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PHALONIADAE 



blackish apicaj or subapical marks, Hmdwings light grey, in 

 £ whitish-suffused anteriorly. 



Sussex to Dorset and Essex, local; C. Europe; 6. Larva 

 pale brownish-yellow ; head and plate of 2 black : in berries of 

 Rhamnus framgula ; 7, 8. The larva cuts out a case from a 

 dead leaf to pupate in. On the Continent the larva feeds in 

 the flower buds of the vine, and is very injurious ; the variation 

 in habit is very remarkable. 



7 to 



. 2. 

 . 5. 

 4. aenecma. 

 . 3. 

 1. angustana. 

 . 4. 



8. EUXANTIIIK, ////. 



Thorax with posterior crest or smooth. Forewh\_ 

 termen. Hindwings : 3 and 4 stalked, (> and 7 stalked. 



A rather small genus, ranging throughout northern tem- 

 perate regions. The imagos occur more freely on the wing 

 than in most other genera of the family. 



1. Costa of forewings nearly straight 



„ „ moderately arched 



2. Forewings orange 



„ pale ochreous . 



3. Antemedian faseia entire . 



„ „ not reaching costa 



4. Forewings with distinct darker basal and subter- 



minal suffusions . . 3. altertiana. 



,, without such suffusions . 2. straminea. 



5. Termen ferruginous-fuscous . . 5. zoegana. 



,, yellow . . . .6. hamana. 



1. E. angustana, TV. 11-15 mm. forewings with costa 

 hardly arched ; ochrcous-whitish, 

 strigulated and blotched with 

 ochreous; costal edge dark fus- 

 cous anteriorly ; a moderate 

 slightly curved antemedian fascia 

 and narrow terminal fascia leaden- 

 grey mixed with deep ochreous ^— 

 and' blaok. Hindwings whitish 

 or light fuscous, strigulated with 

 darker. 



Britain to the Orkneys, Irelind, 

 common; 0. Europe; (>, 8. Larva 



pinkish ; head and plate of 2 dark NeuratdoB of ^axmthU onjurt 



brown: in Ilower-heads of Achillea, PlanUujo, Origamm, etc.: 

 7, 9, 10. 



2. E. straminea, Hw. 15-18 mm. Forewings with costa 



