tolia] OARADRINIDAE 



brow nish-ochreous, dorsal half suffused irregularly with dark 

 red-brown, orbicular rounder, nearly obsolete, praesubterminal 

 black dash longer. 



Britain to the Shetlands, Ireland, common; N., C, and 

 SW. Europe, N. Asia ; 9-4. Larva green ; dorsal and lateral 

 lines yellow; subdorsal series of white black -circled dots; 

 spiraoular orange - yellow, blackish -edged above: on Rumex, 

 Tri/ti/itaii, Ca/rex, etc. ; 5-7. 



3. P. solidaginis, Jib. 40-44 mm. Forewings light brown, 

 somewhat whitish- sprinkled, veins black; base whitish; first 

 and second lines obscurely whitish, dentate, second double 

 except towards costa ; orbicular and claviform forming two 

 small obliquely placed whitish rings; reniform large, white, 

 enclosing a narrow-oval fuscous ring; subterminal line white, 

 dentate, preceded by a scries of black wedgeshaped marks. 

 Hindwiugs grey, paler basally, with darker discal spot. 



Devon, Hants, Warwick to Ross, local ; N. and C. Europe, 

 NW. Asia; 8,9. Larva dark purplish-brown ; dorsal line blue- 

 grey, darker-edged ; spiraoular broad, pale yellow, finely black- 

 edged above ; a black mark on front of 2 ; head pale brown ; 

 on Vaccinium ; 5, 6. 



4. P. semibrunnea, JIw. 37-42 mm. Abdominal crests strong. 

 Forewings narrow, light brown, dorsal half suffused with dark 

 reddish-brown; oblique orbicular, and reniform obscurely out- 

 lined with pale ; lines very obscurely pale, dentate; subterminal 

 more distinct, suffusedly edged with reddish-brown, preceded 

 near dorsum by an elongate blackish-fuscous spot. Hindwiugs 

 light grey, darker terminally. 



England to York, rather common ; WC. Europe, Austria ; 

 9-4. Larva bright green, irrorated above with yellow-white ; 

 dorsal line white ; subspiracular yellowish-white ; subdorsal and 

 lateral series of irregular whitish marks : on ash ; 5-7. 



5. P. socia, Rott. (petrifieata, F.) 37-42 mm. Forewings 

 light brown, mixed with whitish-ochreous ; a slender dark fuscous 

 median dash from base; orbicular and reniform pale, obsoure ; 

 first and second lines very obscure, pale, dark-edged, dentate ; 

 median shade brown, distinct ; subterminal pale, dentate, 

 edged with reddish-brown. Hindwiugs grey. 



England, Ireland, local ; N. and G. Europe, NW. Asia ; 

 9-4. Larva pale green ; dorsal and lateral lines white ; head 

 black : on ash, oak, and Tilia ; 5-7. 



G. P. lambda, J<\ {Zinckcnii, Tr.) 37-42 mm. Abdominal 

 crests very slight. Forewings grey, violet- tinged ; a dark 



