AGROTIS] CARADRINIDAE 101 



fuscous, sometimes partly irroratecl with pale greyish-ochreous ; 

 lines somewhat paler, indistinctly darker-edged ; orbicular and 

 reniform usually darker, pale-edged. Hindwings ochreous- 

 orange, base sometimes infuscated ; a crescentic discal mark 

 and terminal band blackish. 



Britain to the Orkneys, Ireland, very common ; 0. and S. 

 Europe, Asia Minor, N. Africa; 7, 8. Larva pale greyish- 

 ochreous to brown ; dorsal line faint ; subdorsal dark brown 

 longitudinal marks on 11 and 12, pale-edged beneath, tending 

 to connect on 12 ; usually a spiracular series of dark brown 

 oblique marks; subspiracular line pale, sometimes pinkish- 

 tinged ; head light brown, darker-marked : on Stellaria, Salix, 

 Rubus, Rumex, etc.; 9-5. 



34. A. orbona, Hufn. (subsequa, Hb.) 37-41 mm. Differs 

 from A. comes as follows : forewings with subterminal line pre- 

 ceded on costa by a black mark. 



Britain to the Shetlands, N. and W. Ireland, local and un- 

 common ; Europe, Asia Minor ; 7, 8. Larva greyish-ochreous 

 or fuscous; dorsal line broad, ochreous-yellow, finely black- 

 edged ; subdorsal series of dark fuscous oblong marks; beneath 

 these a pale grey -yellowish line ; lateral pale ; subspiracular 

 broad, pale ochreous, dark-edged ; head pale fuscous, dark- 

 marked : on grasses, Ranunculus, Primula, etc. ; 9-4. 



35. A. brunnea, F. 35-40 mm. Antennae in < ciliated. 

 Forewings reddish-brown, with a purple gloss ; subbasal, first, 

 and second lines darker-margined, median darker; spots out- 

 lined laterally with black, reniform more or less suffused with 

 pale ochreous-yellowish ; a dark quadrate spot between or- 

 bicular and reniform ; subterminal line preceded by a dark 

 suffusion, especially towards costa. Hindwings fuscous; cilia 

 light-reddish. 



Britain to Sutherland, Ireland, common ; N. and C. Europe, 

 NW. Asia ; 6, 7. Larva brown .or reddish-brown ; dorsal line 

 pale or whitish-ochreous, dark-edged ; subdorsal series of oblique 

 darker marks ; lateral line pale yellowish, sometimes inter- 

 rupted ; spiracular sometimes darker ; subspiracular flesh-colour; 

 a pale yellowish bar on 12 ; head pale brown, dark-marked : on 

 Salix, Rubus, Rumex, etc. ; 9-4. 



36. A. xanthographa, F. 34-38 mm. Antennae in $ cili- 

 ated. Forewings fuscous or pale fuscous, more or less strongly 

 reddish -tinged ; subbasal, first, and second lines fine, dark 

 fuscous, sometimes obsolete, second dotted ; median sometimes 

 darker ; orbicular and reniform outlined with dark fuscous and 



