CARADRININA [plusia 



6, 7. Larva pale green ; dorsal lino darker, white-edged ; sub- 

 dorsal and lateral white ; spiracular yellowish ; dots whitish ; 

 head pale green : on Lamium, Urtica, Senecio, etc. ; 8-5. 



7. P. pulchrina, Hw. (v-aureum, Gn.) 32-40 mm. Forcwings 

 light fuscous-purplish ; subbasal, first, and second lines more or 

 less marked with pale yellowish, edged with dark brown ; a 

 brown fascia beyond subbasal ; a dark ferruginous-brown sub- 

 median patch joining first and second, margined beneath 

 posteriorly by an orange suffusion ; a V-shaped discal mark 

 before middle and small round spot close beyond it shining pale 

 yellowish or white ; median shade dark brown ; reniform partly 

 outlined with pale golden, with some dark brown suffusion; 

 subterminal line suft'usedly edged with brown except towards 

 tornus posteriorly. Hindwings pale fuscous; a darker post- 

 median shade and terminal band. 



Britain to the Orkneys, Ireland, common ; C. Europe, NW. 

 Asia ; 6, 7. Larva undistinguished from that of P. iota ; on 

 Lamium, Urtica, Lonicera, etc. ; 8-5. 



8. P. gamma, L. 37-41 mm. Forewings whitish-fuscous, 

 slightly purplish-tinged, with some indistinct darker strigulae ; 

 subbasal, first, and second lines partly marked with yellow- 

 whitish, edged with brown ; a shining pale yellowish or white 

 y-shaped median discal mark, surrounded by brown suffusion ; 

 reniform partly outlined with shining yellow-whitish, with some 

 dark brown suffusion ; subterminal line edged with brownish 

 suffusion except on tornus posteriorly. Hindwings pale fuscous ; 

 a dark fuscous terminal band. 



Britain to the Shetlands, Ireland, very common, sometimes 

 abundant; Europe, N. and WC. Asia, Africa; .0-9. Larva 

 green ; dorsal line double, whitish ; subdorsal and lateral 

 whitish ; spiracular yellowish ; dots whitish ; head green : on 

 Urtica, Sonchus, Geranium, Lamium, etc. ; 6-4. Imago flies 

 freely in sunshine ; it has been observed migrating in prodigious 

 numbers. 



9. P. chalcites, Btp. (bimaculata, Stph. ; eriosoma, Dbld. ; 

 vcrticillata, Gn.) 31-38 mm. Abdomen in $ with pale 

 yellowish-ochreous lateral tufts of long hairs beyond middle, 

 anal tuft black beneath. Forcwings fuscous, more or less 

 golden-suffused ; lines partly golden-whitish, edged with 

 ferruginous-brown, subbasal followed by a dark brown spot in 

 disc; a golden-white oblique U-shaped mark and oval spot 

 beyond it in disc, surrounded by a dark golden-brown suffusion ; 

 corner of reniform marked with golden-white ; subterminal line 



