leuoania] CARADRINIDAE 69 



5. L. littoralis, Curt. 33-36 mm. Abdomen in $ beneatli 

 with largo basal tuft of black hairs. Forowings pale brownish- 

 oehreous, eostally whitish-ochreous, some veins white posteriorly; 

 a narrow clear white median longitudinal streak from base to 

 termen, edged with dark fuscous scales except posteriorly. 

 Hindwings white. 



Britain to Forfar, E. Ireland, on coasts, local ; N. France, 

 N. Germany ; 6, 7. Larva pale pinkish-ochreous, grey, or 

 greenish ; dorsal and subdorsal lines white, dark-edged ; lateral 

 sometimes white ; spiracular pale or whitish ; head pale brown; 

 on Ammophila arundinacea ; 8-5. 



(L. l-album, L., a pale brownish-ochreous species with clear 

 white hooked median discal dash, and blackish interneural 

 dashes posteriorly, and with large black basal tuft of 

 abdomen in (J, is said to have occurred in Kent, but the 

 authenticity of the record is doubtful ; it is common in C. 

 and S. Europe.) 



(i. L. conigera, F. 29-35 mm. Forewings yellow-ochreous, 

 suffusedly sprinkled with reddish-ochreous or brownish ; first 

 and second lines dark fuscous, first sharply angulated below 

 middle ; orbicular small, pale ; reniform pale, narrow, sur- 

 rounded by a darker suffusion, lower end forming a small 

 subtriangular clear white spot ; a somewhat darker terminal 

 fascia. Hindwings light yellowish-fuscous, darker terminally. 



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

 Minor ; 7. Larva oehreous or brownish ; dorsal and subdorsal 

 lines pale yellow or greyish, black-edged ; lateral pale yellow 

 or greyish, sometimes black-edged ; subspiracular blackish ; head 

 brownish, black-marked : on grasses ; 9-5. 



7. L. vitellina, lib. 33-38 mm. Forewings pale yellow- 

 ochreous, sprinkled with pale brown-reddish ; first and second 

 lines light brown-reddish, first dentate, second waved, much 

 approximated dorsally ; orbicular and reniform light brown- 

 reddish, orbicular very small, lower end of reniform with a 

 blackish dot; subterminal line brown -reddish, not reaching 

 costa. Hindwings brassy-whitish. 



Sussex to Devon, scarce, perhaps a recent immigrant ; WC. 

 and S. Europe, WC. Asia to Turkestan ; 8, 9. Larva pale 

 reddish-brown j dorsal, subdorsal, and lateral lines whitish, 

 brown-edged ; subspiracular pale ; head reddish-brown, reticu- 

 lated with black: on grasses; 10-5. 



8. L. comma, L. 33-35 mm. Forewings whitish-ochreous, 

 beneath costa black-sprinkled, veins whitish, suflfusedly out- 



