96 CARADRININA [AGROTIS 



edged reniform, claviform ending in a black mark ; subterminal 

 line preceded by blackish spots, forming a whitish tornal spot. 

 Hindwings whitish-fuscous, with darker discal spot and post- 

 median line. 



Britain to the Orkneys, N. and E. Ireland, on heaths, local ; 

 WC. Europe; 8. Larva green or pinkish-brown, darker- 

 irrorated ; dorsal line whitish, dark-edged ; subdorsal whitish, 

 blackish-edged above; spiracular broader, ochreous- whitish, 

 sometimes dark -edged above ; head pale yellow -brown, darker- 

 marked : on Calluna and Erica ; 9-6. 



18. A. tritici, L. (aquilina, Hb.) 29-37 mm. Antennae in 

 $ serrate. Forewings brown, sometimes pale-mixed or reddish- 

 tinged, veins sometimes black, sometimes with a whitish sub- 

 costal streak ; sometimes an irregular black median basal dash ; 

 median vein whitish ; first and second lines pale, dark-edged : 

 spots outlined with black, orbicular and reniform edged with 

 pale or whitish, space between them often darker ; subterminal 

 line pale, preceded by dark or black wedges in disc. Hind- 

 wings white or whitish, posteriorly more or less fuscous-tinged 

 or suffused. 



Britain to the Orkneys, Ireland, common, especially on 

 coasts ; N. and C. Europe, NW. and WC. Asia to Turkestan ; 7, 

 8. Larva dull brownish ; dorsal line pale ; subdorsal fuscous, 

 dark, pale-edged beneath ; lateral and spiracular dark greenish- 

 fuscous ; head brownish, dark-marked : on Plantago, Stellaria, 

 Brassica, etc.; 5, 6. 



19. A. augur, F. 38-43 mm. Antennae in $ ciliated. Fore- 

 wings fuscous, slightly reddish-tinged ; first and second lines 

 internally blackish - edged ; spots more or less outlined with 

 black ; subterminal line very faint. Hindwings fuscous, lighter 

 anteriorly. 



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

 NW. Asia ; 6, 7. Larva purple-brownish or grey-greenish ; a 

 double dorsal series of whitish dots and oblique darker marks ; 

 spiracular line dark brown ; on 12 a dark brown transverse mark 

 dilated at extremities, pale-edged posteriorly; head pale brown : 

 on hawthorn, Salix, Eumex, etc.; 8-5. A. helvetina, B., was 

 erroneously recorded as British from a bleached example of this 

 species. 



20. A. occulta, L. 50-58 mm. Antennae in $ ciliated. Fore- 

 wings fuscous, mixed and partly suffused with dark fuscous, 

 veins and margins whitish-sprinkled ; subbasal, first, and second 

 lines dentate, whitish; spots outlined with blackish, orbicular 



