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CARADRININA 



[ORGYIA 



Hants to Cornwall, Essex to Norfolk, Leicester to Stafford, 

 York, local; N. and C. Europe, WC. and N. Asia; 6, 7. Larva 

 grey; subdorsal and spiracular lines orange-red; dorsal anteriorly 

 and posteriorly sometimes white ; hairs whitish, pencils on 2 

 and 1 2 black, tufts on 5-8 brownish : on oak, Salix, etc. ; 9-5. 



2. 0. antiqua, L. 25-35 mm. Forewings ochreous-brown, 

 posteriorly darker orange-brown ; lines dark fuscous, first 

 indistinct, median irregular, second strongly curved outwards 

 on upper half ; an obscure orange darker-edged discal spot ; a 

 conspicuous clear white spot above tornus. Hindwings deep 

 brownish-orange. $ with rudimentary wings, antennae pecti- 

 nated. 



Britain to Sutherland, N. Ireland, common, mainly in 

 gardens; Europe, Asia Minor, N. Africa, N. America; 8-10. 

 Larva grey ; dorsal line more or less black, red-spotted, some- 

 times partly whitish-edged; a subdorsal series of red spots: 

 sometimes a blackish lateral line; hairs whitish, pencils on 2 

 and 1 2 black, branched at tips, tufts on 5-8 yellowish ; a lateral 

 black pencil on 6 : on rose, hawthorn, hazel, etc. ; 5-8. 



3. DASYCHIRA, Hb. 



Palpi with terminal joint concealed. Thorax with posterior 

 crest. Abdomen densely hairy, with one or two dorsal crests. 



Anterior tarsi rough-haired; pos- 

 terior tibiae without middle-spurs. 

 Forewings : 10 connected with 9. 

 Hindwings : 6 and 7 stalked. 



Fairly numerous in species, 

 mainly Indo-Malayan, but ranging 

 into Europe, Africa, and Australia. 

 Larva with dense erect tufts on 

 5-8 and sometimes 9, and long 

 hair-pencil on 12. 



Lines of forewings mixed with 

 deep orange 1 . fascelina. 



Lines of forewings not mixed 

 with orange 2. pudibunda. 



Neuration of Dasychim pudibunda. 1. J). fascelina, L. 37-50 mm. 



Forewings grey, sprinkled with black and whitish ; middle of 

 base mixed with deep orange ; lines blackish mixed with deep 

 orange, first curved or sinuate, second slightly sinuate, praesub- 

 terminal very irregular, indistinct ; an indistinct blackish discal 



