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CARADRININA 



[ORGYIA 



Hants to Cornwall, Essex to Norfolk, Leicester to Stafford, 

 York, local ; N. and C. Europe, WC. and N. Asia; 6, 7. Larva 

 grey; subdorsal and spiracular lines orange-red; dorsal anteriorly 

 and postei'ioi'ly sometimes white ; hairs whitish, pencils on 2 

 and 1 2 lilack, tufts on 5-8 brownish : on oak, Salix, etc. ; 9-5. 



2. 0. antiqua, L. 25-35 mm. Forewings ochreous-brown, 

 posteriorly darker orange-brown ; lines dark fuscous, fii'st 

 indistinct, median irregular, second strongly curved outwards 

 on upper half ; an obscure orange darker-edged discal spot ; a 

 conspicuous clear white spot above tornus. Hindwings deep 

 brownish-orange. $ with rudimentary wings, antennae pecti- 

 nated. 



Britain to Sutherland, N. Ireland, common, mainly in 

 gardens; Europe, Asia Minor, N. Africa, N. America; 8-10. 

 Larva grey ; dorsal line more or less black, red-spotted, some- 

 times partly whitish-edged ; a subdorsal series of red spots ; 

 sometimes a blackish lateral line ; hairs whitish, pencils on 2 

 and 12 black, branched at tips, tufts on 5-8 yellowish ; a lateral 

 black pencil on 6 : on rose, hawthorn, hazel, etc. ; 5-8. 



3. Dasychira, Hh. 



Palpi with terminal joint concealed. Thorax with posterior 

 crest. Abdomen densely hairy, with one or two dorsal crests. 



Anterior tarsi rough-haired ; pos- 

 terior tibiae witliout middle-spurs. 

 Forewings : 10 connected with 9. 

 Hindwings : 6 and 7 stalked. 



Fairly numerous in species, 

 mainly Indo-Malayan, but ranging 

 into Eui'ope, Africa, and Australia, 

 r^arva with dense erect tufts on 

 5-8 and sometimes 9, and long 

 haii'-pencil on 12. 



Lines of forewings mixed with 



deep orange \. fascelina. 



Lines of forewings not mixed 



with orange 2. jnid/'Imnda. 



1. D. fascelina, L. 37-50 mm. 



Neuration of Dasycliira pudibiinda. 



Forewings grey, sprinkled with black and whitish ; middle ot 

 base mixed with deep orange ; lines blackish mixed witli deej) 

 orange, first curved or sinuate, second slightly sinuate, ])racsub- 

 terminal very irregular, indistinct ; an indistinct blackish discal 



