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CARADRmmA 



[CRABA 



Nenration of Uraba singula. 



Head and thorax wholly white . . 2. alhula. 



,, ,, not wholly wdiite . .1. strigula. 



1. U. strigula, Schiff. 18-21 mm. Head white, face grey- 

 sprinkled; collar grey, with a white blackish -edged anterior 



transverse bar. Thorax white, 

 anterior edge blackish. Fore- 

 wdngs ochreons - whitish, finely 

 sprinkled with fuscous and black; 

 costa blackish -marked towards 

 base ; first and second lines 

 blackish, sinuate, sharply angii- 

 lated near costa; a blackish spot 

 on middle of costa ; median line 

 indistinct, grey, angulated ; sub- 

 terminal white, margins suffnsed 

 with blackish irroration, anterior 

 V)lack-marked. Hindwings rather 

 dark grey. 



England, W. Ireland, local ; 

 C. and SE. Europe, Asia Minor; 

 6, 7. Larva pale ochreous, sometimes pink-tinged, hairs pale 

 brownish or yellowish, some at extremities very long ; dorsal 

 line broad, yellowish, fuscous - edged ; sulxlorsal fuscous, in- 

 terrupted ; a blackish-grey l)Iotch on 7 : on oak ; 8-6. 



2. U. albula, Hh. 18-20 mm. Head and thorax white, 

 patagia tufted. Forewings white, partially brownish-tinged ; 

 two brown spots on costa towards base; first line brown, obtusely 

 angulated ; second twice sinuate, often limiting a suffused brown 

 band including darker brown obtusely angulated median line; 

 subterminal white, margins brown. Hindwings ochreoiis- 

 whitish, disc sprinkled and termen suffused with light gi'ey. 



Kent, local; C. Europe, Asia Minor; 7. Larva whitish, 

 pale pink, or orange, hairs whitish, a few much longer and dark 

 brown; dorsal line double, grey; subdorsal black, interrupted : 

 on bramble (liubifs) ; 8-6. 



11. Sarrothripus, Curt. 



Hend smooth-scaled, with rough projecting tuft between 

 antennae. Ocelli ])rescnt. Antennae in (^ shortly ciliated. 

 Palpi very long, porrectcd, rough-scaled throughout. Thorax 

 with small posterior crest, smooth beneath. Abdomen smooth- 

 scaled. Anterior femoi-a and tibiae densely tufted with long 

 rough scales, posterior tibiae smooth -scaled. Forewings : 9 



