58 CARADRININA [APOROPHYLA 



1. A. australis, B. 35-38 mm. Forewiugs light brown, more 

 or less suffused with wlu'tish, darker along costa, veins dark 

 fuscous posteriorly ; a black median dash from base ; first and 

 second lines fine, black, acutely dentate; spots finely outlined 

 with black, sometimes obscure, reniform with a dark spot on 

 lower end ; a subterminal series of dark fuscous interneural 

 marks, sometimes reaching termen. Hindwings in o white, in 



$ fuscous. 



Kent to Devon, Norfolk, SE. Ireland, local ; S. Europe ; 8, 

 9. Larva yellow-green, dorsally reddish-suffused ; dorsal line 

 pale reddish, marked with black V-shaped spots; subdorsal 

 series of black marks ; spiracular pale yellowish ; head greenish, 

 brown-speckled : on grasses and Cichorium ; 10-4. 



2. A. lutulenta, Bkk, 37-40 mm. Forewirigs rather dark 

 fuscous, discal area darker ; first and second lines and margins 

 of spots finely darker, very obscure ; subterminal line obscurely 

 darker-edged anteriorly. Hindwings in white, in $ fuscous. 



Britain to the Orkneys, W. Ireland, local ; C. Europe ; 9. 

 Larva pale green ; 2-4 dorsally rosy-suffused ; dorsal and sub- 

 dorsal lines brownish, interrupted, commencing on 5 ; spiracular 

 white, crimson -edged above : on Myosotis, JJithospermum, 

 Achillea, etc. ; 10-4. 



3. A. nigra, Hw. 39-42 mm. Forewings dark fuscous, costa, 

 median area, and termen darker; first and second lines fine, 

 blackish, obscure, waved-dentate ; spots indistinctly margined 

 with blackish, posterior edge of reniform whitish -ochreous ; 

 three or four whitish-ochreous dots on costa posteriorly. Hind- 

 wings whitish, in $ niore or less suffused with fuscous. 



Britain to Ross, Ireland (except S.), rather common ; C. and 

 S. Europe ; 9, 10. Larva green, yellow-brown, yellow, or dull 

 crimson ; 2-4 often suffused with red ; dorsal and subdorsal 

 lines usually darker, often interrupted ; spiracular pale yellowish ; 

 spiracles white, in black marks on 5-7 : on JRumex, Plantago, 

 Oalium, etc. ; 10-5. 



4. A. lunosa, Hw. 31-34 mm. Forewings brown, veins 

 ochreous -whitish ; costal edge whitish -yellowish ; lines fine, 

 whitish, subterminal edged anteriorly with small black spots or 

 dots ; median shade dark fuscous ; orbicular and reniform dark 

 brown, edged with ochreous-whitish. Hindwings whitish ; a 

 grey crescentic discal spot ; a grey subterminal suffusion, some- 

 times reduced to two or three spots. 



Britain to the Clyde, Ireland, rather common ; France, 

 Spain ; 9. Larva yellow-brown or green ; dorsal and subdorsal 



