hoesema] ARCTIADAE 



2. R. confusalis, SS. (crutulalii, Dup.) 18-20 mm. Head 

 and thorax white with a few fuscous scales, collar with a fuscous 

 baud. Forewings white, fuscous-spriuklcd ; first and second 

 lines fuscous, black-dotted, strongly curved ; a fuscous spot in 

 disc beyond first lino, and another on costa before second; sub- 

 terminal lino white, margins suffused with fuscous, anterior 

 sometimes blackish-dotted. Hindwings light grey, in <J more 

 whitish on dorsal half ; a dark grey discal spot. 



Britain to the Clyde, N. and W. Ireland, rather local ; WC. 

 Europe ; 5, 6. Larva dull reddish, dorsal area yellowish, hairs 

 brownish, some much longer ; dorsal line double, black, in- 

 terrupted, on 8-10 forming ferruginous V-shaped marks; sub- 

 dorsal black : on oak, apple, etc. ; 7-10. 



9. Nola, Lch. 



Head with appressed scales. Ocelli present. Antennae in 

 J bipectinated to near apex, basal joint densely tufted in front. 

 Palpi rather long, straight, porrcctcd, rough-scaled. Thorax 

 smooth beneath. Abdomen smooth-scaled, with small dorsal 

 crest. Middle and posterior tibiae rough-haired above. Fore- 

 wings with scale-tufts on surface ; 7 absent, 8 and 10 out of 9. 

 Hindwings : 4 absent, 5 parallel to 3, 6 and 7 stalked, 8 from 

 middle of coll. 



Includes a few scattered species. Larva with tufts of hairs, 

 without prolegs on 7. 



1. N. cucullatella, L. 17-19 mm. Head and thorax whito, 

 sprinkled or barred with fuscous. Forewings white, mixed and 

 posteriorly suffused with grey and fuscous ; basal area suffused 

 with dark fuscous, limited by thick blackish curved first line ; 

 a fuscous suffusion on middle of costa ; second line blackish, 

 waved, sinuate. Hindwings grey, paler towards base. 



England, common; Europe; 7. Larva pale grey, sides some- 

 times brown, hairs grey, tubercles reddish ; dorsal line pale, 

 dark-edged, traversing several dark grey patches: on blackthorn, 

 hawthorn, apple, etc. ; 8-5. 



10. Uraija, Walk. 



Characters of Nola, but head rough-scaled ; patagia some- 

 times tufted ; 7 of forewings present, out of 9; hindwings with 

 3 and 4 stalked. 



A small but nearly cosmopolitan genus, related to the fol- 

 lowing, though the mode of connection is obscure. Larva with 

 tufts of rather long hairs, without prolegs on 7. 



