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BRTTISTI AXD El'ROPEAX BUTTERFLIES AXD MOTHS. 



back, and a blackish light-edged lateral stripe. 

 It feeds on the flowers of Hieraciuin and other 

 plants. 



Genus Dianthoecia, Boisd. 



This Genus is distinguished from the last 

 only by the shape of the abdomen in the 

 females, which is very pointed, with a long 

 projecting ovipositor, and the pupae have the 

 wing-cases produced into a button-like pro- 

 jection at the end. They are middle-sized 

 moths, which rest with the wings sloping 

 obliquely. The antennae are ciliated in the 

 males. The larvae are smooth and slender, 

 and live in Summer in the capsules of 

 various species of carnations. The anal fold 

 is as in the last Genus. They change to the 

 slender pupa either on the ground or beneath it. 



D. caesia, W. V. The Grey Moth. Fore 

 wings bluisli grey, with very indefinite markings, 

 a pale central area, but no claviform stigma. 

 The base, central area, and submarginal line are 

 greyish yellow; here and there, especially about 

 the stigmata, ochre-yellow. The darkest parts 

 are around the anterior transverse line, on the 

 costa between the two stigmata, and the space 

 around the posterior transverse line not quite 

 as far as the inner margin. Hind wings dark 

 grey, lighter towards the base. The head 

 and thorax are bluish grey, and the abdomen 

 dark grey. The moth is found in the Jura 

 and the Alps in June, and in Britain in the 

 Isle of Man and in Yorkshire. The larva is 

 sea-green, with two white lateral lines. It 

 lives in July in the capsules of various species 

 of Silene, etc. 



D. conspersa, W. Y . The Marbled Coronet. 

 Fore wings marbled with light and dark brown, 

 with a double black half line on a white 

 ground. Both transverse lines are black, double, 

 and interrupted. The stigmata are shining 

 white, partially edged with black, and some- 

 times centred with brownish, the orbicular 

 being white, with a white blotch below it. 

 There is a yellowish submarginal line, irregularly 

 spotted with black on both sides and a single 

 white spot at the ends. The marginal line 

 is black and curved, and between it and the 

 hind margin is a row of black spots between 

 the nervures. The fringes are white, chequered 

 with brown. The hind winsrs are brownish 



grey, darker on the nervures and towards the 

 hind margin, with whitish fringes on the an- 

 terior half. The head, collar, and tegulae are 

 white, with black spots, and the abdomen is 

 brownish grey. It is common throughout 

 Europe in May and June. The larva is yel- 

 lowish green, with a fine darker median line, 

 dark oblique streaks, and two dark lateral 

 lines. It feeds in July on the capsules of 

 Lychnis floscucnli. 



D. barrettii, Doubl. Barrett's Marbled 

 Coronet. Fore wings brown, with indistinct 

 markings. The two stigmata are slightly paler 

 than the ground colour, and both have a 

 central shade. They are almost connected 

 below by a pale mark, and there is a large 

 pale patch nearly opposite the reniform stigma, 

 as well as another at the apex, the two being 

 connected by an interrupted marginal line. 

 The fringes are spotted. Hind wings brown, 

 with a paler base and darker nervures. The 

 moth is confined to Ireland, and is on the 

 wing in June and July. The larva feeds on 

 Silene maritniia. 



D. albimacula, Borkh. The White Spot. 

 Fore wings olive-brown, varied with lighter, 

 and with black transverse lines on a white 

 ground. There is a regular, sinuous anterior 

 transverse line, delicately suffused with white 

 towards the base, and a posterior transverse 

 line composed of black crescent-shaped spots, 

 suffused with white towards the hind margin. 

 Both stigmata are snow-white, with a brown 

 centre. The anterior runs into the costal 

 area, which is here white, and on the opposite 

 side it is bounded by a large white spot. There 

 is a white submarginal line parallel to the 

 posterior transverse line, spotted here and there 

 near the base with black, a black marginal 

 line slightly spotted with white towards the 

 base, and narrow fringes interrupted with 

 white on the nervures. Hind wings light 

 grey, with darker nervures, a broad dark 

 marginal band, and on the anterior half whit- 

 ish fringes. The thorax is olive-brown, white 

 towards the wings, the head yellowish, and 

 the abdomen light grey. It is widely distri- 

 buted in Europe, but is scarce, and has only 

 been taken once or twice in the South of 

 England. The moth is on the wing in April 

 and Mav. The larva is yellowish grey, with 



