118 CARADRININA [CARADRIXA 



5. 0. subtusa, F. 27-30 mm. Antennae in $ ciliated. 

 Forewings fuscous ; costal edge, subbasal, first, and second 

 lines finely pale yellowish ; spots rather dark brown, outlined 

 with pale yellowish ; median shade somewhat darker ; subter- 

 minal more or less obscurely pale, edged anteriorly with darker 

 brown. Hindwings fuscous, darker posteriorly. 



Britain to the Clyde, N. Ireland, local; C. Europe, NW. 

 Asia; 7, 8. Larva pale yellowish-green; rather broad dorsal 

 and narrow subdorsal lines pale yellow or whitish ; spiracular 

 pale yellow ; head yellow, black-marked : between spun leaves 

 of poplar and aspen ; 4, 5. 



6. C. retusa, L. 25-27 mm. Antennae in $ ciliated. Fore- 

 wings fuscous ; subbasal, first, and second lines fine, pale, 

 suffusedly darker-edged posteriorly, nearly straight, parallel; 

 orbicular and reniform darker, finely outlined with pale, latter 

 placed on indistinct darker median shade; subterminal line 

 somewhat paler, irregular, posteriorly darker- edged. Hind- 

 wings fuscous. 



England to York, local ; N. and C. Europe, NW. Asia ; 7-9. 

 Larva pale green ; broad dorsal, slender subdorsal, and waved 

 spiracular lines whitish; head yellow-green or black - brown : 

 between joined leaves of Salix, poplar, and birch ; 5, 6. 



7. C. oo, L. 31-37 mm. Antennae in $ shortly bipectinated. 

 Abdomen in $ pointed, with long ovipositor. Forewings pale 

 whitish-yellowish, somewhat sprinkled with ferruginous ; veins, 

 subbasal, first, and second lines, a fascia before first line, median 

 shade, outlines of spots, and anterior edge of subterminal line 

 ferruginous. Hindwings grey- whitish. 



S. England to Worcester and Rutland, local ; C. and S. 

 Europe, WC. Asia to N. Persia ; 7. Larva blackish ; irregular 

 dorsal and slender subdorsal lines white ; spiracular broad, 

 yellowish-white, divided by a fine dark line ; dots white ; head 

 black : amongst spun leaves of oak ; 4, 5. 



8. 0. paleacea, Esp. (fulvago, Hb.) 40-44 mm. Antennae 

 in $ ciliated. Forewings light yellow-ochreous, sprinkled with 

 pale brown-reddish; first and second lines fine, brown-reddish, 

 first right-angled ; median shade brown-reddish, indistinct, 

 angulated; orbicular and reniform outlined with brown - 

 reddish, lower end of reniform marked with a grey spot ; 

 subterminal line hardly marked; dark fuscous terminal dots. 

 Hindwings whitish-yellowish. 



Britain to Ross, local ; N. and C. Europe, NW. Asia, N. 

 America ; 8. Larva pale dull green, whitish-dusted, incisions 



