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BRITISH AND EUROPEAN BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS. 



ish fringes. The thorax has short tufts. Tlie 

 abdomen is more yellow. It is found in South- 

 Eastern Germany and Hungary in August, but 

 is rare. The larva is reddish yellow with a 

 j-ellow head. It feeds at night on the flowers 

 of Sescli montanum. 



L. vitellina, Hubn. The Delicate Moth. 

 Fore wings straw-coloured, with a reddish 

 tinge, two dark transverse lines, of which the 

 anterior is dentated; two dark stigmata, of 

 which the orbicular is a dark dot and the reni- 

 form contains a black spot below. There is 

 a dark submarginal line, which runs parallel 

 to the posterior transverse line and like it is 

 composed of crescents. The hind wings are 

 milky white, delicately dusted with }'ellow 

 near the hind margins. The head, thorax, 

 and abdomen are straw-coloured, with scattered 

 white hairs. It is found in Southern Europe 

 and has been taken a few times in England. 

 The larva is flesh-coloured, with three white 

 dorsal lines and a row of black dots on the 

 sides. The spiracles are black, with a yellow- 

 ish white stripe beneath. It lives on grasses 

 in Spring. The pupa is contained in a loose 

 cocoon in the ground. 



L. 1-album, Linn. The White L Wainscot. 

 PI. XXVI. fig. 7. is common in Central and 

 Southern Europe in June, August and Sep- 

 tember, but is very rare in England. The 

 larva is flesh-coloured, with a double dark 

 dorsal line and two dark green stripes on each 

 side. It feeds on grasses in the Spring and 

 in July. 



L. albipuncta, W. V. The White-point 

 Moth. Fore wings yellowish gre}' or rust}' 

 brown with faint lighter transverse lines, of 

 which the anterior is darkly bordered on the 

 outer side, and the posterior on the inner 

 side, the latter with a row of dark spots near 

 the hind margin. There is a white spot in 

 the place of the reniform stigma and the 

 orbicular is wanting. In the position of the 

 submarginal line the wings are darker towards 

 the base. The marginal line is dark and the 

 fringes are light banded with darker. The 

 hind wings are yellowish grey, with a yellow 

 marginal line and whitish fringes. The moth 

 is common, though local, in Central and 

 Southern Europe, but has only been taken a 

 few times on the East Coast of England. The 



larva is reddish grey with scattered hairs, 

 with a white dorsal line edged with black 

 and an adjacent blackish interrupted line, in- 

 distinct in front, followed by white, blackish, 

 and light grey lines, the last being above the 

 legs and spiracles. The head and cervical plate 

 are light brown, the latter with two brown 

 lines. It lives on grass till May. The pupa 

 is brownish yellow and has a loose cocoon. 



L. lithargyrea, Esp. The Clay Moth. 

 Fore wings reddish grey, with an indistinct 

 blackish anterior transverse line and a posterior 

 line formed of an incomplete row of dots. 

 The two lines are closely approximated in 

 front of the inner margin ; there is no orbi- 

 cular stigma and the reniform is pale and 

 incomplete, forming a white spot towards the 

 inner side. In the position of the almost ob- 

 literated submarginal line the wings are some- 

 what darker towards the base. The hind wings 

 are reddish grey, darkest towards the apex. 

 The fringes are lighter. It is widely distri- 

 buted throughout Europe in June and July, 

 and is a common moth in the British Isles. 

 The larva is light cinnamon-coloured, with a 

 light dorsal line edged with black, and a 

 broad whitish longitudinal streak on the side, 

 edged with brown above, and containing the 

 brown spiracles. The belly is yellowish grey, 

 finely dotted with black. The head and cer- 

 vical plate are shining light brown, the former 

 with two dark curved streaks, and the latter 

 with three white dashes. It lives in Spring 

 and Autumn on low plants, especially chick- 

 weed, plantain and grasses. 



L. turca, Linn. The Double -line Moth. 

 Fore wings shining cinnamon-brown, trans- 

 versely streaked with darker, somewhat lighter 

 in the basal area. The transverse lines are 

 both sharply defined and slightly curved. 

 There are some white, darkly edged streaks 

 near the hind margin, instead of a reniform 

 stigma, and there is no trace of an orbicular 

 stigma or submarginal line, whilst the marginal 

 line is dark and interrupted. The hind wings 

 are bright reddish grej' with a lighter costa 

 and red fringes. The femora are thickly 

 covered with hair. The moth is widely distri- 

 buted in Central and Southern Europe in 

 June and July, but is nowlitre very common. 

 The larva is rather thick, brownish red, dotted 



