awphu'YKA] CARAnRINIDAE 



Britain to Ross, Ireland, common; N. and C. Europe, WC. 

 Asia to Turkestan, N. America; 8. Larva green; dorsal, sub- 

 dorsal, and spiracular lines white or pale yellow, spiracular 

 sometimes partly blackish-edged above; head green; 12 with 

 slight protuberance : on Plantai/o, hawthorn, Aquileyia, etc. ; 

 5, 6. 



31. Caradrina, 0. 



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

 seldom bipectinated with apex filiform. Thorax sometimes 

 with anterior and posterior crests, usually slight. Abdomen 

 not crested. 



A large genus of almost universal distribution, but absent 

 from New Zealand. 



1. Reniform obsolete . . . .2. 



,, more or less indicated . . .13. 



2. Second line entire, not dotted . . .3. 



„ black-dotted or absent . . 5. 



3. Second line angulated . . . .4. 



„ not angulated . 29. triyrammica. 



4. First and second lines forming white spots on costa 



2. diffinis. 

 ,, „ not forming white spots . 1. pyralina. 



5. Subterminal lino brownish-edged . . 21. arcuosa. 



„ „ obsolete . . .6. 



6. Forewings whitish-ochreous . . .7. 



„ not whitish-ochreous . . .12. 



7. Second line black-dotted . . . .8. 



„ obsolete . . . .11. 



8. Veins sprinkled with dark fuscous . . 9. 



„ not sprinkled with dark fuscous . . 10. 



9. Hind wings fuscous-sprinkled . . 12. lutosa. 



„ not fuscous-sprinkled . . 13. elymi. 



10. Hindwings terminally dark fuscous . 20. Morrisii. 



„ not dark fuscous terminally . 19. concolor. 



11. Hindwings brownish-whitish . 15. musculosu. 



,, light fuscous . . 16. phragmitidis. 



12. Forewings usually with black basal dash; species 



larger . . .17. brevilinea. 



,, without black basal dash ; species 



smaller . . . 14. fulva. 



13. Hindwings with broad defined dark terminal band 14. 



,, without defined dark terminal band . 16. 



