Archive image from page 278 of A handbook of British lepidoptera. A handbook of British lepidoptera CUbiodiversity1126142 Year: 1895 ( abraxas] SELIDOSEMIDAE rather dark fuscous. Forewings ochrcous-white ; markings dark fuscous j a blotch along basal half of costa; a median series of three blotches, two upper often confluent, third often absent; a terminal fascia, excavated in middle. Hindwings as forewings, but first blotch absent, median series small or absent. Britain to Ross, Ireland, common; N. and C. Europe, N. Asia, Japan ; 5-7. Larva dull green, with black dots ; six dark green lin


Archive image from page 278 of A handbook of British lepidoptera. A handbook of British lepidoptera CUbiodiversity1126142 Year: 1895 ( abraxas] SELIDOSEMIDAE rather dark fuscous. Forewings ochrcous-white ; markings dark fuscous j a blotch along basal half of costa; a median series of three blotches, two upper often confluent, third often absent; a terminal fascia, excavated in middle. Hindwings as forewings, but first blotch absent, median series small or absent. Britain to Ross, Ireland, common; N. and C. Europe, N. Asia, Japan ; 5-7. Larva dull green, with black dots ; six dark green lines; incisions yellowish; spiracular line bluish-white; head purplish-marked : on Salix caprea ; 6, 8, 9. 11. PSEUDOPANTHERA, Hb. Face usually rounded or prominent. Tongue developed. Antennae in $ stout, flatly subdentate, shortly and evenly ciliated. Palpi rough - scaled. Thorax hairy beneath. Femora glabrous; posterior tibiae in S sometimes dilated. Forewings in cj without fovea; 10 sometimes out of 9, usually connected or anas- tomosing with 9, 11 sometimes out of 10 or anastomosing with 10. , . _ . ,. , . sometimes anastomosing with 11. Rather numerous in species, but principally European, though with occasional representatives in other regions. 1. Wings orange . • -4. macularia. „ not orange . . . .2. 2. Forewings white or whitish . . .3. „ not whitish . . .5. 3. Forewings with two dark costal spots . 2. bimaeulata. ,, without such spots . . .4. 4. Forewings with transverse markings . 1. punctata. ,, without transverso markings . 9. lineata. 5. Second line of forewings straight. . 8. petraria. H „ ,, sinuate, waved . . 6. 6. First line of forewings angulated in middle 7. hippocastanaria. „ „ ,, not angulated . . 7. 7. Discal spot of hindwings pale-centred . 5. obscuraria. „ „ ,, not pale-centred . 8. 8. Subterminal line of forewings whitish . 6. obfuscaria. „ absent . 3. pictaria. 1. P. punctata, F. (temerata, Hb.) 25-28 mm. Head white. Forewings white, so


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