ATIir.l IS. 



327 



brownish at sides, whitish at tips; tarsi brownish with pale rings. 

 Fore wing yellow suffused with rufous ; subbasal line indistinctly 

 double tilled in with whitish, curved, from costa to submedian 

 fold ; anteruedial line brown defined by whitish on inner side, 

 slightly angled inwards at subcostal and median nervures and 

 vein 1, and excurved in submedian interspace and above inner 

 margin ; orbicular with faint whitish annulus defined by brown, 

 round ; reniforin brown with whitish annulus to lower part 

 defined by brown ; a diffused brown medial line, oblique from 

 costa to renit'orm, inwardly oblique from lower angle of cell to 

 inner margin ; postmedial line double filled in with pale yellowish, 

 bent outwards below costa, then very minutely waved, excurved 

 to vein 4, then incurved, some whitish points beyond it on costa: 

 subterminal line yellowish, slightly defined on inner side by brown 

 and with brown patch before it at costa, oblique towards costa, 

 then minutely dentate, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, then 

 incurved; a brown terminal line; a slight pale line at base of 

 cilia. Hind wing yellowish suffused with red-brown : a fine 

 brown terminal line ; cilia whitish with a red-brown line near 

 base ; the underside whitish, the costal area tinged with ochreous, 

 a small brown discoidal spot, postmedial line excurved to vein 4, 

 then oblique, and traces of a diffused subterminal band. 



Hub. France, Sand Coll.; Germany, Zeller Coll.; Austria, 

 Leech Coll., Galicia ; Htxgahy, Prey and Leech Colls.; Lcaly ; 

 Ciieece. Exp. 36-42 millim. 



Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 174 ; Hffm. Eaup. p. 109, pi. 30. f. 2. 



Lull green with a whitish dorsal line ; head yellowish brown. 

 Food-plant, Pulmonaria. 5. 



3952. Athetis fiava. 



Caradrina fiava, Oberth. Et Ent. i. p. 45, pi. 4. f. o (1876); Staud. Cat. 

 Lrp. pal. p. l'JG. 



Head and thorax reddish yellow irrorated with a few black 

 scales, the head whiter ; palpi blackish at base ; tarsi fuscous 

 with pale rings ; abdomen white with obscure brown dorsal 

 bands. Fore wing reddish yellow slightly irrorated with fuscous ; 

 subbasal line represented by a small black spot on costa ; ante- 

 medial line indistinct, double, the lines widely separated, with a 

 black spot on outer line at costa, oblique, very minutely waved ; 

 orbicular and renirorm very small, reddish brown with some 

 white points round them, the former round; an indistinct medial 

 line with black spot at costa, oblique from costa to renit'orm, 

 incurved below the cell and angled outwards on vein 1 ; post- 

 medial line indistinct, double, the lines widely separated and with 

 black spot on inner line at costa, slightly bent outwards below 

 costa, then minutely waved, incurved below vein 4, some pale 

 points beyond it on costa : subterminal line indistinct, pale with 

 slight dark suffusion on inner side, somewhat excurved below 

 vein 7 and at middle : a terminal scries of slight dark striae ; cilia 



