eupoecii.ia] PHALONIADAE 



Besides the following there is one other European species. 

 The imago flics freely in woods amongst its foodplant. 



1. E. maculosana, IIw. 11-14 mm. Forewings white, more 

 or less strigulated with grey ; basal area and broad cloudy 

 direct antemediau fascia dark grey, spotted in disc with black 

 and sometimes ferruginous ; a curved stria from tornus not 

 reaching costa, and a subapical fascia dark grey ; apex and 

 termen streaked with ferruginous. Hindwings in df white, 

 costa, termen, and somo anteapical spots dark fuscous, in ? 

 wholly dark grey. 



England, Kirkcudbright, E. Ireland, common ; Germany ; 5, 

 6. Larva wdiitc ; dorsal, spiracular, and subspiracular lines 

 pale ferruginous; spots pale ferruginous; head pale brown; 

 plate of 2 black : in seed-vessels of Scilla nutans ; 7. 



5. COMMOPHILA, Jib. 



Thorax with posterior crest. Forewings with more or less 

 developed scale-tufts on surface ; 3 and 4 sometimes stalked, 7 

 to apex. Hindwings : 3 and 4 connate or stalked, 6 and 7 

 closely approximated towards base. 



Includes a few European species only ; all are local, and the 

 perfect insects of very sluggish habit. 



1. Head white . . . . .2. 



,, yellowish ... 3. schreibersiana. 



2. Tufts of forewings strong, numerous . 1. rugosana. 



,, slight . . .2. amandana. 



1. C. rugosana, Jib. 10-20 mm. Head white. Forewings 

 with tufts numerous and conspicuous ; light brown, partly 

 rosy-tinged, mixed and partly striated with white and black ; 

 some irregular black marks in disc ; a triangular antemediau 

 costal blotch much marked with black in disc, enclosing a 

 white costal spot and edged by similar spots ; some grey spots 

 beneath this. Hindwings light fuscous, darker-strigulated. 



England to York, local ; C. and SW. Europe ; 6. Larva 

 palo green ; head dark brown ; plate of 2 green : in berries of 

 Bryonia ; 7, 8. 



2. C. amandana, IIS. (sodaliana, Wilk.) 13-15 mm. Head 

 white. Forewings with tufts slight; white, with scattered 

 dark fuscous scales, costa posteriorly spotted with dark fuscous ; 

 a black costal mark near base ; a quadrate median dorsal blotch 

 mixed with fuscous, dark fuscous, and grey, surmounted by 

 somo flesh-coloured marks and a black spot; a broad fuscous 

 terminal fascia hardly reaching costa, in middle blotched with 



