CUCULLIA] CARADRINIDAE 



whitish extremity of second line; a reddish-brown 

 shaped terminal suffusion above middle; cilia toothed. Hind- 

 wings in ( whitish, in whitish-fuscous ; a suffused fuscous 

 terminal band. 



S. England (except SE.) to Gloucester and Norfolk, local ; 

 C. Europe, WC. Asia to N. Persia; 5. Larva blue-whitish, 

 with a yellow band on each segment; dorsal series of black 

 bars alternating with pairs of black spots ; spiracular series of 

 yellow spots and black marks ; head yellow, black-spotted : on 

 Scrophularia (especially S. nodosa) and Verbascum ; 6, 7. 



7. C. verbasci, L. 43-47 mm. Differs from C. scrophu- 

 lariae as follows : forewings with costal streak browner, dorsal 

 streak edged above posteriorly by a whitish suffusion, termen 

 more oblique, cilia more sharply toothed ; hind wings in <$ some- 

 what more infuscated. 



Ki inland, E. Ireland, common; C. and S. Europe, Asia 

 Minor ; 4, 5. Larva blue-whitish, with a yellow band on each 

 Moment; double dorsal series of black bent marks alternating 

 with black spots ; spiracular series of yellow spots and black 

 marks : head yellow, black-spotted : on Verbascum and Scro- 

 phularia; 6, 7. 



8. C. lychnitis, Itamb. 38-41 mm. Differs from C. scro- 

 phulariae as follows : forewings with costal streak more whitish- 

 sprinkled, orbicular and reniform slightly paler, dorsal streak 

 more attenuated anteriorly ; hindwings with band broader. 



Sussex to Gloucester and Norfolk, local ; C. Europe ; 6. 

 Larva green-whitish, with pale yellowish band on each seg- 

 ment ; dorsal series of curved black bars alternating with rows 

 of four black spots ; spiracular series of black spots : on Ver- 

 bascum ; 7, 8. 



2. POLIA, 0. 



Head rough-scaled ; eyes glabrous, ciliated. Antennae in $ 

 ciliated, or bipectinated with apex filiform, rarely simple. 

 Thorax with more or less prominent anterior and slight pos- 

 terior crest. Abdomen more or less crested. 



Fairly numerous and widely distributed throughout northern 

 temperate regions. Most of the species are autumnal, and some 

 of them hybernate. 



1. Thorax ashy-blackish except collar and sides . 2. 



not ashy-blackish . . .3. 



2. Forewings with dorsal half red-brown . 2. vetusta. 



not red-brown 1. exoleta. 



