UIVTHOSIA] CAKADRINIDAE 



reniform obscurely pale or pale-edged. Hindwings grey, costa 

 and termen whitish-ochreous suffused with pale reddish. 



Britain to Ross, Ireland, rather common ; N. and C. Europe, 

 Asia Minor, N\V. Asia; 9, 10. Larva brown, brownish-green, 

 or oohreous-reddish ; dorsal line whitish, indistinct; spiraeular 

 broad, white : on oak, elm, hazel, etc. ; 4-6. 



11. 0. litura, L. 32-37 mm. Forcwings light fuscous, 

 sprinkled or partly suffused with brown, slightly reddish- 

 tinged ; five more or less distinct black costal marks on origin 

 of lines ; subbasal, first, and second lines obscurely darker- 

 edged ; median shade dark brown ; orbicular and reniform 

 finely outlined with pale, reniform fuscous. Hindwings fuscous, 

 darker terminally. 



Britain to Ross, Ireland, rather common; Europe; 9, 10. 

 Larva dull yellowish-green, darker-freckled ; dorsal and sub- 

 dorsal lines pale, indistinct, darker-edged ; spiraeular whitish- 

 yellow, blackish-edged above; head brownish-tinged: on bramble 

 (liuhus), Salix, Rumex, etc. ; 4-6. 



12. 0. pistacina, F. 33-38 mm. Forewings ochrcous or 

 reddish-ochreous, sometimes brownish-tinged, veins sometimes 

 paler; first and second lines faintly dark -edged, sometimes 

 marked with black dots on costa ; orbicular and reniform 

 darker or partly blackish, obscurely pale-edged, orbicular very 

 narrow, oblique ; subtcrminal line sometimes preceded by 

 black dots. Hindwings gwy. 



England to York, Ireland, common ; C. and S. Europe, 

 Asia Minor; 9, 10. Larva green or brown, darker-freckled; 

 dorsal line slender, whitish ; spiraeular broad, whitish : on 

 grasses, Carex, llanunruhis, etc. ; 4-6. 



13. O. macilenta, Jib. 31-35 mm. Forewings oehreous or 

 reddish-ochreous ; subbasal, first, and second lines indicated 

 by black dots ; median shade indistinctly fuscous ; orbicular 

 and reniform faintly outlined with darker, lower end of 

 reniform usually blackish ; subtcrminal line almost straight, 

 broken near costa, pale, edged anteriorly with brown or red- 

 brown. Hindwings grey, discal spot and postmedian line 

 obscurely darker. 



Britain to Ross, Ireland, common ; C. Europe ; 9, 10. 

 Larva ochrcous- brown, darker-freckled ; dorsal line whitish, 

 distinct; subdorsal pale or whitish; spiraeular ochreous-whitish 

 or white, dark-edged above : on beech, oak, and hawthorn ; 

 4-6. 



14. O. lota, CI. 32-36 mm. Forcwings grey, sometimes 



