160 CARADRININA [PLUSIA 



Britain to the Orkneys, Ireland, common ; N. and C. Europe, 

 N. and WC. Asia; 6-8. Larva pale green, whitish-mixed 

 dorsally ; dorsal series of darker oval marks ; subdorsal series 

 of oblique darker streaks ; lateral line white, on 5-7 connected 

 by white lines with dorsal area ; 1 2 with two prominent points : 

 on Urtica, JZpilobium, etc. ; 8, 9. 



13. P. triplasia, L. 30-37 mm. Forewings rather dark ashy- 

 fuscous ; basal area suffused with brownish-ochreous ; first and 

 second lines pale, edged internally with black and externally 

 with red-brown, second followed dorsally by a whitish-ochreous 

 suffusion ; spots obscurely pale -edged, partly outlined with 

 black, claviform subquadrate ; subterminal line obscurely pale, 

 towards tornus whitish-ochreous, near costa preceded by two 

 or three short black dashes. Hindwings pale fuscous ; a broad 

 dark fuscous terminal band. 



Britain to the Clyde, Ireland, common ;' Europe, WC. Asia 

 to N. Persia, N. Africa; 6-8. Larva olive-green or purplish- 

 brown ; dorsal line pale, interrupted by dark pale-edged blotches 

 on 5, 6, 12; lateral series of pale oblique streaks; spiracular 

 line ochreous-whitish ; 12 with two prominent points; head 

 pale greyish-ochreous, brown -freckled : on Urtica, ffumulus, 

 Lamium, etc. ; 7-9. 



13. CATEPHIA, 0. 



Head loosely scaled. Antennae in ciliated. Palpi rather 

 long, recurved, second joint thickened with appressed scales, 

 terminal long, cylindrical. Thorax with posterior crest. 

 Abdomen with several crests. Tibiae rough -scaled. Hind- 

 wings : 5 approximated to 4. 



A genus of moderate extent, principally Indo-Malayan and 

 African. 



1. 0. alchymista, Schiff. 38-42 mm. Forewings ashy- 

 blackish ; subbasal line black, posteriorly brown-edged ; first 

 and second lines black, irregularly indented, externally partly 

 brown-edged ; spots and an additional round one below reniform 

 brownish, black-outlined, claviform sometimes obsolete; sub- 

 terminal line irregular, partly dilated, light brown, on costa 

 white. Hindwings dark fuscous; a white blotch occupying 

 anterior half except dorsum ; terminal white marks at apex and 

 above tornus. 



I. of Wight, Sussex, Essex, scarce and local; C. and S. 

 Europe ; 5. Larva reddish-brown, irrorated with black and 

 paler ; pairs of black prominent dorsal tubercles on each 



