HELIOTHIS] CARADRINIDAE 109 



ochreous ; first, median, and second lines ferruginous-brownish, 

 second followed by white dots ; orbicular represented by a dark 

 dot; reniform ochreous-brown, suffused with dark grey, con- 

 nected with costa by an ochreous-brown suffusion ; subterminal 

 line pale, preceded on costa by an ochreous-brown spot ; a black 

 terminal dot above tornus. Hitidwings fuscous-whitish, veins 

 dark fuscous ; a broad dark fuscous terminal band. 



Britain to Ayr, local and irregular ; C. and S. Europe, WC. 

 Asia to Turkestan and NW. India, Africa ; 5-9. Larva green 

 or ochreous-reddish, with white dots ; dorsal and subdorsal lines 

 darker; spiracular white; head green or brownish : on Ononis, 

 Pyrethrum, Arenaria, etc. ; 5-8. 



3. H. scutosa, Schiff. 30-35 mm. Forewings light brown 

 mixed with dark fuscous, becoming whitish in disc, veins 

 whitish ; first and second lines pale, darker-edged ; spots large, 

 dark brown, black-outlined; subterminal line whitish, anteriorly 

 partly dark-edged. Hindwings fuscous-whitish ; veins, a large 

 transverse discal spot, a postmedian line, and a terminal band 

 including two whitish spots dark fuscous. 



England, N. Ireland, probably a casual immigrant only ; C. 

 Europe, NW. and C. Asia, N. America ; 6, 8, 9. Larva green ; 

 dorsal and spiracular lines yellow, blackish-edged ; subdorsal 

 blackish-freckled ; head green : on Artemisia ; 1. 



4. H. dipsacea, L. 30-33 mm. Forewings greyish-ochreous, 

 slightly greenish -tinged, paler before and beyond reniform; 

 first and second lines indistinct ; median shade rather dark 

 fuscous, confluent with large dark fuscous reniform; subter- 

 minal line rather paler, preceded by a darker or fuscous fascia, 

 darkest at extremities. Hindwings ochreous-whitish, towards 

 base suffused with blackish ; a large discal spot, and terminal 

 band including an ochreous-whitish spot blackish. 



England to York, local ; Europe, N. and C. Asia, N. Africa, 

 N. America ; 6, 7. Larva green to purplish-brown ; dorsal line 

 darker-edged ; subdorsal whitish, dark-edged beneath ; spira- 

 cular green or yellowish ; subspiracular white ; head green, 

 pink, or yellowish, brown -speckled : on Linaria, Centaurea, 

 Ononis, etc. ; 8, 9. 



23. OCHRIA, fib. 



Head with projecting triangular horny frontal plate, con- 

 cealed in dense scales ; eyes glabrous. Antennae in <$ ciliated. 

 Thorax with anterior and posterior crests. Abdomen not 

 crested. 



