CARADRININA [buolidia 



Britain to Aberdeen, Ireland, common ; Europe, N. and 

 WO. Asia ; 5, 6. Larva pale ochreous or yellow ; dorsal and 

 lateral lines double, light reddish-brown or fuscous ; subdorsal 

 and supraspiracular lines darker brown ; spiracular pale, edged 

 with dark brown ; head pale pinkish-ochreous : on 2'rifolium, 

 Medicxtyo, and Melilotus ; 7-9. 



2. E. glyphica, L. 26-31 mm. Forewings brown, darker and 

 slightly purplish-tinged anteriorly ; two darker rather irregular 

 fasciae forming median band ; beyond second a dark brown costal 

 spot ; subterminal line obscurely pale, sometimes broadly suf- 

 fused. Hindwings dark fuscous ; postmedian and subterminal 

 orange-yellow fasciae, broader and partly confluent towards 

 costa, becoming obsolete dorsally. 



Britain to the Clyde, Ireland, common ; Europe, N. and 

 WC. Asia ; 5, 6. Larva ochrcous-yellowish, sides sometimes 

 ferruginous - tinged ; dorsal line double, brown; subdorsal 

 double, dark grey; spiracular yellow, edged with dark grey; 

 head brown, yellow - marked : on Trifoiium and Medicayo ; 

 7-9. 



17. Erastria, 0. 



Head loosely scaled. Antennae in £ ciliated. Palpi 

 moderate, ascending, second joint rough - scaled, terminal 

 moderate, obtuse. Thorax smooth -scaled, with very slight 

 posterior crest. Abdomen with several crests. Tibiae with 

 appressed scales. Hindwings : 5 approximated to 4. 



A rather limited genus, confined to the northern hemi- 

 sphere, commoner within the tropics. Larva with prolegs on 

 7 absent, on 8 rudimentary. Pupa in a cocoon coated with 

 earth. 



1. E. fasciana, L. (fuscula, Bkh.) 23-30 mm. Forewings 

 brown, sprinkled with dark fuscous and partly with whitish ; 

 first and median lines dark fuscous; spots whitish-edged, space 

 between orbicular and renii'onn suffused with dark fuscous; 

 second line whitish, anteriorly edged with dark fuscous, on dorsal 

 half merged posteriorly in a broad white suffusion, subterminal 

 white. Hindwings fuscous. 



England to York, S. Ireland, local ; C. Europe, WG. Asia 

 to N. Persia; 6, 7. Larva pale yellowish; dorsal line reddish 

 or greenish ; subdorsal brown ; lateral reddish or greenish ; 

 spiracular reddish ; head pale yellowish, reddish-sprinkled : 

 on Molinia caerulea ; 8, 9. 



