nonaoma] CARADRINIDAE 



second line ; orbicular indicated by two blackish dots ; rcniform 

 partly dark-outlined, lower end dark fuscous, partly whitish- 

 edged ; black terminal dots. Hindwings light fuscous, more 

 whitish anteriorly. 



Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridge, Lancashire, local ; C. Europe ; 

 7, 8. Larva pale pinkish-ochreous ; spiracular line pale, 

 slender, indistinct; head reddish-brown: in stems of reed 

 (Phragmites) ; 4-6. 



2. N. cannae, 0. 33-40 mm. Forewings ochreous-brown, 

 ferruginous-tinged, to pale groyish-ochreous ; lower median vein 

 irroratcd with fuscous in disc ; second line represented by a 

 series of blackish dots. Hindwings fuscous; an indistinct 

 darker postmedian line. 



Hants, Norfolk, Cambridge, York, local ; C. Europe ; 8, 9. 

 Larva greenish ; dots black ; head brownish ; plate of 2 green - 

 whitish : in stems of Typha latifolia ; 5-6. Pupa usually with 

 head upwards. 



S. N. sparganii, Esp. 33-42 mm. Forewings light yellow- 

 ochreous, more or less reddish-tinged ; veins paler and sprinkled 

 with dark fuscous, especially lower median vein in disc ; lower 

 end of reniform indicated by two blackish dots; second line 

 represented by a series of blackish dots; terminal blackish in- 

 tcrneural dots. Hindwings pale dull yellowish, more or less 

 suffused with fuscous except towards dorsum and termen. 



Surrey, local ;,C. Europe; 9. Larva slender, pale yellow- 

 green ; subdorsal and lateral lines darker ; head and plate of 2 

 pale brown : in stems or leaf - base of Iris pseudacorus, Spar- 

 ganiuni, and Typha; 7, 8. Pupa usually with head upwards. 



4. N. geminipuncta, Hatch. 27-35 mm. Forewings reddish 

 brown to greyish-ochreous ; lower end of reniform indicated by 

 a whitish dark-margined dot, sometimes with a second above it 

 Hindwings fuscous. 



5. England to Cambridge and Somerset, local ; C. Europe ; 

 7,8. Larva pinkish-ochreous; spiracular line paler ; head dark 

 brown ; in stems of reed {Phragmites) ; 5, 6. 



5. N. arundinis, F. (typhae, Esp.) 38-50 mm. Forewings 

 reddish-brown, brownish-oohreous, or light grey ish-oohreous; veins 

 partly paler, sprinkled with dark fuscous ; first and second lines 

 represented by series of dark fuscous dots; outline of reniform 

 partly indicated by dark marks ; subterminal lino faint, preceded 

 by small dark fuscous wedgeshaped marks ; terminal dark 

 fuscous interncural dots. Hindwings dull yellow-whitish ; a 

 light fuscous terminal band. 



