132 CARADKININA [hadbna 



brown or dark brown; plate of 2 blackish, with whitish lines: 

 on grasses, Primula, Rtrniex, etc. ; 9-4. 



14. H. scolopacina, Esp. 33-35 mm. Forewings light 

 brownish-ochreous, partially tinged with red-brownish; a blackish 

 dash from dorsum near base ; first and second lines indicated 

 by blackish dots; reniform partly outlined with whitish, pre- 

 ceded by a fuscous costal blotch ; subterminal line obscurely 

 pale, anteriorly sufFusedly edged with reddish-brown ; cilia 

 mixed with blackish. Hindwings fuscous, darker posteriorly. 



Englahd, rather local ; C. Europe, NW. Asia ; 7, 8. Larva 

 greenish-grey ; dorsal line whitish, dark-edged ; subdorsal dark 

 grey ; spiracular pale yellow, edged above with dark grey ; 

 head light brownish-ochreous or greenish : on grasses and 

 Luzula ; 10-6. 



15. H. hepatica, Hb. 39-41 mm. Forewings brownish- 

 ochreous, mixed with light red-brown ; a black median dash 

 from base, and another from dorsum near base, connected by a 

 red-brown suffusion ; first and second lines indistinctly dark- 

 edged ; spots partly outlined with black, orbicular and renifoi'm 

 separated by a red-brown suffusion, former oblique-oval ; sub- 

 terminal line pale, partly edged with red-bi'own, and some short 

 blackish marks. Hindwings pale fuscous, darker posteriorly. 



Britain to Berwick, common ; C. Europe, N. Asia ; 6, 7. 

 Larva grey-bi'own or dark purplish-brown, darker-freckled; dorsal 

 line pale ochreous or whitish ; subdorsal obscurely pale ; spira- 

 cular broad, light greyish-ochreous ; head dark brown ; plate of 

 2 blackish, with whitish lines: on grasses; 10-4. 



16. H. porphyrea, Esji. (satura, Hb.) 38-44 mm. Forewings 

 rather dark fuscous, reddish-tinged ; a short suffused blackish 

 median dash from base, and another from dorsum near base ; 

 fii'st and second lines dark-edged, dentate, connected by a 

 suffused dark fuscous subniedian dash ; orbicular and reniform 

 lighter, dark-outlined ; subterminal line pale, with two strong- 

 median teeth, edged with some dark marks. Hindwings fuscous, 

 lighter towards base. 



Britain to Aberdeen, E. Ireland, very scarce, perhaps an 

 occasional immigrant only ; N. and C. Europe, NW. Asia ; 5, 6. 

 Larva pinkish -brown, darker above; dorsal line indistinct, 

 interrupted ; subdorsal series of indistinct oblique grey streaks ; 

 spiracular greenish-yellowish ; head brown : on Ifumulus, Loni- 

 cera, cherry, etc. ; 7, 8. 



17. H. furva, Hb. 33-38 mm. Forewings brown mixed with 

 dark fuscous ; subbasal, first, and second lines lighter, dark- 



