aorotis] CARADRINIDAE 



whitish, ckvifortn pale or whitish, reniform darker-marked ; 

 subterruinal lino hardly paler, edged anteriorly with dark 

 fuscous. Hindwings rather dark fuscous ; cilia white. 



Britain (except WO. and SW. England) to the Shetlands, 

 local, commoner northwards; N. and EC. Europe, N. Asia, N. 

 America ; 7, 8. Larva brown, darker- irrorated ; dorsal and 

 subdorsal lines pale yellowish, latter including a series of 

 oblique dark marks ; spiracular whitish ; dots pale yellowish ; 

 head brown : on Primula, Taraxacum, etc. ; 9-5. 



21. A. subrosea, Stph. 37-41 mm. Antennae in $ bipecti- 

 nated. Face blackish-fuscous. Forewings rosy-ochreous or 

 pale rosy -grey, sprinkled with dark brown-reddish or rosy- 

 fuscous ; subbasal, first, and second lines waved, dark reddish- 

 fuscous ; orbicular and reniform pale-edged, partly blackish- 

 outlined, a quadrate spot between them and a spot before 

 orbicular darker reddish -brown, partly marked with dark 

 fuscous; subterminal line anteriorly indistinctly darker-edged. 

 Hindwings fuscous- whitish or pale fuscous-yellowish; discal 

 spot and subterminal fascia fuscous. 



Cambridge, Hunts, in fens, formerly not scarce, now many 

 years extinct ; NW. Eussia; 7, 8. Larva rosy-grey or purplish- 

 grey; dorsal and subdorsal lines pale ; spiracular bright yellow; 

 head and plate of 2 reddish-brown : on Myrica, Salix, and 

 Andromeda; 9-5. 



22. A. Ashworthir, Dbld. (candelarum, Stgr.) 35-40 mm. 

 Antennae in 3 ciliated. Forewings pale fuscous, very densely 

 irrorated with violet- whitish, especially towards costa; sub- 

 basal, first, and second lines fine, blackish, second sharply 

 dentate ; orbicular and reniform faint, sometimes pale-edged, 

 sometimes connected by a dark spot; median shade and some- 

 times subterminal darker. Hindwings grey, darker posteriorly. 



Merioneth, Denbigh, Caernarvon, in mountainous districts, 

 local ; C. Europe ; 7, 8. Larva dull dark grey-green, blackish- 

 grey, or fuscous ; subdorsal series of narrow rectangular black 

 marks ; head red-brown : on Helianthemum, Hieracium, Salix, 

 etc.; 9-5. 



23. A. lucernea, L. 35-45 mm. Antennae in <$ ciliated. 

 Forewings grey, faintly greenish-tinged, pale-sprinkled ; sub- 

 basal, first, and second lines edged with dark grey ; median 

 shade dark grey; subterminal line margined anteriorly or 

 sometimes wholly obscured with dark grey suffusion. Hind- 

 wings fuscous, becoming dark fuscous posteriorly ; cilia white, 

 base pale brown. 



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