cuoullia] CARADRINIPAE 47 



with forewings more elongate than usual ; usually imitating 

 dead wood or fungus, the hood serving to conceal the head. 

 Larva rather brightly coloured, feeding exposed on low 

 plants. 



1. Forewings with broad dark costal streak . . 2. 



„ without such streak . . . . r >. 



2. Forewings with cilia distinctly toothed . . 3. 



„ „ „ slightly waved . 5. asteris. 



3. Expanse 41 mm. or less, costal streak whitish- 



sprinkled . . .8. lychnitis. 



,, 42 mm. or more, costal streak not 



whitish-sprinkled . . .4. 



4. Forewings with whitish subdorsal posterior suf- 



fusion, cilia more toothed . 7. verbasci. 



„ without such suffusion, cilia less 



toothed . . 6. scrophula/riae. 



5. Lines thickly blackish-edged . . 1. absimthii. 



„ hardly marked . . . . G. 



6. Orbicular and reniform distinct . . 2. gnaiphalii. 



,, ,, „ obsolete . . .7. 



7. Forewings with fine dark bars in cilia on 



veins . . .3. chamomil.lae. 



„ without such bars . . 4. umbratica. 



1. C. absinthii, L. 37-40 mm, Forewings pale brown, 

 clouded with whitish ; subbasal lino blackish-edged on costa ; 

 first and second lines irregular, thickly blackish-edged, second 

 obsolete in disc, median blackish on upper half; orbicular and 

 reniform indicated by several black dots; a terminal row of 

 black dots. Hindwings fuscous-whitish ; a suffused rather 

 dark fuscous terminal band. 



SW. England, Suffolk, Merioneth, E. Ireland, local; C. 

 Europe, NYV. Asia; 6, 7. Larva pale yellow-green, dorsally 

 sult'used with purplc-grcy except at incisions ; dorsal and sub- 

 dorsal lines pale green ; head and plate of 2 ochreous-grey : on 

 Artemisia absinthium; 8, 9. 



[C. artemisiae, Ilufn., has been recorded as British, but 

 apparently on doubtful grounds.] 



2. 0. gnaphalii, lib. 37-40 mm, Forewings fuscous, purple- 

 tinged, partially finely whitish-irrorated ; base mixed with 

 light ochrcous; veins finely dark fuscous; dorsum slenderly 

 blackish ; first and second lines dentate, almost obsolete : 

 Orbicular and reniform pale-edged, outlined with dark fuscous; 

 one or two dark fuscous interneural streaks beyond reniform ; 



