cucullia] CARADRINIDAE 47 



with forewings more elongate than usual ; usual!}- imitating 

 dead wood or fungus, the hood serving to conceal the head. 

 Ijarva rather brightly coloured, feeding exposed on low 

 plants. 



1. Forewings wdth broad dark costal streak . . 2. 



,, without such streak . . .5. 



2. Forewings with cilia distinctly toothed . . 3. 



,, ,, „ slightly waved . "i. aftferis. 



3. Expanse 41 )nm. or less, costal streak whitish- 



sprinkled . . .8. ///chnifis. 



„ 42 mm. or more, costal streak not 



whitish-sprinkled . . .4. 



4. Forewings with whitish subdorsal posterior suf- 



fusion, cilia more toothed . 7. verhasci. 



„ without such suffusion, cilia less 



toothed . . 6. scrojihuJariae. 



5. Lines thickly blackish-edged . .1. ahsinthii. 



,, hardly marked . . . .6. 



6. Orl)icular and reniform distinct . . 2. gnajihalii. 



,, ,, ,, obsolete . . .7. 



7. Forewings with fine dark bai's in cilia on 



veins . . .3. chamomiUae. 



without such bars . . 4. innhratica. 



1. C. absinthii, L. 37-40 mm. Forewings pale brown, 

 clouded with whitish ; svibbasal line blackish-edged on costa : 

 first and second lines irregular, thickly blackish-edged, second 

 obsolete in disc, median blackish on upper half ; orbicular and 

 reniform indicated by several black dots ; a terminal row of 

 black dots. Hindwings fuscous-whitish ; a suffused rather 

 dark fuscous terminal band. 



SW. England, Suffolk, Merioneth, E. Ireland, local; C. 

 Europe, NW. Asia; 6, 7. Larva pale yellow-green, dorsally 

 suffused with purple-grey except at incisions ; dorsal and sub- 

 dorsal lines pale green ; head and }ilate of 2 ochreous-grey : on 

 Artemisia absinthium ; 8, 9. 



[C. artemisiae, Hufn., has been recorded as British, In it 

 apparently on doubtful grounds.] 



2. 0. gnaphalii, ffl>. 37-40 mm. Forewings fuscous, purple- 

 tinged, partially finely whitish -irrorated ; base mixed with 

 light ochreous ; veins finely dark fuscous ; dorsinn slenderly 

 blackish ; first and second lines dentate, almost obsolete ; 

 orbicular and reniform pale-edged, outlined with dark fuscous ; 

 one or two dark fuscous interneural streaks beyond reniform ; 



