CARADRININA [hadexa 



brown, median band dark brown; median and subdorsal veins 

 and dorsal edge mostly white ; an ill-defined blackish median 

 basal mark, and one above dorsum near base ; first and second 

 lines pale, dark-edged internally; spots outlined with dark 

 fuscous, orbicular and reniform whitish, brown-centred ; post- 

 median and terminal areas whitish-mixed ; subtcrminal line 

 whitish, edged anteriorly with dark fuscous marks. Hindwings 

 light fuscous, darker posteriorly. 



Britain (except SW. England) to the Shetlands, Ireland, 

 common, more local southwards ; N. and NC. Europe ; 8. 

 Larva pinkish-ochreous to purplish -brown ; dorsal and sub- 

 dorsal lines faintly pale ; spots black ; bead and plate of 2 pale 

 reddish-brown: amongst stem-bases of Eriophorum ; 6, 7. 



29. H. captiuncula, Tr. (expolita, Stt.) 15-18 mm. Fore- 

 wings light brownish -oohreous, much suffused with reddish- 

 brown ; median and terminal areas often mixed with dark 

 fuscous; first and second lines obscurely whitish, more dis- 

 tinct dorsally ; orbicular indistinctly pale, reniform whitish- 

 ochreous, both sometimes nearly obsolete; postmedian band 

 sometimes pale. Hindwings dark fuscous. 



Lancashire to Durham, W. Ireland, local ; EC. Europe, NW. 

 Asia; 7. Larva ochreous, reddish-tinged, dorsally purplish- 

 tinged on 3-8 ; head reddish-brown ; plate of 2 yellow-brown : 

 in hearts of Carex glauca ; 8-5. 



30. H. literosa, Hiv. 24-27 mm. Eorewings rosy-grey; 

 median band darker ; a darker reddish subdorsal spot at ^ ; 

 first and second lines internally dark-edged on lower half, 

 second whitish ; orbicular and anterior edge of reniform 

 blackish-outlined, orbicular whitish-edged, reniform whitish 

 with grey inner ring; subterminal line obscurely whitish, 

 anteriorly suffusedly edged with brown -reddish. Hindwings 

 fuscous, darker terminally. 



Britain to Caledonian Canal, Ireland, rather local ; C. Europe, 

 Asia Minor, NW. Asia ; 7, 8. Larva ochreous, sometimes pink- 

 ish-tinged ; space between dorsal and subdorsal lines deep 

 reddish or dark fuscous ; head and plate of 2 yellow-brown : in 

 stems of grasses ; 9-6. 



31. H. bicoloria, Fill, {furuncula, Hb. ; rufuncula, Hw.) 

 21-26 mm. Forewings pale brownish -ochreous, more or less 

 suffused with brown, especially on median band ; first and 

 second lines on lower half whitish, internally dark-edged ; 

 orbicular and anterior edge of reniform dark-outlined, orbicular 

 pale-edged, reniform suffused with white ; postmedian band 



