AGEOTis] CARADRINIDAE 95 



spots outlined with dark reddish-fuscous, orbicular very elon- 

 gate, dark -centred, reniform mostly dark reddish - fuscous ; 

 subterminal line partly edged with reddish-fuscous suffusion. 

 Hindwings in S white, in 5 whitish-fuscous. 



England to York, N. Ireland, rather common ; WC. and 

 S. Europe to Syria, N. Africa ; 8, 9. Larva light fuscous, above 

 brownish-ochreous ; dorsal line darker, double, traversing a 

 series of freckled spots ; subdorsal dark brown, finely pale- 

 edged beneath ; head and plate of 2 brown, darker-marked : on 

 Polygonum, Taraxacum, Lactuca, etc.; 9-4. 



15. A. plecta, L. 27-29 mm. Antennae in S serrate. 

 Forewings purplish - brown ; a broad ochi'eous- whitish costal 

 suffusion from base to beyond middle, edged beneath by a 

 suffused blackish streak; orbicular and reniform small, fuscous, 

 whitish-edged. Hindwings white, with a few grey scales towards 

 apex. 



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

 Asia Minor, N. Amei'ica ; 6. Larva pale ochreous, pale brown, 

 or reddish-brown, darker-freckled, with numerous dark fuscous 

 dots ; dorsal and subdorsal lines slender, whitish, interrupted, 

 dai'k-edged ; spiracular broad, ochreous-whitish, brown-dotted ; 

 head brown, dark-marked : on Galium, Atriplex, Rumex, etc. ; 

 7, 8. 



16. A. strigula, Thnh. {porphtjrea, Hb.) 23-31 nun. An- 

 tennae in c? serrate. Forewings brown-reddish mixed with 

 dark fuscous and on veins with whitish ; a submedian black 

 basal dash; first and second lines grey-whitish, internally 

 blackish-edged : spots outlined with black, orbicular small, 

 white, reniform whitish-edged; subterminal line obscurely 

 grey-whitish, edged anteriorly with suffused blackish spots. 

 Hindwings fuscous, darker posteriorly. 



Britain to the Shetlands, Ireland, on heaths, common ; N. 

 and C. Europe ; 6, 7. Larva ochreous or pinkish-brown, some- 

 times darker-irrorated ; dorsal line interrupted, whitish, edged 

 with dark fuscous marks ; subdorsal similai", less marked ; spira- 

 cular pinkish-whitish, dark-edged above ; head pale yellow-brown, 

 darker-marked : on Calluna and Erica ; 9-5. 



17. A. agathina, Diq). 27-35 mm. Antennae in $ serrate. 

 Forewings light fuscous, reddish-tinged, whitish-sprinkled ; costa 

 rather broadly suffused with whitish to beyond middle ; a fine 

 blackish median basal dash : subbasal, first, and second lines 

 obscurely blackish ; spots outlined with black, orbicular white, 

 placed on a blackish streak reaching from first line to whitish- 



