 



28. E. scopoliana, llw. (hohenivarthiana, Gn., Wills. ; par- 

 vulana, Wilk.) 15-19 mm. Forewings elongate, fold reaching 

 to near middle ; pale ochrcous, sometimes much mixed with 

 grey, costal edge sometimes dark fuscous, posteriorly with 

 ochreous-whitish streaks reaching £ across wing ; oblique lower 

 half of basal patch posteriorly, and central fascia with posterior 

 median projection deeper ochrcous or red-brown, former some- 

 times dark fuscous ; ocellus pale ochrcous, metallic-edged, with 

 three very incomplete scries of black scales ; termen sinuate. 

 Hindwings light grey, darker terminally. 



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

 6-8. Larva dull yellowish-pink ; dorsal and subdorsal lines 

 faintly redder ; head and plate of 2 brown: in flower-heads of 

 Centawea nigra ; 8, 9. 



29. E. cana, llw. (hohenwarthiana, Tr. ; scopoliana, Wilk.) 

 Forewings elongate, fold reaching to near middle ; ochrcous, 

 somewhat blackish-sprinkled, with several suffused ochreous- 

 whitish longitudinal streaks confluent in middle towards base, 

 ceasing before very narrow central fascia of ground-colour; an 

 oblique wedge-shaped ferruginous suffusion from dorsum near 

 base ; posterior half of costa with very oblique whitish strigulae, 

 abruptly ceasing at \ -; ocellus metallic- edged, containing one 

 or two incomplete black dashes ; termen sinuate. Hindwings 

 in (J pale grey, darker terminally, in $ darker. 



Britain to the Clyde, rather local ; Germany (probably else- 

 where, but often confused with the preceding) ; 6-8. Larva 

 dull pink; head and plate of 2 brown: in seedheads of Carduus 

 and Centawea ; 8, 9. 



18. Hbmimbne, III). 

 Antennae in $ simple or shortly ciliated. Palpi moderate 

 or rather long, porrected. Thorax smooth. Forewings in <J 



