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BRITISH AND EUROPEAN BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS. 



the weak, smooth-haired legs. The abdomen 

 is very long. The only species is: — ■ 



C. rufa, Haw. The Small Rufous Moth. 

 Fore wings light or dark reddish brown, with 

 the nervures dusted with whitish, and black 

 rows of dots in place of" the posterior trans- 

 verse line, which are continued on the lighter 

 liind wings and brownish grey fringes. There 

 are no stigmata or marginal line. The hind 

 wings are grey tinged with brown, with 

 yellowish fringes, and a fine blackish lunule 

 in front of them. The head and thorax are 

 like the fore wings. The abdomen is white 

 and very slender. It is found in swamp}' 

 places in North-Central Europe in July. The 

 larva lives in the stems of Juncus lampvocarpus 

 in June. 



Genus Senta, Stepli. 



Slender moths with the front vertical and 

 clothed with smooth scales, and without a 

 horny projection. The proboscis is spiral and 

 the eyes are naked. The antennas are seti- 

 form, very short and thickly ciliated in the 

 males. The palpi are curved upwards, covered 

 with smooth hair, and have a pointed terminal 

 joint. The thorax is rounded and smooth, 

 with a sharp longitudinal ridge behind the 

 collar. The abdomen is flattened and is 

 clothed with smooth scales. The fore wings 

 are long, with the costa and inner margin 

 convex and the apex rectangular. The only 

 species is: — 



S. maritima, Tausch. The Silky \\'ainscot. 

 Fore wings pointed at the apex with oblique 

 hind margins. They are pale wainscot-brown, 

 or greyish brown, delicately dusted with black. 

 There are no transverse lines, but more or 

 less distinct white dots in place of the stigmata, 

 small white dots on the thickest nervure, and 

 a row of black dots in front of the yellow 

 fringes. The hind wings are white, with 

 brownish nervures, and a light brown marginal 

 line. The head and thorax are like the fore 

 wings, the latter being tufted, and the slender 

 abdomen is yellowish white. It is very local 

 in Central Europe, appearing about July. The 

 moth varies considerably. Var. bipunctata. 

 Haw. has two black stigmata on the fore 

 wings, whilst the variety wismariensis, 

 Schmidt, has a broad black stripe through 



the middle of the fore wings, reaching nearly 

 to the hind margin. The larva is slender and 

 cylindrical, vellowish ochreous, with several 

 fine pale longitudinal lines. It lives on the 

 stems of reeds in Spring, and feeds on the 

 leaves. It is most easy to find in June 

 when it has passed into the pupa-state, its 

 presence being indicated by the stems which 

 have been woven together. 



Genus Tapinostola, Led. 



This Genus resembles Lcucania in form and 

 Nonagria in the shape of the wings, the 

 arrangement of the coarse mealy scales and 

 the broad fringes. The head is contracted, 

 the eyes naked, the proboscis strong, com- 

 paratively short, the front without a pro- 

 minence and with diverging hairs. The palpi 

 are slightlj; drooping. The antennas are seti- 

 forni and shortly ciliated in the males. The 

 thorax is convex, quadrate, and not tufted. 

 The abdomen and legs are short, the latter 

 with long thin hair on -the outer side. The 

 fore wings have the apex rounded in elymi 

 and extreina. In the others it is rectangular. 

 These moths liy in July, and are fond of sitting 

 on flowers and the stems of plants in the 

 day-time. The larva:; are fusiform, and live 

 in or on tlie stems of grasses. 



T. musculosa, Hi'ibn. The Brighton 

 Wainscot. Fore wings slightly concave on 

 the costa near the apex, somewhat convex on 

 the inner margin near the base, with three 

 greenish yellow longitudinal streaks branching 

 along the nervures towards the hind margin, 

 and with whitish stripes between. These are 

 the only markings. The hind wings are white 

 with a 3ellow tinge. The head and thora.x 

 are straw-coloured, but the abdomen is lighter. 

 It appears in July and is widely distributed in 

 Central and Southern Europe, but is scarce. 

 It is fond of sitting in wheat-fields, where 

 it may be found feeding on flowers. 



T. fulva, Hiibn. The Small Wainscot. 

 Fore wings obtuse, longer and more pointed 

 in the male, pale ochreous, varying almost to 

 brick red, without transverse lines or other 

 markings. The ntrv ures are darker, the median 

 bluing thick and black. There is a darker 

 suftuscd area near the hind margins, and 

 long pale, almost rosy retl fringes. The hind 



