106 CARADRININA [triphaena 



reddish, towards costa irrorated with ashy-whitisli ; first and 

 second lines and median shade darker fuscous ; orbicular and 

 reniform sometimes partly edged with grey -whitish, usually 

 indistinct ; subterminal line usually indistinct, preceded on 

 costa by a fuscous-crimson blotch. Hind wings orange; base 

 broadly suffused with dark fuscous ; a broad black terminal 

 fascia. 



Britain to Ross, Ireland, common ; C. and S. Europe ; Asia 

 Minor ; 7, 8. Larva pale greenish or ochreous, blackish-dotted ; 

 dorsal line pale, partly edged with short dark marks ; two 

 blackish spots on 12; sometimes a lateral series of oblique 

 darker marks ; subspiracular line pale ; head pale, darker- 

 marked : on Primula, Stellaria, Ruhtis, etc. ; 9-5. 



3. T. interjecta, Hh. 30-33 mm. Antennae in $ ciliated. 

 Forewings ochreous -reddish- brown ; first and second lines 

 darker-edged ; median shade fuscous ; orbicular and reniform 

 sometimes outlined with dai'ker, usually indistinct ; subterminal 

 line preceded by a fuscous suffusion. Hindwings orange, 

 towards base irregularly suffused with dai'k fuscous ; a rather 

 broad black terminal fascia. 



England to York, Ireland, common ; WC. Europe ; 7. 

 Larva pale ochreous ; dorsal and subdorsal lines' whitish, 

 brown-edged ; spiracular pale : dots black ; head pale ochreoiis, 

 dark-marked: on gi'asses, Priviula, Bumex, etc.; 9-5. 



4. T. baja, F. .37-40 mm. Antennae in $ ciliated. Fore- 

 wings light reddish-brown, ochreous-tinged ; a blackish dot in 

 disc before first line ; first and second lines indistinctly dark- 

 margined, median shade darker ; orbicular and reniform out- 

 lined with darker, edged with whitish-ochreous, reniform grey 

 beneath ; subterminal line obscure, preceded beneath costa by 

 two small black spots. Hindwings pale yellowish -fuscous, 

 darker posteriorly. 



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

 Asia, N. America ; 7. Larva grey, brown, or brown-reddish ; 

 dorsal and subdorsal lines pale, between them a series of oblique 

 dark marks; spiracular pale; a pale bar on 12; head pale 

 brownish, darker-marked : on Salix, hawthorn, birch, Primula, 

 etc. ; 9-5. 



5. T. sobrina, Gn. 33-38 mm. Antennae in $ shortly 

 ciliated. Head deep ferruginous-reddish. Forewings rather 

 dark purplish-brown ; lines very indistinctly darker-margined, 

 median shade faintly darker; orbicular and reniform indistinctly 

 outlined with darker, lower end of reniform darker ; subter- 



