TORTRIOINA [caookcia 



with termen hardly sinuate, nearly vertical, costal fold from 

 base to before middle ; in 3 whitish-ochreous, in $ ochreous and 

 sometimes reddish -tinged, more or less strigulatcd with dark 

 fuscous; basal patch small, somewhat yellower; central fascia 

 pale brownish, towards costa dark brown ; costal patch dark 

 brown. Hindwings in c? whitish, in $? grey-whitish with greyer 

 termen. 



Britain to the Clyde, N. Ireland, common in marshy places; 

 C. Europe; 7. Larva dark grey-green or brownish-green; 

 tubercular spots whitish ; head and plate of 2 black : on Epilo- 

 bium, Comariim, Gentanrea, etc. ; 5, 6. 



10. C. semialbana, Gn. 18-20 mm. Forewings with termen 

 hardly sinuate, nearly vertical, costal fold from base to before 

 middle ; pale ochreous, somewhat brownish-strigulatcd ; basal 

 patch brownish dorsally; central fascia ochrcous-brown, anterior 

 edge nearly straight ; costal patch ochrcous-brown, emitting a 

 straight stria. Hindwings whitish, apex ochreous-tinged, dorsal 

 half light grey. 



Kent to Hants, Kssex, local and scarce ; C. and SE. Europe ; 

 7. Larva grey-green ; head and plate of 2 brown : on beech 

 and Lonicera ; 5, 6. 



11. C. unifasciana, Dup. 13-18 mm. Forewings with 

 termen almost straight, slightly oblique, costal fold from base 

 to beyond middle, irregular ; reddish-ochreous, darker or ferru- 

 ginous posteriorly; edge of basal patch dark fuscous on dorsum; 

 central fascia ferruginous, often faint, dorsal extremity dark 

 fuscous, anterior edge nearly straight. Hindwings grey. 



Britain to Caledonian Canal, E. Ireland, very common in 

 gardens ; C. and S. Europe ; G, 7. Larva on privet (Ligm- 

 trum) ; 5. 



12. C. lecheana, L. 15-23 mm. Forewings with termen 

 nearly straight, rather oblique, costal fold from base to middle, 

 strong; dark fuscous, more or less densely irroratod or suffused 

 with ferruginous-ochreous ; edges of central fascia and apex of 

 costal patch more or less denned by leaden -metallic lines. 

 Hindwings blackish-grey. 



Britain to the Clyde, Ireland, common ; C. Europe, Asiw 

 Minor; 6, 7. Larva light green, above blackish-green; spots 

 pale ; head light brown : on oak, Salix, maple, etc. ; 5. 



13. C. musculana, lib. 15-20 mm. Forewings with termen 

 slightly rounded, rather oblique, costal fold short, not reaching 

 base ; brown, sull'usedly mixed with whitish, somewhat strigu- 

 latcd with dark fuscous ; edge of basal patch dark fuscous, 



