harmodia] CAEADRINIDAE 79 



line wliitish, edged anteriorly towards middle with black 

 wedgeshaped marks ; a terminal series of ]>lackish marks. 

 Hindwings light fnscous, posteriorly darker. 



Britain to the Clyde, Ireland, common ; Europe, Asia Minor, 

 NW. Asia; 6, 7. Larva pale greyish-ochreous or brownish- 

 ochreous ; dorsal, subdorsal, and spiracular lines pale ; head 

 light brown, darker-marked : in seed-capsules of Silene injlata 

 and aS'. viaritima : 7, 8. 



8. H. capsincola, Bb. 33 - 37 mm. Forewings brown, 

 sprinkled with dark fuscous ; subbasal, lirst, and second lines 

 lilackish-edged ; spots outlined with black, orbicular and reni- 

 form edged with whitish, claviform broad, suftused w'ith dark 

 fuscous; subterminal line whitish, edged anteriorly with dark 

 fuscous marks; a terminal series of blackish mai-ks. Hind- 

 wings pale fuscous, posteriorly darker. 



Britain to the Orkneys, Ireland, common; Europe, NW. 

 Asia ; 6, 8. Larva light brownish-ochreous, brown-sprinkled ; 

 dorsal line pale, indistinct, traversing a series of dark V-shaped 

 marks ; head darker-marked : in seed-capsules of Silene and 

 Li/chnis : 7-9. 



9. H. cucubali, Fuesl. 31-35 mm. Forewings brown, veins 

 suffused with pale purplish; subbasal line ochreous- whitish, 

 black-edged ; first and second lines pale purplish, blackish- 

 edged ; spots outlined with blackish, orbicular and reniform 

 edged with pale yellowish, touching at lower angle, claviform 

 broad, suffused with dark brown ; subtei-minal line pale 

 yellowish, sutfusedly edged with blackish ; a terminal series 

 of blackish marks. Hindwings light fuscous, posteriorly 

 darker. 



Britain to Ross, Ireland, common ; N. and C. Europe, NW. 

 Asia ; 6. Larva greenish-grey, orange-tinged, with numerous 

 white dots ; dorsal line brown ; subdorsal series of oblique 

 brown marks ; head dark-marked : in seed-capsules of Silene 

 and Lychnis ; 7, 8. 



19. Melanchra, lib. 



Head rough-scaled ; eyes hairy. Antennae in S ciliated, or 

 sometimes bipectinated with apex simple. Thorax with more 

 or less developed anterior and posterior crests. Al)domen more 

 or less crested, in $ obtuse. Anterior tibiae rarely with apical 

 hook. 



A large genus of very general distribution, but much 

 commoner in temperate regions of both hemispheres. 



