BRITISH AXD EUROPEAN BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS. 



H. fasciuncula, Haw. The Middle-barred 

 Minor, is somewhat smaller than the last 

 species. The fore wings are violet-grey, varied 

 with rosy red. The basal half of the wings 

 is rather darker, and in the very narrow 

 central area there is often a black longitudinal 

 streak in cell lb. The two stigmata are 

 thickly edged with l)lack on their opposed 

 sides. The submarginal line is bright rusty red 

 towards the base. It appears in July in 

 Western Europe, and is fond of flying about 

 flowers in the sunshine. 



H. furuncula, \V. V. The Cloaked Minor. 

 is very variable. It is rusty grey almost without 

 markings, or greyish brown with the basal 

 half of the fore wings dark brown, the orbi- 

 cular stigma dark or light and the submarginal 

 line rusty red towards the base. The space 

 between the hind margin and the submarginal 

 line is darker, and the posterior light trans- 

 verse line runs straight to below the reniforui 

 stigma, where it turns off nearly at a right 

 angle towards the hind margin. It is found 

 throughout Europe in June and July, and is 

 common in Britain. The larva is pale }'ellow, 

 reddish on the back. It hibernates, and lives 

 on grasses till May. 



Genus Dipterygia, Steph. 



These moths are closely allied to the division 

 C of the last genus, and are only distinguished 

 bj' the following characters. The hinder tuft 

 has a bushy projection in front, the antennae 

 are very shortly ciliated in the males, and 

 the front and palpi are woolly. The onlv 

 species is: — 



D. pinastri, Linn. The Bird's-wing Moth. 

 Fore wings deep blackish-brown, with a fine 

 black longitudinal streak and two transverse 

 lines, and the three stigmata similarly enclosed. 

 The anterior transverse line forms four equal 

 dentations, and the posterior line makes strong 

 curves. The claviform stigma is particularl}' 

 long and narrow. Part of the marginal area 

 and the outer part of the inner margin, with 

 a light brown patch in the form of a wing; 

 within this the ncrvures i, 2, 3 and 6 are 

 edged on both sides with white. There are 

 black streaks in cells 3 to 7, and the submar- 

 ginal line is absent. The dark brown fringes are 

 intersected by light brown nervures, but not 



as far as the apex. The hind wings are grey- 

 ish brown, darker towards the hind margins 

 and on the nervures, with a faint central 

 lunule and light brown fringes, darker between 

 the nervures. The head, collar, and tegulae 

 are dark brown. The moth is found in Central 

 and Northern Europe in May and June, but 

 is not generally common. The larva is light 

 brown with a lighter dorsal and lateral line, 

 the latter surmounted by a dark brown longi- 

 tudinal stripe, and brown oblique streaks which 

 unite at an angle on the back of each segment. 

 It lives in July and August on sorrel and 

 other low plants. 



Genus Hyppa, Dup. 



The antennae are short, thick, and ciliated 

 in the males, and the cilia become longer to- 

 wards the end. The collar is higher than the 

 thorax, and arched, but not indented or hood- 

 like. The thorax has small tufts in front. The 

 fringes are entire, not waved. On the third 

 segment of the abdomen is a very strong erect 

 tuft, and on the succeeding segments smaller 

 tufts. The only species is: — 



H. rectilinea, Esp. The Saxon. Fore 

 wings bluish-grey, the inner half as far as 

 the apex walnut-brown. The two transverse 

 Imes are bordered with deep black on their 

 opposed sides. The anterior forms two large 

 dentations towards the inner margin, into 

 which runs a deep black streak from the base. 

 A similar streak runs from the anterior den- 

 tation to the oblique uninterrupted posterior 

 transverse line, which is only continued in 

 front from the median nervure by a white 

 streak. The submarginal line also disappears 

 about this point, being replaced by a number 

 of black streaks on a walnut-brown ground. 

 The corner of the wing bomided by these two 

 lines is bluish grey with an oval brown spot, 

 intersected with white at the hinder angle. 

 The hind wings are greyish brown, darker 

 towards the hind margin, with a faint curved 

 line and central lunule and white fringes, in- 

 completely banded in the middle. The head 

 and collar are reddish white, both transversely 

 streaked with black through the middle. The 

 back of the thorax is bluish grey and more 

 than half of the outer part of the tegulae is 

 dark brown. The abdomen is greyish brown 



