CAKAD1UNINA [uusina 



sometimes subdorsal series of pale oblique marks, dark-edged 

 beneatb ; lateral line pale ; head dark brown : on Viola, Jiumex, 

 Polygonum, etc. ; 8-3. 



29. Acosmbtia, Stph. 



Head with appressed scales ; eyes glabrous. Antennae in £ 

 ciliated. Thorax smooth-scaled. Abdomen not crested. Tibiae 

 smooth-scaled. 



Only one species is known ; it is a development of Caradrina. 



1. A. caliginosa, lib. 23-27 mm. Forewings rather light 

 brown, somewhat sprinkled with grey-whitish ; lines and reni- 

 form very faintly indicated. Hindwings pale whitish-fuscous, 

 more fuscous posteriorly. 



Hants (New Forest), local; C. Europe, NW. Asia; 6, 7. 

 Larva on Jiumex, Poterium, Polygonum, etc. ; 8, 9. 



30. Amphipyra, 0. 

 Head rough-scaled ; eyes glabrous. Antennae in $ ciliated. 

 Palpi long, ascending, second joint thickened with dense toler- 

 ably appressed scales, terminal pointed. Thorax without crest. 

 Abdomen not crested. 



A rather small genus, ranging through most of the northern 

 hemisphere except towards the equator. 



Lines of forewings distinct . . .1. pyramided. 



,, „ absent . . 2. tragopogonis. 



1. A. pyramidea, L. 47-52 mm. Forewings brown, pale- 

 sprinkled ; subbasal, first, and second lines pale, edged with dark 

 fuscous ; median shade broad, suffused, dark fuscous ; orbicular 

 small, pale, central mark and outline dark fuscous, placed in 

 a dark fuscous longitudinal suffusion running from first line to 

 second ; subterminal line pale, on upper half preceded by 

 blackish wedgeshaped marks. Hindwings coppery, costa 

 broadly fuscous. 



England to York, S. Ireland, common ; Europe, Asia Minor, 

 N. Asia ; 8. Larva green ; dorsal line white; subdorsal yellowish- 

 white, interrupted; spiracular greenish-white; dots yellowish- 

 white; head green; 12 with a conical prominence directed 

 obliquely backwards, apex horny, red-brown : on oak, birch, 

 elm, etc. ; 5, G. 



2. A. tragopogonis, L. 30-38 mm. Forewings fuscous; a 

 dark fuscous dot representing orbicular, and two transversely 

 placed representing reniform. Hindwings whitish -fuscous, 

 becoming fuscous posteriorly. 



