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BRiriSII AXD EUROPEAN BUTTERFLIES AXD MOTHS. 



feeds on groundsel, radish, etc., in Autumn 

 and Spring. 



P. flavicincta, W. V. The Large Raium- 

 cuhis Moth. Fore wings pale grey, varied 

 with darker, and slightly suffused with yellow- 

 ish. There is a dark central shade, and a 

 series of black sagittate spots before the 

 marginal line. Hind wings dingy smoke-colour 

 in the male, darker in the female. It is found 

 in Central and South-Western Europe in August 

 and September. The larva is yellowish green, 

 with a yellow lateral line edged above with 

 black, and containing the pink spiracles. It 

 feeds on chickweed and other low plants. 



P. xanthomista, Hiibn. The Black-ban- 

 ded Moth. Fore wings light bluish grey, with 

 ill-defined dark grey marbling. The central area 

 is the darkest. The submarginal line is more 

 ' or less dusted with golden yellow, and so are 

 the transverse lines and stigmata. The black 

 marginal lunules are small, and the fringes 

 are spotted with lighter. The hind wings are 

 white in the male, slightly darker on the hind 

 margins ; dark brownish grey in the female, 

 with an indistinct central lunule, an interrupted 

 black marginal line, and white and grey 

 fringes. The head and thorax are bluish grey, 

 and the abdomen whitish. The antennae with 

 obtuse, pyramidal, ciliated serrations in the 

 male. It is found in Southern and part of 

 Central Europe in August and September, and 

 has been taken a few times in Britain. The 

 larva is smooth, yellowish green, with small 

 dark dots, and four pale warts on each segment. 

 The head is ochre-3'ello\v. It feeds on low 

 plants in April and May. 



P. chi, Linn. The Grey Chi. Fore wings 

 light bluish grey, uniformly marbled with 

 brownish, with a sharp black longitudinal 

 streak between the tip of the black-margined 

 claviform stigma and the single black curve of 

 the posterior transverse line. The submarginal 

 line is somewhat dark. The fringes are grey, 

 chequered with brown, except on the nervures, 

 where they are intersected with white. The 

 hind wings are white, with dark nervures 

 and marginal line. They are darker in the 

 female. It is common throughout Europe in 

 May, June, August, and September. The larva 

 is slender, with two white dorsal lines and 

 dark green between them, and a white or 



yellow line on the sides above the legs. The 

 head is grass-green and is flat. It feeds on 

 low plants in April and July. 



Genus Dryobota, Led. 



Thorax flattened, with an angular projection 

 and coarse setiform pubescence. The central 

 area of the fore wings is not darker than the 

 marginal area. The submarginal line forms an 

 obtuse indistinct W. 



D. monochroma, Esp. Fore wings iron- 

 grey, with darker and lighter markings, and a 

 slight admixture of yellowish green, most 

 distinct on the inner side of the submarginal line. 

 In other respects it resembles the next spe- 

 cies. It is found in South-Central and Southern 

 Europe in August and September. The larva 

 is slender, light green, with a yellow lateral 

 stripe. It lives on oak in May and June. 

 The pupa is reddish brown, club-shaped, with 

 fine terminal points. 



D. protea, \V. V. The Brindled Green. 

 Fore wings moss-green, marbled with reddish 

 brown or greyish brown, the costa being pretty 

 regularly spotted with darker. The claviform 

 stigma is large and is darkest, and there is 

 a paler shade extending in front of it as far 

 as the posterior transverse line, and extend- 

 ing to the costa in front of the orbicular 

 stigma. The submarginal line is bordered 

 with darker. Between the dark contiguous 

 spots of the marginal line is a row of paler 

 curved spots, intersected by the dark nervures. 

 The hind wings are brownish grey, darker 

 towards the hind margins, with a dark curved 

 line and central lunule, and a paler line in 

 front of the fringes. The head and thorax 

 are moss-green and the abdomen brownish 



Efreen. It is common in Central and South- 

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Western Europe in August and September, 

 especially in woods. The larva is dirty grey, 

 with fine dark dots, and a yellow dorsal and 

 lateral line, the latter enclosing the black 

 spiracles, a yellow collar and light green head, 

 edged with white, and triangular black spots. 

 It feeds on oak in May and June. 



Genus Dichonia, Hubn. 



Closely allied to the last Genus, but the 

 front femora are thickened in a club-like 

 manner in both sexes, and have a groove on 



