28 CARADRININA [mthosia 



ated costal streak and cilia orange. Hindwings ochreous- 

 grey. 



England to York, very local ; C. Europe, N. Asia, Japan ; 7. 

 Larva grey, tinged with brown or green, back paler or whitish, 

 hairs grey; dorsal line double, black, interrupted; subdorsal 

 black, interrupted ; black dorsal spots on 4 and 8 ; a white sub- 

 dorsal spot on 9 ; head dark grey, black-marked : on lichens ; 

 8-6. 



6. L. muscerda, Hufn. 26-28 mm. Head and collar light 

 grey. Forewings light grey, slightly brown-tinged ; two black 

 dots obliquely placed towards fold before middle ; an oblique 

 series of four black dots from costa beyond middle, reaching 

 half across wing. Hindwings pale brownish - grey, darker 

 towards apex. 



Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridge, in fens, local ; C. Europe ; 7, 8. 

 Larva blackish -brown, mixed with reddish-grey, hairs dark 

 brown ; dorsal and subdorsal lines black ; subspiracular reddish- 

 grey, interrupted; two deep red spots on 2, and one on 13; 

 head black : on lichens and dead leaves ; 8-6. 



7. L. griseola, lib. (stramineola, Dbld.) 32-36 nun. Head 

 and collar ochreous-yellowish. Forewings with costa evenly 

 arched; varying from light grey to whitish-ochreous ; costa 

 slenderly oohreous-yellow. Hindwings pale ochreous-yellowish, 

 often suffused with pale grey. 



England to York, in marshy places, common; C. Europe, 

 N. Asia ; 7-8. Larva blackish-brown, hairs dark brown ; dorsal 

 line black ; subdorsal orange- oohreoua, interrupted, enlarged 

 and partly confluent on 2, 3, and 13, elsewhere sometimes 

 faint; head shining black : on lichens and dead leaves; 8-6. 



8. L. caniola, Mb. 28-30 nun. Head and collar orange. 

 Forewings with costa evenly arched ; grey-whitish ; costal edge 

 orange. Hindwings yellow-whitish. 



Sussex, Devon, Pembroke, Isle of Man, E. Ireland, on coasts, 

 very local ; S. Europe ; 8. Larva grey or brown, hairs brown ; 

 dorsal line black ; subdorsal orange-red, black edged, sometimes 

 marked with white dots; head dark brown: on lichens, and 

 Mowers of Lotus ; 8-6. 



0. L. sororcula, Hufn,. (aureola, Hb.) 27-2!) mm. Head and 

 thorax orange. Forewings with costa rather strongly arched ; 

 orange. Hindwings pale orange. 



Kent, to Wilts and Norfolk, in woods of fir and beech, local ; 

 C. Europe, Asia Minor to N. Persia; 5, (i. Larva whitish or 

 yellowish, hairs fuscous; dorsal, subdorsal, and broader lateral 



