CARADRININA [oaradrina 



5. C. subtusa, F. 27-30 mm. Antennae in S ciliated. 

 Forewinga fuscous ; costal edge, subbasal, first, and second 

 lines finely palo yellowish ; spots rather dark brown, outlined 

 with pale yellowish ; median shade somewhat darker ; subter- 

 minal more or less obscurely palo, edged anteriorly with darker 

 brown. Hindwings fuscous, darker posteriorly. 



Britain to the Clyde, N. Ireland, local; C. Europe, NW. 

 Asia ; 7, 8. Larva pale yellowish-green ; rather broad dorsal 

 and narrow subdorsal lines pale yellow or whitish ; spiracular 

 pale yellow ; head yellow, black-marked : between spun leaves 

 of poplar and aspen ; 4, 5. 



6. C. retusa, L. 25-27 mm. Antennae in $ ciliated. Fore- 

 wings fuscous ; subbasal, first, and second lines fine, pale, 

 suft'uscdly darker-edged posteriorly, nearly straight, parallel ; 

 orbicular and reniform darker, finely outlined with pale, latter 

 placed on indistinct darker median shade ; subtcrminal lino 

 somewhat paler, irregular, posteriorly darker- edged. Hind- 

 wings fuscous. 



England to York, local ; N. and C. Europe, NW. Asia ; 7-9. 

 Larva pale green ; broad dorsal, slender subdorsal, and waved 

 spiracular lines whitish ; head yellow-green or black-brown ; 

 between joined leaves of Salix, poplar, and birch ; 5, 6. 



7. 0. 00, L. 31-37 mm. Antennae in $ shortly bipectinated. 

 Abdomen in J pointed, with long ovipositor. Forewinga pale 

 whitish-yellowish, somewhat sprinkled with ferruginous ; veins, 

 subbasal, first, and second lines, a fascia before first line, median 

 shade, outlines of spots, and anterior edge of subterminal line 

 ferruginous. Hindwings grey-whitish. 



S. England to Worcester and Rutland, local ; C. and S. 

 Europe, WC. Asia to N. Persia ; 7. Larva blackish ; irregular 

 dorsal and slender subdorsal linos white ; spiracular broad, 

 yellowish-white, divided by a fine dark line; dots white; head 

 black : amongst spun leaves of oak ; 4, 5. 



8. C. paleacea, Exp. (fulvago, Hb.) 40-44 mm. Antennae 

 in (J ciliated. Forewinga light yellow-ochreous, sprinkled with 

 pale brown-reddish ; first and second lines fine, brown-reddish, 

 first right-angled ; median shade brown-reddish, indistinct, 

 angulated ; orbicular and reniform outlined with brown - 

 reddish, lower end of reniform marked with a grey spot ; 

 subtcrminal line hardly marked ; dark fuscous terminal (lots. 

 Hindwings whitish-yellowish. 



Britain to Ross, local; N. and 0. Europe, NW. Asia, N. 

 America; 8. Larva pale dull green, whitish-dusted, incisions 





