<AI:AI>KIXA] CARADRINIDAE 119 



yellovvisli ; dorsal and subdorsal lines white ; spiniculur double, 

 white, spiracles purple-edged ; head pale yellow : on birch and 

 oak ; 5, 6. 



9. C. umbra, Hufn. (niarginata, F.) 29-33 mm. Antennae 

 in <$ ciliated. Fore wings reddish -ochreous, beyond second 

 line suffused with brownish ; all lines and outlines of spots 

 ferruginous, first line with two angular indentations, median 

 angulated above middle, reniforrn darker towards centre, clavi- 

 form faint. Hind wings whitish-yellowish, veins reddish-fuscous ; 

 a broad dark fuscous terminal fascia, terminally suffused with 

 reddish. 



Britain to Caledonian Canal, E. and W. Ireland, local; C. 

 and SE. Europe, N. and WC. Asia, N. America ; 5, 6. Larva 

 dull green or dark grey, speckled with white and dorsally with 

 black ; dorsal line double, whitish ; subdorsal whitish or pale 

 yellow ; spiracular yellowish or pale ochreous, white -edged 

 above ; dots black ; head pale green or reddish-ochreous ; plate 

 of 2 sometimes black : on Ononis ; 7, 8. 



10. C. micacea, Esp. 31-39 mm. Antennae in $ ciliated. 

 Forewings pale rosy-brownish, sprinkled with brown ; median 

 area suffused with brown posteriorly ; subbasal, first, and 

 second lines dark fuscous, first indented above middle, second 

 nearly straight except near costa ; orbicular and reniform out- 

 lined with dark fuscous ; subterminal line obscurely pale. 

 Hind wings fuscous-whitish, more fuscous posteriorly; a fuscous 

 postmedian line. 



Britain to the Shetlands, Ireland, common ; N. and C. 

 Europe, N. Asia; 8, 9. Larva dull brownish -ochreous, 

 purplish-tinged ; subspiracular line paler; dots blackish; head 

 ochreous-brown ; plate of 2 with anterior edge blackish : in 

 stems of JSquisetum, Valeriana, Rumex, etc.; 5, 7. 



11. C. petasitis, DUd. 42-48 mm. Antennae in $ ciliated. 

 Forewings fuscous, median area darker posteriorly ; veins 

 posteriorly white - sprinkled ; first and second lines obscurely 

 paler, internally somewhat darker-edged ; orbicular and reni- 

 form somewhat paler, darker - outlined ; subterminal line 

 obscurely pale, terminal area darker. Hind wings brownish- 

 grey, with darker postmedian line. 



Hants, Somerset, Suffolk to Perth, E. Ireland, local; 

 Germany, NW. Asia ; 9. Larva grey-whitish ; dots black ; 

 head and plate of 2 brown : in roots and stems of Petasites : 

 6,7. 



12. C. lutosa, lib. (crassicomis, Hw.) 41-50 mm. Antennae 



