cucullia] CAKADRINIDAE 49 



uliitisli extiviuity of second lino; a reddish -brown wedge- 

 shaped terminal sulTusiun above middle ; cilia tootlicd. Hind- 

 wings in ^ whitish, in $ whitish-fuscous ; a suffused fuscous 

 terminal band. 



S. England (except SE.) to Gloucester and Norfolk, local ; 

 C. Europe, WC. Asia to N. Persia; 5. Larva blue-whitish, 

 with a yellow band on each segment ; dorsal scries of black 

 bars alternating with })airs of black spots ; spiracular series of 

 yellow spots and black marks ; head yellow, black-spotted : on 

 ScropJiuljD'ia (especially S. nodosa) and Verhascuin ; G, 7. 



7. C. verbasci, L. 43-47 mm. Differs from C. scrophu- 

 lariae as follows : forewings with costal streak browner, dorsal 

 streak edged above posteriorly by a whitish suffusion, termen 

 more oblique, cilia more sharply toothed ; hind wings in ^ some- 

 what more infuscated. 



England, E. Ireland, common; (J. and S. Europe, Asia 

 Minor; 4, 5. Larva blue-whitish, with a yellow band on each 

 segment ; double dorsal series of black bent marks alternating 

 with black spots ; spiracular series of yellow spots and black 

 marks ; head yellow, black-spotted : on Verhascum and iScro- 

 phu/aria ; G, 7. 



8. C. lychnitis, Rauib. 38-41 mm. Differs from C. scro- 

 phulariae as follows : forewings with costal streak more whitish- 

 sprinkled, orbicular and reniform slightly paler, dorsal streak 

 more attenuated anteriorly ; hindwings with band broader. 



Sussex to Gloucester and Norfolk, local ; C. Europe ; 6. 

 Larva green-whitish, with pale yellowish band on each seg- 

 ment ; dorsal series of curved black bars alternating with rows 

 of four black spots ; spiracular series of black spots : on Ver- 

 bascum ; 7, 8. 



2. POLIA, 0. 



Head rough-scaled ; eyes glabrous, ciliated. Antennae in $ 

 ciliated, or bipectinated with apex filiform, rarely simple. 

 Thorax with more or less prominent anterior and slight pos- 

 terior crest. Abdomen more or less crested. 



Fairly numerous and widely distributed throughout northern 

 temperate regions. Most of the species are autumnal, and some 

 of them hybernate. 



L Thorax ashy-blackish except collar and sides . 2. 

 ,, not ashy-blackish . . .3. 



2. Forewings with dorsal half red-brown . 2. vetusta. 



„ „ ,, „ not red-brown 1. exokta. 



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