hadena] CARADRINIDAE 137 



sometimes wliitish-sprinkled ; subterminal line obscurely pale, 

 terminal area mixed with dark grey. Hindwings light fuscous, 

 darker posteriorly. 



Britain to the Clyde, Ireland, common ; N., C, and SW. 

 Europe, Asia Minoi', NW. Asia ; 7. Larva yellow -ochreous, 

 pinkish-tinged, with three dull reddish bands on each segment ; 

 dorsal and subdorsal lines paler; head dark reddish -brown ; 

 plate of 2 light reddish-brown : in stems of grasses ; 9-6. 



32. H. strigilis, CI. 24-27 mm. Forewings light brownish- 

 ochreous, more or less mixed or sometimes wholly suffused with 

 rather dark fuscous, sometimes partly rosy-tinged ; sometimes 

 a black dash from dorsum near base ; first and second lines on 

 lower half often whitish, internally dark -edged, sometimes con- 

 nected by a thick black submedian dash ; orbicular and reniform 

 dark-outlined, sometimes edged with whitish-ochreous or whitish 

 or very indistinct ; postmedian band sometimes whitish-mixed ; 

 subterminal line obscurely pale. Hindwings fuscous, darker 

 posteriorly. 



Britain to Caledonian Canal, Ireland, very common ; N. and 

 C. Europe, Asia Minor ; 6, 7. Larva dull reddish or fuscous ; 

 dorsal, subdorsal, and lateral lines pale ochreous ; subspiracular 

 pale ochreous, sometimes blackish-edged above ; head and plate 

 of 2 pale brown : on leaves and in stems of grasses and Carex ; 9-.5. 



33. H. fasciuncula, H^v. 21-25 mm. Forewings reddish- 

 ochreous, more or less mixed with fuscous, especially on median 

 band ; first and second lines on lower half whitish, internally 

 dark-edged ; orbicular and renifoi'm obscurely pale; postmedian 

 band lighter, terminal area more fuscous. Hindwings dark 

 fuscous. 



Britain to the Shetlands, Ireland, common ; WC. and SW. 

 P^urope ; 6, 7. Larva pinkish - ochreous ; dorsal line double, 

 ])ale greyish-ochreous, enclosing a darker line ; subdorsal and 

 lateral lines pale greyish-ochreous; head and plate of 2 light 

 brown : on leaves and in stems of grasses ; 9-.5. 



36. Metachrostis, Hh. 



Head rough -scaled, face with somewhat appressed scales; 

 eyes glabrous. Antennae in $ fasciculate - ciliated. Thorax 

 flat-scaled, with small posterior crest. Abdomen crested 

 towards base. 



A genus of moderate extent, distributed throughout the 

 northern hemisphere. The imagos are coloured in imitation of 

 the lichens which they fi'equent. 



