. A handbook of British lepidoptera. Lepidoptera. CHLOROOLYSTIS] HYDRIOMENIDAE. Noumtion of Chloroel'/stis redangulata. curved, posterior twice angulated, lower angle more prominent; a black discal mark. Hindwings as forewings. Britain to Ross, Ireland, common ; N. and C. Europe; 6, 7. Larva rather stout, pale yellowish- green ; dorsal line sometimes darker green or dull red ; spiracular darker; incisions reddish : on flowers of apple and pear; 4, 5. Sometimes injurious in orchards. 3. 0. debiliata, lib. 17-21 mm. Abdomen with broad blackish sub- basal ring. Forewings very pale green or green-
. A handbook of British lepidoptera. Lepidoptera. CHLOROOLYSTIS] HYDRIOMENIDAE. Noumtion of Chloroel'/stis redangulata. curved, posterior twice angulated, lower angle more prominent; a black discal mark. Hindwings as forewings. Britain to Ross, Ireland, common ; N. and C. Europe; 6, 7. Larva rather stout, pale yellowish- green ; dorsal line sometimes darker green or dull red ; spiracular darker; incisions reddish : on flowers of apple and pear; 4, 5. Sometimes injurious in orchards. 3. 0. debiliata, lib. 17-21 mm. Abdomen with broad blackish sub- basal ring. Forewings very pale green or green-whitish, with fuscous- grey striae, darker on costa; edges of median band blackish - dotted, anterior curved, posterior twice ob- tusely angulated; a blackish discal dot. Hindwings as forewings. Hants, Devon, Stafford, Lanca- shire, Aberdeen, W. and S. Ireland, local; C. Europe ; 6. Larva rather stout, dull, yellowish-green ; dorsal line darker; spiracular dull yellow ; head brown or blackish : on Vaccinium; 4, 5. 5. Gymnoscelis, Mab. Face with short cone of scales. Antennae in 3 ciliated. Palpi rough-sealed. Abdomen crested. Tibial middlo-spurs absent. Forewings: areole simple, 11 sometimes anastomosing with or running into 12. Hindwings: 8 anastomosing with cell to beyond middle. There is only one European species, but several others are known from the Canary Isles, Indo-Malayan region, and Polynesia. 1. G. pumilata, lib. 14-20 mm. Foi-ewings rather elongate, pale brownish-ochreous, somewhat mixed with whitish, with fuscous striao ; fasciae mixed or suffused with dull reddish, partly black-sprinkled ; anterior edge of median band angulated near costa, posterior black-marked, obtusely angulated in middle. Hindwings as forewings. Britain to the Orkneys, Ireland, common ; W. and S. Europe to Turkestan; 4, 5, 7, 8. Larva reddish-ochrcous-grey or reddish-brown ; dorsal line blackish-grey, marked with a series of triangular yellow-edged spots; lateral yellow, edged with. Please not
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