148 CARADRININA [AETHIA 



Asia; 7. Larva brown -grey, darker - f reckled ; dorsal line 

 blackish -grey, interrupted; subdorsal paler, interrupted; 

 lateral series of blackish marks ; dots black ; head and plate 

 of 2 darker : on /Salix, Rubus, Polygonum, etc. ; 9-4. 



3. A. nemoralis, F. (grisealis, Hb.) 21-26 mm. Anterior 

 tarsi in $ absent. Forewings ochreous irrorated with brown ; 

 first and second lines dark fuscous, first straight, second 

 strongly curved on upper half ; a dark fuscous discal mark ; 

 subterminal line somewhat curved inwards, dark fuscous, 

 running to apex. Hindwings light fuscous; a bent darker 

 subterminal line. 



England to York, N. and E. Ireland, common ; C. Europe, 

 N. Asia; 6, 7. Larva dull pinkish -grey, darker -freckled; 

 dorsal line broad, blackish ; subdorsal darker ; dots blackish ; 

 head and plate of 2 dark brown : on oak, Sisymbrium, etc. ; 

 8,9. 



4. A. derivalis, Hb. 23-27 mm. Forewings ochreous irro- 

 rated with brown ; first and second lines curved, dark brown ; 

 a dark brown discal mark ; subterminal line curved, obscurely 

 pale or obsolete, sometimes partly edged anteriorly with dark 

 brown. Hindwings as forewings, but first line absent, second 

 less curved, subterminal more obsolete. 



Kent, Sussex, Essex, local ; C. Europe, Asia Minor, N. Asia ; 

 7, 8. Larva dark brown ; dorsal line faintly darker ; dots 

 black; head and plate of 2 darker: on fallen leaves of oak, 

 Salix, etc.; 8-6. 



3. HERMINIA, Latr. 



Head loosely scaled, with frontal tuft. Antennae in $ 

 bipectinated, with a thickening below middle. Palpi very 

 long, obliquely ascending, thickened with rough scales, second 

 joint very long, straight, terminal rather short, pointed. 

 Thorax smooth -scaled. Abdomen not crested. Tibiae with 

 appressed scales; anterior tibiae in $ with large expansible 

 hair-pencil. Hindwings : 5 parallel to 4. 



The species are few, and inhabit northern temperate regions, 

 principally N. America. Pupa in a slight cocoon. 



Forewings with lines entire . . .2. barbalis. 



reduced to series of marks 1. cribralis. 



1. H. cribralis, Hb. 23-26 mm. Antennal pectinations of 

 $ long. Forewings whitish-ochreous, thinly brown-sprinkled ; 

 first and second lines forming series of short cloudy dark fuscous 

 marks, subterminal a series of indistinct dark fuscous dots ; a 



