. A handbook of British lepidoptera. Lepidoptera. 260 NOTODONTINA Ieotropis cesses on each side of each joint, emitting strong fascicles of cilia. Palpi rough-scaled. Thorax hairy beneath. Femora glabrous; posterior tibiae in <? sometimes dilated. Forewings in £ with fovea; 10 sometimes out of 9 or absent, sometimes connected with 9, 11 sometimes out of 9 or 10, sometimes anas- tomosing with 12. A small genus, but very lWing of Ectropu, Uunduiaria. wid?lv distributed ; derived from Selidosema. 1. Forewings with a white median subterminal spot 1. Iv/ridata. „ without such spot . .2. 2. Disca
. A handbook of British lepidoptera. Lepidoptera. 260 NOTODONTINA Ieotropis cesses on each side of each joint, emitting strong fascicles of cilia. Palpi rough-scaled. Thorax hairy beneath. Femora glabrous; posterior tibiae in <? sometimes dilated. Forewings in £ with fovea; 10 sometimes out of 9 or absent, sometimes connected with 9, 11 sometimes out of 9 or 10, sometimes anas- tomosing with 12. A small genus, but very lWing of Ectropu, Uunduiaria. wid?lv distributed ; derived from Selidosema. 1. Forewings with a white median subterminal spot 1. Iv/ridata. „ without such spot . .2. 2. Discal mark of forewings distinct . 3. „ ,, „ absent . 3. biundularia. 3. First line preceded by a dark shade . 4. consonwria. „ „ not preceded by a dark shade . 2. punctularia. 1. E. luridata, Bkh. (extersaria, Hb.) 29-33 mm. Head fuscous-whitish, mixed with dark fuscous. Forewings whitish- fuscous, much strigulated with dark fuscous ; first, median, and second lines sinuate, dark fuscous, blackish-marked, second end- ing in a wliitish dorsal spot; subterminal pale, waved, anteriorly dark-margined, marked with clear white central spot; a blackish discal mark. Hindwings as forewings, but lines more indistinct, without white spots, first absent; discal dot obscure. S. England to Hereford and Norfolk, Lancashire, rather common; C. Europe; 6. Larva pale grey, clouded with reddish-brown : on birch; 8, 9. 2. E. punctularia, lib. 25-29 mm. Head white mixed with dark fuscous. Forewings whitish, sprinkled with fuscous and dark fuscous; first, median, and second lines irregular, fuscous, darker-marked, stronger on costa; subterminal whitish, waved, anteriorly fuscous-margined; a dark fuscous discal dot on median. Hindwings as forewings, but lines more indistinct, first absent, discal dot beyond median. England, Argyll, E. and S. Ireland, common; N. and C. Europe, N. Asia; 5, 6. Larva wrinkled, green; dorsal line yellowish, whitish-margined; subdorsal and two fine lateral lines yel
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