leucania] CARADRINIDAE 69 



5. L. littoralis, Curt. 33-36 mm. Alidomcn in ^ beneath 

 witli large basal tuft of black hairs. Forewings pale brownish- 

 ochreous, costally whitish-ochreous, some veins white posteriorly; 

 a narrow clear white median longitudinal streak from base to 

 termen, edged with dark fuscous scales except posteriorly. 

 Hindwings white. 



Britain to Forfar, E. Ireland, on coasts, local ; N. France, 

 N. Germany; 6, 7. Larva pale pinkish-ochreous, grey, or 

 greenish ; dorsal and subdorsal lines white, dark-edged ; lateral 

 sometimes white ; spiracular pale or whitish ; head pale brown; 

 on Ammophiia arundinacea ; 8-5. 



(X. l-alhum, L., a pale bi'ownish-ochreous species with clear 

 white hooked median discal dash, and blackish interneural 

 dashes posteriorly, and with large black basal tuft of 

 abdomen in $, is said to have occurred in Kent, but the 

 authenticity of the record is doubtful ; it is common in C. 

 and S. Europe.) 



6. L. conigera, F. 29-35 mm. Forewings yellow-ochreous, 

 sufFusedly sprinkled with reddish-ochreous or brownish ; first 

 and second lines dark fuscous, first sharply angulated below 

 middle ; orbicular small, pale ; reniform pale, narrow, sur- 

 rounded by a darker suffusion, lower end forming a small 

 subtriangular clear white spot ; a somewhat darker terminal 

 fascia. Hindwings light yellowish-fuscous, darker terminally. 



Britain to Ross, Ireland, common ; N. and 0. Europe, Asia 

 Minor ; 7. Larva ochreous or brownish ; dorsal and subdorsal 

 lines pale yellow or greyish, black-edged ; lateral pale yellow 

 or greyish, sometimes black-edged ; subspiracular blackish ; head 

 brownish, black-marked : on grasses ; 9-5. 



7. L. vitellina, Hb. 33-38 mm. Forewings pale yellow- 

 ochreous, sprinkled with pale brown-reddish ; first and second 

 lines light brown-reddish, first dentate, second waved, much 

 approximated doi'sally ; orbicular and reniform light brown- 

 reddish, orbicular very small, lower end of reniform with a 

 blackish dot; subterminal line brown -reddish, not reaching 

 costa. Hindwings brassy-whitish. 



Sussex to Devon, scarce, perhaps a recent immigrant ; WC. 

 and S. Europe, WC. Asia to Turkestan ; 8, 9. Larva pale 

 reddish -brown; dorsal, subdorsal, and lateral lines whitish, 

 brown-edged ; subspiracular pale ; head reddish-brown, reticu- 

 lated with black : on grasses ; 10-5. 



8. L. comma, L. 33-35 mm. Forewings whitish-ochreous, 

 beneath costa black-sprinkled, veins whitish, suffusedly out- 



