MELANCHRA] CARADRINIDAE 85 



14. M. pisi, L. 35-39 mm. Forewings purple-reddish, mixed 

 with ferruginous-ochreous ; first and second lines hardly paler, 

 darker- edged ; median shade darker; orbicular and reniform 

 partly outlined with ferruginous-brown, hardly pale-edged ; 

 subterminal line strong, whitish-yellow, irregular, rather dilated 

 and angulated near tornus, partly ferruginous-edged anteriorly. 

 Hind wings pale fuscous, suffused with whitish-ochreous anter- 

 iorly, with fuscous subterminal suffusion. 



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

 6. Larva green or purple-brown, black-dotted ; subdorsal line 

 yellow, black-edged ; spiracular yellow or pale greenish, black- 

 edged above ; head pale green or pinkish-ochreous ; legs some- 

 times rosy : on Pteris, Cytisus, Scabiosa, etc. ; 8-10. 



15. M. leucophaea, View. 37-41 mm. Antennae in c bipec- 

 tinated. Forewings light brown, partly sprinkled with white, 

 basally suffused with light ochreous; a short black median 

 basal dash joining black edge of whitish subbasal line ; first and 

 second lines pale, internally black-edged ; median shade suf- 

 fusedly dark fuscous ; spots outlined with black, orbicular and 

 reniform edged with white ; subterminal line whitish, preceded 

 by dark fuscous wedges, with two moderate median teeth. Hind- 

 wings light fuscous, with darker discal crescent. 



Kent, Surrey, local and scarce ; C. and SE. Europe, NW. 

 Asia ; 5-7. Larva ochreous or brownish-ochreous ; dorsal line 

 pale, traversing a double series of oblique blackish marks; sub- 

 dorsal indistinct; spiracular pale, edged with blackish marks 

 above : on grasses ; 6-4. 



16. M. tincta, Brh. 42-50 mm. Forewings light fuscous, 

 partly crimson -tinged, much suffused with greenish - whitish ; 

 first and second lines pale, darker-edged ; median line fuscous ; 

 spots outlined with black, orbicular and reniform edged with 

 whitish ; subterminal line whitish, brown-edged, strongly edged 

 anteriorly with reddish -black in middle and towards tornus. 

 Hind wings light fuscous, darker posteriorly. 



Britain to Sutherland, local ; N. and C. Europe, NW. Asia ; 

 6, 7. Larva pale reddish-brown, finely freckled with black and 

 white; dorsal line slender, whitish, blackish-edged ; head brown : 

 on birch, Vacciniwn, grasses, etc. ; 9-5. 



17. M. advena, F. 41-48 mm. Forewings light brown, 

 rosy-tinged in disc, somewhat whitish -sprinkled; a fine dark 

 brown median basal dash joining edge of subbasal line ; first 

 and second lines obscurely pale, darker-edged ; spots outlined 

 with brown, orbicular and reniform pale-edged, posterior edge 



