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red. The submarginal line is indistinct, with 

 more or less distinct dark sagittate spots. 

 The hind wings are grey. It is found in the 

 mountains of Central and Northern Europe, 

 but is rare. The larva is reddish grey, covered 

 with black dots, with a white dorsal line 

 reaching as far as the second segment, and a 

 pale line on each side of it, which on the 

 inner side bounds a small black streak at the 

 beginning of each segment. The spiracles are 

 ringed with black. The head is marbled with 

 yellowish brown. Var. carnica, Hering. The 

 Mountain Rustic has narrower fore wings, 

 and is more varied with reddish grey or 

 reddish brown. It appears in August, and is 

 found in the Carpathian Alps, and has been 

 taken a few times in Scotland. 



G. eric3e, Boisd. Fore wings violet-brown, 

 with the costa, a spot at the base divided by 

 a black longitudinal streak, and the three 

 stigmata whitish. The orbicular and reniform 

 stigmata are placed on a dark pyramidal 

 space. The transverse stripes are somewhat in- 

 distinct, and are filled up with lighter. The sub- 

 marginal line is slightly curved, and is whitish 

 towards the hind margin. The three stigmata 

 are surrounded with black, and the whitish 

 centre of the claviform stigma extends to the 

 base and is divided by the black basal streak. 

 The costa is broadly whitish towards the base, 

 and behind the last transverse line. The pyra- 

 midal spot is more or less distinct, and consists 

 sometimes of only a black band between the 

 stigmata. The hind wings are pale grey. The 

 thorax is covered with thick woolly hair, and 

 the dentations of the antennae in the male are 

 long and almost thread-like. It appears in 

 June on heaths in France and Germany, but 

 is rare. 



G. collina, Boisd. Fore wings dark purplish 

 red, with a black basal streak and a clavi- 

 form stigma surrounded by black. It is found 

 in the Alps and the mountains of Silesia in 

 June, but is rare. The larva varies from dark 

 grey to cherry-red, with yellowish wedge-shaped 

 markings. It feeds on low plants in May. 



G. baja, W. V. The Dotted Clay. Fore 

 ■wings cinnamon-brown, violet -red, or violet- 

 brown, with the usual markings not distinct, 

 except the stigmata, which are surrounded by 

 yellowish. The reniform stigma has a dark 



spot below, which extends to the costa. In 

 the basal area there is a small black spot, a 

 row of black spots on the suffused band, and 

 one or two black spots on the costa, forming 

 an inner margin to the submarginal line. Hind 

 wings yellowish grey, darker on the nervures 

 and towards the hind margin. The moth is 

 common in Central and Northern Europe from 

 June to August. The larva is flesh-coloured 

 or ochre-j'ellow, with an indistinct dark brown 

 spade-shaped spot on each segment, and a 

 yellowish median line on the first two segments. 

 The sides are reddish, with dark brown wavy 

 lines, and an orange lateral line below the 

 black spiracles. It lives on low plants, es- 

 pecially monkshood (Ativpa belladonna), from 

 Autinnn till May. 



G. sobrina, Boisd. The Cousin German. 

 Fore wings narrower in the female than in 

 the male, violet-grey varied with brown and 

 reddish at the costa. The transverse lines are 

 very indistinct, and behind the posterior line 

 is a row of black dots. The reniform stigma 

 is filled up with darker towards the inner 

 margin. The submarginal line is faint, and runs 

 parallel with the marginal line. The head, 

 collar, and anus are rusty red, and the palpi 

 rusty yellow. The antennae are shortly 

 ciliated, with two strong bristles on each seg- 

 ment. The moth appears in June, and is 

 widely distributed in Central and Northern 

 Europe, but is scarce and local. In Britain 

 it is only found at Rannoch, in Perthshire. The 

 larva is greyish brown, with fine pale yellow 

 wavy lines, three dorsal lines composed of 

 dirty yellow spots, and a pale lateral line, in- 

 distinct below, with a black dot above it on 

 each segment. The spiracles are black. 



G. neglecta, Hubn. The Grey Rustic. 

 Fore wings ochreous grey or reddish brown, 

 with the markings indistinct. The discoidal 

 spots are delicately outlined with greyish 

 brown. The orbicular stigma is of the same 

 colour as the rest of the wing, but the reniform 

 is smoky at the lower extremity. Hind wings 

 greyish brown, pale at the base, and with 

 pale reddish fringes. The head and thorax 

 are of the colour of the fore wings, and the 

 abdomen hke the hind wings. It is found on 

 heaths in most parts of Central Europe, but 

 is not common. The larva is dull brown or 



