104 CARADRININA [AGROTIS 



ochreous; a pale bar on 12 : head brown, darker-marked: on 

 Rumex, Primula, Stellaria, etc. ; 9-5. 



43. A. glareosa, Esp. 33-38 mm. Antennae in $ ciliated. 

 Forewings pale brown, suffusedly irrorated with whitish ; sub- 

 basal line anteriorly black-edged; first line black-edged pos- 

 teriorly except towards dorsum ; second paler, darker-edged ; 

 orbicular and reniform indistinct, separated and orbicular 

 preceded by triangular dark-brown spots. Hindwings fuscous- 

 whitish, more fuscous terminally, in ? more infuscated. A race 

 occurring in the Shetlands has the forewings suffused with dark 

 fuscous. 



Britain to the Shetlands, Ireland, rather local, commoner 

 northwards ; WC. Europe ; 8, 9. Larva light brown, sides 

 darker-freckled ; dorsal and subdorsal lines pale, dark-edged ; 

 spiracular pale ochreous ; head pale brownish, dark-marked : 

 on Cytisus, Rumex, Stellaria, etc. ; 9-6. 



44. A. depuncta, L. 35-38 mm. Antennae in <$ ciliated. 

 Forewings light ochreous -brown ; subbasal line anteriorly 

 black-edged ; first line black-edged posteriorly except towards 

 dorsum ; second partly dark-edged, on costa anteriorly blackish- 

 edged ; orbicular and reniform finely pale-edged, space between 

 them and before orbicular browner ; subterminal line anteriorly 

 darker-edged. Hindwings fuscous, darker posteriorly. 



Britain to Caledonian Canal (except SE. England), local ; C. 

 Europe ; 7, 8. Larva dull brown ; a dorsal series of diamonds 

 darker-outlined ; spiracular suffusedly darker, spiracles white, 

 dark-edged ; subspiracular ochreous-whitish ; head light brown, 

 darker-marked : on Primula, Urtica, Rumex, etc. ; 9-5. 



45. A. typica, L. 35-40 mm. Antennae in $ ciliated. Fore- 

 wings brown mixed with dark fuscous; veins marked with 

 whitish lines; subbasal, first, second, and subterminal lines 

 whitish, edged with dark fuscous , orbicular and reniform out- 

 lined with dark fuscous and edged with whitish, reniform with 

 whitish central line, space between them darker; claviform 

 sometimes indicated ; a terminal series of crescentic dark 

 fuscous marks. Hindwings dark fuscous-grey. 



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

 Europe, N. and WC. Asia ; 6, 7. Larva pale greyish-ochreous, 

 brown-freckled; subdorsal blackish marks on 11 and 12, latter 

 connected posteriorly ; a lateral series of indistinct pale oblique 

 marks ; spiracular line pale, blackish - edged above ; head 

 greyish-ochreous, brown- marked : on Rumex, Sonchus, apple, 

 etc.*; 8-4. 



