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EPII5LEMIDAR 



Nouratioii of 1'ammene arji/raita { . 



Hants, Dorset, local ; SW. Europe ; 5, 7, 8. Larva light 

 brownish-oehreous, greenish-tinged; head light brown: on 

 Euphorbia paralias, especially on the seeds; 6, 9, 10. 



21. Pammenk, lib. 



Antennae in $ simple or minutely ciliated. Palpi moderate, 

 porrected or suhascending. Thorax 

 smooth. Forewings with tcrmcn 

 slightly sinuate. Hindwings : 3 

 and 4 connate or stalked, 5 par- 

 allel to 4, 6 and 7 in $ closely 

 approximated towards base, in 

 $ 7 running into 8 soon after 

 origin. 



A rather limited genus, con- 

 fined to northern temperate 

 regions. 



1. Forewings with yellow dorsal 



blotch . 2. 



,, without yellow 



dorsal blotch 3. 



2. Dorsal blotch almost reaching tornus . 13. trauniana. 



,, ,, not nearly reaching tornus 12. regiana. 



3. Forewings with distinct whitish dorsal blotch . 4. 



,, without distinct whitish dorsal blotch 8. 



4. Dorsal spot enclosing a dark dot . . .5. 



,, ,, darker-strigulated . . .6. 



5. Dorsal spot erect . . . .10. spiniana 



,, ,, somewhat obliquely bent . 11. populana. 



6. Ground-colour irregularly black-marked . 8. argyrana. 



,, not mixed with black . . 7. 



7. Hindwings whitish . . .7. fimbriana. 



„ fuscous . . .9. gallieolana. 



8. Forewings with apical third orange . 5. rhediella. 



,, ,, ,, not orange . . 9. 



9. Basal patch enclosing a metallic fascia 6. splmdidndana. 



„ „ not enclosing metallic fascia . . 10. 



10. Face and palpi whitish . . . .11. 



,, ,, dark fuscous . 4. ochsenheimeriana. 



1 1 . Forewings with some anteapical metallic dots 3. germarana. 



„ without such dots . . .12. 



12. Antemedian fascia curved . . \. fiexana. 



,, ,, angulated . . 2. nitidana. 



