A.Mi-ini'YRA] CARADRINIDAE 115 



Britain to Ross, Ireland, common ; N. and C. Europe, WC. 

 Asia to Turkestan, N. America ; 8. Larva green ; dorsal, sub- 

 dorsal, and spiracular lines white or pale yellow, spiracular 

 sometimes partly blackish-edged above; head green; 12 with 

 slight protuberance : on Plantago, hawthorn, Aquilegia, etc. ; 

 5,6. 



31. CARADRINA, 0. 



Head rough-scaled ; eyes glabrous. Antennae in $ ciliated, 

 seldom bipectinated with apex filiform. Thorax sometimes 

 with anterior and posterior crests, usually slight. Abdomen 

 not crested. 



A large genus of almost universal distribution, but absent 

 from New Zealand. 



1. Reniform obsolete . . . .2. 



more or less indicated . . .13. 



2. Second line entire, not dotted . . .3. 



,, black-dotted or absent . . 5. 



3. Second line angulated . . . .4. 



not angulated . 29. trigrammica. 



4. First and second lines forming white spots on costa 



2. diffinis. 

 not forming white spots . 1. pyralina. 



5. Subterminal line brownish-edged . . 21. arcuosa. 



,, obsolete . . .6. 



6. Fore wings whitish-ochreous . . .7. 



not whitish-ochreous . . .12. 



7. Second line black-dotted . . . .8. 



obsolete . . . .11. 



8. Veins sprinkled, with dark fuscous . ... 9. 



,, not sprinkled with dark fuscous . . 10. 



9. Hindwings fuscous-sprinkled . . 12. lutosa. 



,, not fuscous-sprinkled . . 13. elymi. 



10. Hindwings terminally dark fuscous . 20. Morrisii. 



,, not dark fuscous terminally . 19. concolor. 



11. Hindwings brownish-whitish . .15. musculosa. 



light fuscous . . 16. phragmitidis. 



12. Forewings usually with black basal dash; species 



larger . . .17. brevilinea. 



,, without black basal dash ; species 



smaller . . . 14. fulva. 



13. Hindwings with broad defined dark terminal band 14. 



without defined dark terminal band 16. 



