AGROTIS] CARADRINIDAE 93 



dentate. Forewiugs dark fuscous, reddish -tinged, sometimes 

 slightly sprinkled with whitish ; subbasal line edged with 

 black marks in middle and on costa ; first and second lines 

 sometimes partly blackish-edged ; median shade darker ; spots 

 partly outlined with black, orbicular preceded and followed by 

 blackish spots, reuiform with posterior edge whitish-ochreous ; 

 subterminal line forming ochreous-whitish dots. Hindwings 

 fuscous-whitish, with terminal fuscous suffusion. 



Britain to Caledonian Canal, Ireland, common ; Europe, N. 

 Asia; 7, 8. Larva ochreous or ochreous-brown, sides light 

 grey-greenish ; dorsal and subdorsal lines pale grey-greenish, 

 blackish-edged; spiracular blackish-green; subspiracular double, 

 whitish ; head blackish-marked : on Trifolium, Plantago, ffera- 

 cleum, etc.; 4-6. 



9. A. saucia, Hb. 43-50 mm. Antennae in $ fasciculate- 

 ciliated. Fore wings fuscous, reddish-tinged, sometimes slightly 

 sprinkled with grey-whitish ; first and second lines indistinctly 

 darker-edged ; spots obscurely outlined with darker, reniform 

 grey, posteriorly edged with grey -whitish ; subterminal line 

 obscurely pale. Hindwings whitish, veins and a narrow ter- 

 minal suffusion dark fuscous. 



Britain to the Shetlands, E. Ireland, local, sometimes common, 

 scarce in Ireland ; WC. and S. Europe, Asia Minor, N. Africa, N. 

 America; 5, 6, 8-10. Larva reddish-brown, sides paler; dorsal 

 line pale yellowish, dark-edged, interrupted; spiracular pale, 

 black-edged above ; a black transverse mark on 12 ; anal shield 

 pale ; head black-marked : on Rumex^ Trifolium, Stellaria, etc. ; 

 10-2, 7, 8. 



10. A. praecox, L. 40-44 mrn. Antennae in < ciliated. 

 Forewings light grey-greenish, whitish-sprinkled ; some white 

 costal dots ; first and second lines internally blackish-edged ; 

 spots indistinctly outlined with darker, orbicular and reniform 

 ochreous-whitish, brownish-centred, claviform ochreous-whitish 

 mixed with brownish; subterminal line preceded by a red- 

 brown shade not reaching costa. Hindwings light fuscous, 

 darker posteriorly. 



Britain to Sutherland, E. and W. Ireland, on coasts, local ; C. 

 Europe, N. Asia ; 8. Larva pale brown to ferruginous-ochreous, 

 sides greenish or pale grey ; dorsal line grey-whitish, dilated to 

 form a series of connected spots, edged with dark spots ; sub- 

 dorsal whitish, dark-edged ; subspiracular whitish ; head pale 

 brownish, indistinctly dark-marked : on Salix, grasses, Arte- 

 misia, etc.; 5, 6. 



