melanchra] CARADRINIDAE 83 



fused with whitish-ochreous, emitting a black dash posteriorly ; 

 subtei'minal line whitish-ochreous, edged anteriorly with 

 blackish, with two moderate median teeth. Hindwings fuscous. 

 Britain from Norfolk and Worcester to the Orkneys, N. and 

 E. Ireland, common, scarcer southwards ; N. and C. Europe ; 

 6. Larva brown, darker-freckled ; dorsal line narrow, darker ; 

 subdorsal series of oblique dark and light markings; spiracxilar 

 whitish ; head pale brown, darker-freckled : on Salix, Tussilago, 

 etc.; 7, 8. 



8. M. conspicillaris, L. 33-41 mm. Forewings variably 

 mixed with fuscous, dark fuscous, and whitish, dorsal area 

 usually pale, veins posteriorly black ; markings in dai'k speci- 

 mens obscured ; a black median dash from base ; spots outlined 

 with black, orbicular and reniform usually pale-edged ; median 

 shade sometimes darker ; subterminal line suffusedly pale. 

 Hindwings white, termen and veins fuscous. 



Kent to Suffolk and Worcester, local and uncommon ; C. 

 Europe, WC. Asia; 4-6. Larva greenish-ochreous, freckled 

 with fuscous, forming darker dorsal blotches ; dorsal and sub- 

 dorsal lines obscurely dark- edged ; spiracular pale reddish- 

 ochreous, dark - edged above ; head pale pinkish - ochreous, 

 blackish-marked : on Lotus, Polygonum, etc. ; 6-8. 



9. M. contigua, Vill. 34-38 nun. Forewings pale fuscous, 

 mixed with whitish and reddish-fuscous ; a black median dash 

 from base, surmounted by a pale ochreous-tinged blotch ; first 

 and second lines pale, darker-edged; spots outlined with blackish, 

 orbicular edged with whitish, claviform emitting a black dash 

 postei'iorly ; a pale suffusion extending from orbicular to tornus ; 

 subterminal line white, with two strong median teeth preceded by 

 blackish wedges. Hindwings whitish-fuscous, darker posteriorly. 



Britain to Sutherland, Ireland, local ; N. and C. Europe, 

 NW. Asia; 6, 7. Larva dull yellowish-green, above suffused 

 with orange-ochreous and freckled with brown-reddish, fomiing 

 doi-sal series of V-shaped marks ; spiracular brown-reddish : on 

 oak, birch, Solidago, etc. ; 8, 9. 



10. M. genistae, Bkh. {iv-latinum, Bkh.) 39-43 mm. Fore- 

 wings pale brown, i-eddish-tingcd, partly whitish-sprinkled ; a 

 Ijlack median dash from base, surmounted by a pale ochreous- 

 tinged suffusion ; first and second lines pale, partly black-edged 

 internally ; spots partly outlined with black, claviform darker 

 and traversed by a l)lack dash reaching second line ; subter- 

 minal line yellow-whitish, with two strong median teeth tra- 

 versed by blackish dashes. Hindwings light fuscous. 



