hadena] CARADKINIDAE 129 



Hunts and Essex to Lancashire, local ; C. Europe, Asia 

 Minor; 6. Larva green or reddish-brown ; dorsal and subdorsal 

 lines darker, interrupted, white-dotted ; spiracular pinkish, 

 sometimes dark-edged above, margins sometimes whiter ; head 

 pale ochreous : on Atriplex, Jimnex, Polygonwn, etc. ; 8, 9. 



5. H. maura, L. 60-70 mm. Forewings with termen waved ; 

 fuscous, basal area mixed with blackish-fuscous ; median area 

 dark fuscous except on costa, where it is marked transversely 

 with dark fuscous ; first and second lines pale, dark-edged, 

 second nearly straight and vertical, followed by a pale suffusion; 

 orbicular and reniform darker-mixed, pale - outlined ; subter- 

 minal line pale, ending in a j)ale apical spot, preceded by dark 

 suffusion. Hindwings rather dark fuscous ; straight median 

 and subterminal cloudy whitish-ochreous lines. 



Britain to Forfar, Ireland, common ; C. and S. Europe ; 7, 8. 

 Larva pale ochreous, suffusedly irrorated with dark brown ; 

 pale oblique subdorsal streaks ; dorsal and spiracular lines 

 obscurely })ale, interrupted; 12 with a black posteriorly ])ale- 

 edged transverse mark ; head pale ochreous, brown-speckled : 

 on Salix, Jiubus, Primula, etc. ; 9-5. 



6. H. scabriuscula, L. (pinastri, L.) 33-39 mm. Thorax 

 ochreous, front and patagia dark fuscous. Forewings dark ashy- 

 fuscous; a fine median dash fx'om base, first and second lines, and 

 outlines of spots black ; a dorsal streak, black-edged above, and 

 two connected blotches beyond second line on lower half reddish- 

 ochreous, wdaitish -mixed, upper blotch I'eaching termen; a 

 terminal series of black interneural dashes. Hindwings fuscous. 



Britain to Caledonian Canal, local ; N. and C. Europe, Asia 

 Minor, N. America; 6. Larva reddish-brown; dorsal line 

 ochreous-whitish, dark-edged ; subdorsal ol)scurely pale, dark- 

 edged ; spiracular broad, whitish, dark -edged above; head 

 brown : on Rumex and Polygonum ; 7, 8. 



7. H. rectilinea, Usj:/. 37-40 mm. Antennae in S shortly 

 bipectinated. Thorax sometimes with white central blotch. 

 Forewings brown, basal and terminal areas whitish-mixed, 

 median darker and more reddish dorsally ; a suffused blackish 

 streak along fold, interrupted by lines ; first and second lines 

 whitish, first indented near dorsum, second forming a white spot 

 on fold; spots blackish -outlined, sometimes whitish- mixed ; 

 subterminal line w'hitish on dorsal half, with two teeth below 

 middle ; some dark fuscous subterminal dashes towards middle. 

 Hindwings fuscous, lighter anteriorly. 



York to Sutherland, S. Ireland, local ; N. and C. Europe, N. 



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