124 CARADRININA [caeadrina 



Britain to Forfar, Ireland, common ; C. Europe ; 6. Larva 

 greyisb-ochreous, dull reddish-brown, or dark grey; doi'sal line 

 pale, black-edged on incisions; subdorsal pale, interrupted, 

 sometimes edged with blackish marks above ; spiracular brown ; 

 head dark bi'own : on Plantago, subterranean in habit ; 7-4. 



30. C. matura, Hufn. {cytherea, F.) 37-44 mm. Antennae 

 in $ ciliated. Forewings fuscous ; subbasal, first, and second 

 lines irregular, whitish, edged with dark fuscons ; spots outlined 

 with dark fuscous, orbicular and reniform edged with whitish ; 

 subterminal line whitish, irregular. Hindwings yellow ; a broad 

 dark fuscous terminal fascia. 



Bi'itain to Caledonian Canal, Ireland, rather common ; C. 

 Europe; 7, 8. Larva pale brownish -ochreous or brownish; 

 dorsal series of pairs of dark fuscous longitudinal marks ; sub- 

 dorsal and lateral lines brown-edged ; subspiracular paler or 

 whitish-ochreous, brown-edged above ; head light ochreous or 

 brownish : on grasses ; 9-4. 



32. Sbnta, St2^h. 



Head with loosely appressed scales ; eyes glabrous. An- 

 tennae in S ciliated. Thorax with anterior crest. Abdomen 

 elongate, flattened, not crested. Tibiae with appressed scales. 



There is only one European species, and possibly a second 

 in N. America ; the genus is correlated with the preceding. 



1. S. maritima, Tausch. (ulvae, Hb.) 29-32 mm. Forewings 

 rather narrow, suboblong, ochreous, veins streaked and costa 

 and dorsum broadly suffused with fuscous ; orbicular and reni- 

 form interruptedly outlined with whitish, sometimes wholly 

 dark fuscous ; first and second lines represented by series of 

 dark fuscous dots ; a terminal series of dark fuscous dots. 

 Hindwings ochreous-whitish ; a grey discal mark, and some- 

 times a postmedian series of dots. 



Surrey to Norfolk and Cambridge, local ; C. Europe ; 6, 7. 

 Larva ochreous, with fine darker lines : on leaves and in sten)s 

 of reed [Phragmites) ; 9-4. 



33. Stilbia, Stph. 



Head with appressed scales, face forming a flatly-rounded 

 prominence ; eyes glabrous. Antennae in $ ciliated. Thorax 

 with slight posterior crest. Abdomen not crested. Tibiae 

 with appressed scales. Hindwings : 8 anastomosing with upper 

 margin of cell to middle. 



This genus, consisting of the following and one other C. 



