84 CARADRININA [MELANCHRA 



England to York, Renfrew, E. Ireland, rather common; C. 

 Europe, N. Asia ; 5, 6. Larva dull brown, sometimes greenish 

 or purplish - tinged ; dorsal and subdorsal lines dark-edged, 

 indistinct ; dorsal series of darker diamonds and wedges ; head 

 black-marked : on Genista, Polygonum, Stellaria, etc. ; 7-9. 



11. M. thalassina, Rott. 36-43 mm. Forewings reddish- 

 brown, partly sprinkled with whitish and whitish-ochreous ; a 

 black median dash from base, surmounted by a whitish-ochreous 

 suffusion ; lines ochreous-whitish, partly black-edged internally ; 

 spots partly outlined with black, orbicular suffusedly edged with 

 whitish-ochreous, claviform emitting a black dash posteriorly ; 

 subterminal line yellow-whitish, with two strong median teeth 

 preceded by blackish wedges. Hindwings light grey, posteriorly 

 darker, with distinct darker discal crescent. 



Britain to the Orkneys, Ireland, common ; N. and C. Europe, 

 N. Asia ; 5, 6. Larva pale pinkish-brown, freckled with dark 

 brown ; a double dorsal series of oblique darker marks ; dorsal 

 line indistinct ; spiracular pale, edged above with white or black, 

 or wholly black : on birch, Lonicera, Polygonum, etc. ; 7, 8. 



12. M. dissimilis, Kn. (suasa, Bkh.) 34-41 mm. Forewings 

 reddish-grey ; a black median dash from base ; first and second 

 lines obscurely pale or grey-whitish ; spots partly finely outlined 

 with black, orbicular and reniform obscurely pale-edged ; sub- 

 terminal line fine, whitish, with two strong median teeth. 

 Hindwings pale fuscous, darker posteriorly. 



Britain to the Clyde, E. Ireland, local; N. and C. Europe, 

 N. Asia; 6. Larva green or brown, white-dotted, freckled 

 with dark grey ; dorsal and subdorsal lines darker, variable ; 

 spiracular yellow-ochreous, edged above with brown or black, 

 below with light reddish : on fiumex, Chenopodium, Plantago, 

 etc. ; 7, 8. 



13. M. oleracea, L. 35-40 mm. Forewings purple-reddish- 

 brown, somewhat whitish-sprinkled ; first and second lines very 

 faint; median shade somewhat darker, angulated; orbicular 

 and reniform usually edged with whitish, reniform including a 

 suffused yellow-ochreous or whitish-yellow spot; subterminal 

 line fine, white, with two sharp median teeth. Hindwings 

 whitish -fuscous, with fuscous discal crescent and posterior 

 suffusion. 



Britain to the Shetlands, Ireland, very common; Europe, 

 Asia Minor ; 6. Larva green or brown, white-dotted ; ordinary 

 dots black ; spiracular line yellow, edged above with dark grey ; 

 on Urtica, Rumex, elm, flrassica, etc. ; 7-9. 



