luperina] CARADRINIDAE 113 



2. L. Dumerilii, Dup. 29-34 mui. Diftcrs from L. testacea 

 as follows : forewiiigs without blackish streak beyond claviform; 

 hindwiiigs white or ochreous-whitish. 



Sussex, Dorset, I. of AiTau, })robably a casual immigrant 

 only ; France, SE. Europe, Asia Minor ; 8. The specific dis- 

 tinctness of this form fi'om the preceding species seems rather 

 uncertain. 



27. Spodoptera, Gn. 



Head with tolerably appressed scales ; eyes glabrous. 

 Antennae in $ ciliated. Thorax with posterior crest. Abdomen 

 with well-defined crest at base. Posterior tibiae with appressed 

 scales. 



A small genus, ranging widely throughout tropical and 

 warmer temperate regions ; it is an offshoot of Caixidrina. 

 Some of the species have also a veiy wide distribution ; their 

 flight is strong, and they have been captured hundreds of miles 

 from land. 



1. S. exigua, Hb. 25-29 mm. Forewings rather narrow, 

 brown, sprinkled with whitish and blackish, especially on veins; 

 costa spotted with darker ; first and second lines pale, edged 

 with dark fuscous ; orbicular and reniform pale ochreous, 

 blackish-outlined, reniform centrally mixed with brown and 

 whitish; median shade indistinctly darker; subterminal line 

 pale. Hindwings subliyaline, white; veins and termen dark 

 fuscous. 



Kent to Cornwall, Pembroke, Lancashire, I. of Man, local 

 and uncommon ; S. Europe, Asia, Africa, America, Australia ; 

 6, 7. Larva pinkish-brown ; dots blackish ; spiracular line light 

 ochreous, dark-edged above: on Plantdgo ; 8, 9. 



28. RusiNA, B. 



Head rough-scaled ; eyes glabrous. Antennae in ^ bipecti- 

 nated to apex. Thorax with anterior and posterior crests. 

 Abdomen not crested. 



L R. tenebrosa, Hb. 31-38 mm. Forewings fuscous, more or 

 less oclireous-tinged ; five or six whitish costal dots ; first and 

 second lines fine, dark fuscous ; median shade thick, cloudy, dark 

 fuscous ; orbicular and reniform indistinct, sometimes obscurely 

 paler-marked or darker- outlined ; subterminal line sometimes 

 paler, suftusedly darker-edged anteriorly. Hindwings fuscous. 



Britain to Ross, Ireland, common ; N. and C. Europe ; 6, 7. 

 Larva ochreous-brown ; dorsal line sometimes obscurely pale ; 



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