130 CARADRININA [hadena 



Asia ; 6. Larva dark brown, mixed with lighter and darker, 

 laterally purple -tinged; dorsal line pale, interrupted, dark- 

 edged ; subdorsal series of pale posteriorly dark-edged oblique 

 streaks ; spiracular pale towards extremities ; 1 2 with two 

 ochreous dots; head dark brown : on Salix and Ruhus ; 7-3. 



8. H. adusta, Esp. 39-45 mm. Antennae in $ triangular- 

 dentate. Forewings reddish- fuscous ; a black median dash 

 from base, and a subdorsal one near base ; subbasal, first, and 

 second lines whitish-ochreous to grey, partly black-edged, con- 

 nected by a blackish dash on fold ; spots outlined with black, 

 orbicular and reniform mixed and often edged with wliitish- 

 ochreous ; subterminal line whitish-ochreous, preceded by dark 

 fuscous wedges, with two teeth below middle. Hindwings 

 fuscous-whitish, towards termen suffused with fuscous ; a small 

 fuscous discal spot. 



Britain to the Shetlands, Ireland, rather common ; N. and 

 C. Europe, NW. Asia ; 5, 6. Larva green, often mixed or 

 suffused with rosy-purple ; dorsal and subdorsal lines dark- 

 edged ; spiracular white or greenish-yellow ; head ochreous or 

 greenish : on Galium, Origanum, Achillea, etc. ; 8-4. 



9. H. gemina, HI). 35-40 mm. Forewings brown, variably 

 mixed with pale ochreous, reddish-brown, and dark fuscous ; a 

 black median basal dash, surmounted by a pale blotch ; some- 

 times a black dash from near base of dorsum ; lines pale, partly 

 dark-edged ; spots partly outlined with black and sometimes 

 edged with paler or whitish, beneath claviform a black dash 

 connecting first and second lines ; subterminal line with two 

 strong median teeth. Hindwings light fuscous, with darker 

 terminal band. 



Britain to the Shetlands, L-eland, common ; C. Europe, N. 

 Asia; 6, 7. Larva brown-grey, darker-striated; dorsal line 

 yellow-whitish, dark-edged ; subdorsal brownish-ochreous ; spira- 

 cular broad, pale greyish-ochreous ; head brownish-grey, darker- 

 freckled ; plate of 2 black, with whitish lines : on grasses ; 9-4. 



10. H. polyodon, L. (viononlypha, Hufn.) 44-50 mm. Fore- 

 wings liglit ochreous-brownish, mixed with whitish-ochreous ; 

 a black median basal dash, and another from near base of 

 dorsvmi ; first and second lines somewhat jxiler, connected by a 

 black submedian dash ; median shade darker ; spots partly out- 

 lined with black and pale-edged, claviform little marked ; sub- 

 terminal line pale, with two strong median teeth reaching 

 termen, and intersecting three or four blackish dashes. Hind- 

 wings whitish-fuscous ; a darker fuscous discal spot and terminal 



