hydkiomuna] HYDRIOMENIDAE 217 



Asia ; 5, 8. Larva rather stout, pale brownish-oehreous, brown- 

 marked ; dorsal line brown ; 6 and 7 each with two small black 

 tubercles ; 10-13 nearly whitish above, with dark brown lateral 

 lino: on Berberis ; 6, 9. 



24. H. cuculata, Hufn. (sinuata, Hb.)21-27 mm. Forewings 

 ochreous-whitish ; basal patcli dark fuscous, black-striated, edge 

 curved ; antemedian space rosy mixed with dark fuscous ; 

 anterior edge of median band formed by a curved dark fuscous 

 fascia, posterior by three faint blackish striae suffused with 

 dark fuscous towards costa, obtusely angulated above and in 

 middle ; sometimes a grey discal dot ; fifth fascia light reddish- 

 ochreous- brown, sixth pale grey, with a dark grey median 

 suffusion. Hindwings whitish, with a greyish-striated terminal 

 band ; a grey discal dot. 



K cut to Devon and Norfolk, Perth (?), local ; C. Europe, 

 WC. Asia ; 6. Larva slender, pale yellow, greenish-tinged ; 

 subdorsal line black ; head greenish, black-marked : on Galium 

 verurn ; 8. 



25. H. albicillata, L. 30-34 mm. Forewings ochreous-white ; 

 basal area to edge of median band dark ochreous-fuscous striated 

 with ashy-grey ; edges of median band dark orange-fuscous, 

 anterior sinuate, posterior obtusely angulated in middle, 

 reduced in disc to a fine dark fuscous stria ; a dark grey discal 

 dot ; fifth and sixth fasciae slaty-grey, fifth dark fuscous towards 

 costa. Hindwings ochreous-white; a dark grey discal dot, 

 postmedian angulated stria, and terminal band. 



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

 N. Asia, Japan ; 6, 7. Larva deep green ; dorsal line dark 

 brown, marked with a series of reddish brown-edged triangular 

 spots; spiracular white, towards extremities brown-edged 

 beneath ; incisions yellowish ; head greenish-brown : on Jiubus, 

 Fraga/ria, alder, etc. ; 8, 9. 



26. H. unangulata, Hw. 24-26 mm. Forewings brown, 

 mixed or striated with dark fuscous ; basal patch darker, 

 reddish-mixed ; median band darker, anterior edge whitish- 

 margined, curved, posterior not waved, acutely angulated in 

 middle, concave beneath, followed by a clear ochreous-white 

 fascia ; a blackish discal mark ; subtcrminal line white. 

 Hindwings whitish, with faint grey striae ; a dark grey discal 

 'fill, ; a terminal dark grey band, including a white subterminal 

 line. 



England to York, N. Ireland, rather common; C. Europe, 

 N. Asia, N. America; 6, 7. Larva pale greyish-ochrcous, grey 



