COSCINIA] ARCTIADAE 39 



blackish, tubercles yellowish, hairs brown ; dorsal line orange- 

 yellow ; spiracular whitish ; head black : on grasses, Erica, etc. ; 

 8-5. 



18. PHRAGMATOBIA, Stph. 



Head rough-haired. Ocelli present. Antennae in ^ ciliated, 

 with longer setae at joints. Palpi 

 moderately long, porrected, rough- 

 haired. Thorax densely hairy 

 above and beneath. Abdomen 

 hairy. Femora hairy beneath, 

 tibiae smooth-scaled. Forewings : 

 7 and 8 out of 9, 10 out of 9, 11 

 connected with 9. Hindwings : 

 3 and 4 sometimes connate, 5 

 approximated, 6 and 7 connate 

 or stalked, 8 from middle of 

 cell. 



A rather small genus, mainly 

 inhabiting northern temperate 

 regions. Larva with dense tufts 



Of rather long hairs. 



1. P. fuliginosa, L. 28-34 mm. Abdomen red, black 

 spotted. Forewings reddish-brown, more thinly scaled in disc ; 

 ;i Muck discal dot. Hindwings rose-pink ; costal half suffused 

 with thinly strewn black scales, appearing grey; two obliquely 

 placed blackish discal dots; a terminal blackish suffused some- 

 times interrupted fascia; cilia rose-pink. 



Britain to the Orkneys, N. Ireland, common ; Europe, W. 

 and N. Asia ; 5, 6. Larva dark grey or brown, hairs brown, 

 reddish, or ochreous ; head black : on grasses, Itumex, Myosotis, 

 etc.; 8-4. 



19. DIACRISIA, Hb. 



Characters of Phragmatolia, but antennae of bipectiuated 

 to apex ; forewings with 11 separate. 



This genus is of some extent, and nearly cosmopolitan. 

 Larva with tufts of moderate or long hairs. 



1. Dorsum of forewings crimson or ferruginous 



5. russula. 

 not crimson or ferruginous 2. 



2. Abdomen orange-yellow . . .3. 



not orange-yellow . . 1. mendica. 



