LA8PBYKBHIA] EPIBLEMIDAE 



">, G. Larva deep yellow ; head somewhat darker : in pods of 

 Lathyrm mac/rorrhizw (and perhaps L. praterms) ; 7. 



13. L. nigricana, Stph. (nebritana, Z., non Tr. ; froxvnuma, 

 Wilk. ; pisana, Gil.) 12-14 nun. Palpi oehreous- wliitish. 

 Forewings dark fuscous, oohreous-tinged ; costa with oohreous 

 white atrigulae, some ending' in leaden-metallic marks; ocellus 

 edged with leaden-metallic, including several black marks. 

 Ilindwings dark fuscous, lighter anteriorly. 



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

 WC. Asia to N. Persia; G, 7. Larva yellow-whitish; head 

 light brown ; plate of 2 pale oehreous or brownish : in pods of 

 pea (I'ixuni sativum); 7-9. 



14. L. leguminana, Z. (interruptama, Wilk.) 12-13 mm. 

 Forewings dark fuscous, posteriorly somewhat oehreous - 

 sprinkled ; costa posteriorly with white strigulae ; a short nar- 

 row white median dorsal spot, not crossing fold, divided by a 

 dark fuscous indistinct strigula ; ocellus edged by leaden- 

 metallic striae, including several black marks. Ilindwings 

 fuscous. 



Essex, Devon, scarce and local ; Germany, Austria, NW. 

 Russia; 6. 



15. L. scopariana, IIS. 11-12 mm. Forewings dark fus- 

 cous, posteriorly suffused with pale oehreous ; costa posteriorly 

 with white strigulae, several ending in leaden-metallic marks ; 

 an erect lcadcn-mctallic median dorsal mark ; ocellus edged 

 with lcadcn-mctallic, including several black marks. Hind- 

 wings fuscous, apex whitish, costa before apex with two dark 

 fuscous marks. 



Lancashire, local ; 0. Europe ; 4, 5. Larva deep yellow ; dots 

 black ; head pale brownish : in (lowers of Genista tinctoria ; 6, 7. 



10. L. cosmophorana, Tr. 10-14 mm. Forewings dark 

 fuscous, posteriorly very finely striated with pale oehreous ; a 

 bent, median leaden-metallic stria, white on costa; four thick 

 white strigulae on costa posteriorly, a somewhat curved stria 

 from first edging ocellus, streaks from last two, and posterior 

 edge of ocellus leaden-metallic ; ocellus yellow-oehreous, crossed 

 by several black dashes. Hindwings rather dark fuscous. 



Scotland to Caledonian Canal, local ; N. and C. Europe, 

 WC. Asia to N. Persia; G. Larva green ish- yellow ; head 

 brown : in resinous swellings in bark of Pinna syl vextrix : 3, 4. 



17. L. cognatana, Bwrr. 12-14 mm. Differs from L. coni- 

 ferwna as follows : forewings broader, dorsal spot broader, more 

 triangular, curved outwards, costal strigulae more oblique, lirst 

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