. A handbook of British lepidoptera. Lepidoptera. BREPHOSj MONOCTKNIADAK. 4. Brephos, 0. Face roughly hairy. Tongue developed. Antennae in $ evenly ciliated or shortly bipec- tinated. Palpi short, clothed with long rough hairs. Thorax hairy beneath. Femora hairy. Forewings : 10 out of 9 or absent. Hindwings: 6 and 7 sometimes stalked, 8 closely approximated to cell to middle, connected or shortly anastomosing with it near base. A very small genus, confined to north temperate regions; corre- lated with the preceding. Larva with fully-developed prolegs on 9, and rudimentary ones on 7 and 8. Pupa
. A handbook of British lepidoptera. Lepidoptera. BREPHOSj MONOCTKNIADAK. 4. Brephos, 0. Face roughly hairy. Tongue developed. Antennae in $ evenly ciliated or shortly bipec- tinated. Palpi short, clothed with long rough hairs. Thorax hairy beneath. Femora hairy. Forewings : 10 out of 9 or absent. Hindwings: 6 and 7 sometimes stalked, 8 closely approximated to cell to middle, connected or shortly anastomosing with it near base. A very small genus, confined to north temperate regions; corre- lated with the preceding. Larva with fully-developed prolegs on 9, and rudimentary ones on 7 and 8. Pupa in a chamber in bark. NenretlonofSiupJoanotte. Antennae in $ dentate ; a central white costal blotch 1. parthenias. ,, „ bipectinated; no central costal blotch 1. B. parthenias, L. 33-35 mm. Head black. Antennae in cJ dentate. Forewings dark ochreous-fuscous, dorsally more blackish ; first and second lines and praesubterminal blackish, serrate ;-an oval blackish whitish-centred discal spot; a cloudy white costal blotch before this, and another before subterminal; cilia barred with white. Hindwings orange ; discal spot, a very large dorsal blotch, and irregular terminal fascia blackish. Britain to Caledonian Canal, common ; N. and C. Europe, N. Asia, NE. America ; 3, 4. Larva green ; dorsal line whitish- edged ; lateral whitish; subspiracular broader, yellowish; two white dots near spiracles on each segment: on birch ; 6, 7. 2. B. notha, lib. 28-32 mm. Head dark fuscous. Antennae in (J bipectinated. Forewings dark fuscous, sprinkled with whitish ; first and second lines blackish, irregular ; subterminal pale, anteriorly darker-margined ; a blackish pale-centred discal spot; a cloudy white costal spot before subterminal; cilia hardly barred. Hindwings as in B. parthenias. England to York, local; C. Europe, N. Asia; 3, 4. Larva green, sides black ; dorsal line darker, yellowish-edged ; sub- dorsal and lateral fine, yellow; subspiracular pale yellow ; head and 2 black-s
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