36 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY 



THE MOTTLED RUSTIC. CARADRINA MORPHEUS. 



Noctua morpheus, Hufnagel, Berlin. Mag. iii. p. 302, no. 52 



(1767). 



Noctua sepii, Hiibner, Eur. Schmet. iv. fig. 161 (1799?) 

 Caradrina morpheus^ Treitschke, Schmett. Eur. v. (2), p. 249 

 (1825); Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. p. 157 

 (1829) ; Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 165 

 (1880) ; Buckler, Larvae of Brit. Lepid. iv. p. in. pi. 69, 

 figs. 2-2 b (1891). 

 Caradrina sepii^ Stephens, op. tit. p. 158 (1829). 



The Mottled Rustic. 



The Mottled Rustic is common in Northern and Central 

 Europe. It expands about an inch and a quarter. 



The head and thorax are dull yellowish-brown, the 

 abdomen being slightly paler, and the antennae are ash- 

 coloured. The legs are pale grey. 



The fore-wings are yellowish brown with a confused pattern, 

 sometimes arranged in dark shades or stripes. Near the base 

 is a pale half-line, or a few dots. A dark shade represents 

 the first transverse line. The stigmata are edged with 

 yellowish, and are dark within, the orbicular stigma being 

 elongated, and the reniform stigma more or less obscured. 

 The second transverse line and the sub-marginal line are 



