Archive image from page 40 of A handbook of British lepidoptera. A handbook of British lepidoptera CUbiodiversity1126142 Year: 1895 ( mtltociiiusta] AlKTIADAE 31 rosy; costal edge black towards base; a black subbasal dot; lines fine, blackish, obsolete on dorsum, first angulated above middle, secoud very acutely angu- lated near costa, very strongly dentate in disc; a black discal dot; a subtcrminal series of black dots. Hindwings , termen darker. England to York, in woods, com- mon ; N. and C. Europe, WC. and N. Asia; 7. Larva deep greyish- ochrcous, hairs blackish - grey : on liche
Archive image from page 40 of A handbook of British lepidoptera. A handbook of British lepidoptera CUbiodiversity1126142 Year: 1895 ( mtltociiiusta] AlKTIADAE 31 rosy; costal edge black towards base; a black subbasal dot; lines fine, blackish, obsolete on dorsum, first angulated above middle, secoud very acutely angu- lated near costa, very strongly dentate in disc; a black discal dot; a subtcrminal series of black dots. Hindwings , termen darker. England to York, in woods, com- mon ; N. and C. Europe, WC. and N. Asia; 7. Larva deep greyish- ochrcous, hairs blackish - grey : on lichens; 8-5. 2. M. senex, lib. 20-22 mm. Head and thorax pale greyish-oehrc- ous, face fuscous. Eorewings light grcyish-ochreous; a blackish sub- basal dot; first and second lines formed of blackish dots; a cloudy dark grey median line sometimes visible on margins; a large blackish discal dot; an apical fuscous suffusion. Hindwings pale grcyish-ochreous, posteriorly fuscous-sprinkled ; a dark grey crescentic discal mark. England to York, in marshy places, local; N. and NC. Europe ; 7, 8. Larva deep reddish-grey, hairs brownish ; head black : on lichens ; 8-5. 7. Nudaria, Hw. Head densely rough-haired. Ocelli absent. Antennae in $ evenly ciliated, basal joint rough-haired anteriorly. Palpi rather short, subascending, rough-scaled. Thoi'ax smooth beneath. Abdomen hairy. Tibiae smooth-scaled. Forcwings: 6 and 8 out of 9, 7 absent. Hindwings: 4 and 5 rather ap- proximated, 6 and 7 stalked, 8 from middle of cell. It is doubtful whether any other species can be referred to this genus, which is correlated with Uraba. Larva with tufts of long fine hairs. 1. N. mundana, L. 19-22 mm. Head and thorax fuscous- whitish. Forewings very pale grcyish-ochreous, transparent; costal edge fuscous near base; a fuscous subbasal dot; lines fuscous, irregular, first angulated in middle, second angulated above middle; a dark fuscous discal dot; a faint cloudy pale
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