82 CARADRININA [melanchra 



wings whitish ii-rorated with grey, median area suffused witli 

 grey and partly mixed with orange ; subbasal line whitish, 

 edged anteriorly with black mixed with orange ; first and 

 second lines whitish, edged internally with blackish ; spots out- 

 lined with black mixed with orange ; subterminal line formed 

 of orange spots, preceded by some black scales. Hindwings 

 pale grey, with darker posterior suifusion. 



S. England to Worcester and Norfolk, local ; C. and S. 

 Europe, WC. Asia to Turkestan ; 7. Larva pale dull green, 

 or yellowish freckled with brown ; dorsal line pale, dark-edged ; 

 lateral dark, indistinct ; spiracles black ; head ochreous-brown 

 or dull greenish : on flowers of Sonchus and Lactuca ; 7, 8. 



5. M. trifolii, Rott. {chenopodii, F.) 34-37 mm. Forewings 

 greyish-ochreous sprinkled with grey ; subbasal, first, and 

 second lines hardly paler, darker-edged ; median line darker ; 

 spots outlined with black, orbicular and reniform edged with 

 pale, reniform with a grey inner ring ; subterminal line 

 obscurely pale, with two strong teeth below middle. Hind- 

 wings whitish-fuscous, with fuscous terminal band. 



England to York, common ; Europe, N. Africa, N. and C. 

 Asia, N. America ; 6, 7. Larva green, black-freckled ; dorsal 

 line pale; subdorsal pinkish-white or yellowish-white, edged 

 above with black marks ; spiracular pink edged with white, 

 marked above with black ; head greenish : on Chenopodium and 

 Atripilex ; 7-9. 



6. M. dentina, Esp. 31-35 mm. Forewings light ochreous- 

 grey, median area mostly suffused with bi'own or dai'k fuscous ; 

 subbasal line pale, black-edged ; an indistinct orange dorsal 

 suffusion beyond this ; first and second lines pale, internally 

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

 form pale-edged, an irregular angular pale or whitish spot 

 limiting orbicular beneath and claviform posteriorly ; subter- 

 minal line whitish, partly black-edged, with two moderate 

 submedian teeth. Hindwings grey, darker posteriorly. 



Britain to the Shetlands, Ireland, common ; Europe, Asia 

 Minor, NW. Asia ; 6, 7. Larva light brown-grey ; a dorsal 

 series of connected blackish spots, edged with white ; spiracular 

 line darker; lateral and subspiracular less marked : on roots of 

 Taraxacum ; 5. 



7. M. glauca, Hb. 31-37 mm. Forewings ashy-fuscous mixed 

 with ashy - whitish ; subbasal, first, and second lines pale, 

 blackish - edged ; spots outlined with blackisli, orbicular and 

 reniform suffused with ashy-whitish, claviform roundish, suf- 



