90 CARADBININA [AGROTIS 



31. Antennae in <$ pectinated ; species very rosy 21. subrosea. 



ciliated .... 32. 



32. First and second lines black . 22. Ashworthii. 



,, ,, not black . . . 33. 



33. Subbasal line anteriorly black-edged . . 34. 



,, not black-edged . . . 38. 



34. First line posteriorly black-edged . . 35. 



,, not black-edged 30. ditrapezium. 



35. Forewings suffusedly irrorated with whitish 43. glareosa. 



not irrorated with whitish . . 36. 



36. Subterrainal line preceded by black costal mark 



3 1 . triangulum. 

 ,, ,, not preceded by black mark . 37. 



37. Forewings rather dark purplish-fuscous 42. stigmatica. 



light ochreous-brown . . 44. depuncta. 



38. Reniform perceptible .... 39. 



,, obsolete . . .23. lucernea. 



39. Hindwings towards base whitish . . .40. 



,, ,, ,, not whitish . . 42. 



40. Forewings with dark suffused costal streak 26. putris. 



without dark costal streak . .41. 



41. Reniform edged with pale yellowish 36. xanthographa. 



not pale-edged . . . 25. obscura. 



42. Orbicular and reniform pale-edged . 27. fennica. 



not pale-edged . .43. 



43. Median shade dark fuscous . . 38. umbrosa. 



very faint .... 44. 



44. Lines partially distinctly dark-edged . 24. simulans. 



very faint . . . .37. castanea. 



1. A. vestigialis, Rott. (valligera, Hb.) 31-35 mm. Antennae 

 in $ bipectinated. Forewings light ochreous-brownish, much 

 suffused with whitish along veins; veins partly blackish; a 

 short black basal median mark ; subbasal, first, arid second 

 lines whitish, blackish -edged on costa; spots outlined with 

 black, orbicular narrow -elongate, claviform brown, reniform 

 dark brown, pale-edged ; subterminal line whitish, preceded 

 by dark brown wedges. Hindwings whitish ; discal spot and 

 terminal suffusion (broader in $ ) fuscous. 



Britain to the Hebrides, Ireland, common on coasts ; N. and 

 C. Europe ; 7, 8. Larva light greenish-grey ; dorsal line pale, 

 dark-edged ; lateral pale or whitish, dark-edged ; tubercular 

 dots black ; head light ochreous, dark -marked : on grasses, 

 Galium, Stellaria, etc. ; 5, 6. 



