BRITISH AXD EUROPEAN BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS. 



are two white points on the last segment, 

 directed backwards, and white margined spir- 

 acles. It feeds on Artemisia campestris and 

 Rubus casiits. The pupa is reddish brown, with 

 two terminal spines. 



G. pullata, W. V. The Brown Annulet 

 is ashy grey, thickly dusted with dark brown, 

 obscuring the markings. Fore wings slightly 

 dentated, with a darker central band, bordered 

 on each side by the transverse lines and con- 

 taining a sharp dark central ring. There is 

 a marginal area which becomes gradually 

 lighter towards the hind margin; the submar- 

 ginal line is only indicated, and there are dark 

 dots between the nervures representing the 

 marginal line. Hind wings like the fore wings, 

 but without the anterior transverse line and 

 central band. It is found in Central Europe 

 in July and August. It has been reputed 

 British, but it is doubtful whether these spe- 

 cimens may not have been dark varieties of 

 obscuraria. The larva is greyish yellow with a 

 lighter dorsal line and small broad curved 

 streaks. It feeds on lettuce. 



G. macidaria, Hiibn. is whitish, merging 

 into bluish grey, thickly sprinkled transversely 

 with darker ; the anterior of the two transverse 

 lines is very indistinct, and the posterior is 

 dusted with ochre-yellow, with dark grey dots 

 on the nervures. The submarginal line is 

 expanded into a large white spot in cells 3 

 and 4 on all the wings, and is suffused with 

 ochre-yellow towards the base. There is a 

 large orbicular central dot. It is found in France 

 and some parts of Southern Europe in July. 



G. serotinaria, W. V. is dirty white, 

 dusted with yellowish brown, with two sharply 

 defined black transverse lines on the fore 

 wings, the posterior forming sharp dark den- 

 tations towards the base. There are black 

 dots representing the marginal line, on all 

 the wings, between the nervures, and a light 

 centred orbicular spot in the middle. Hind 

 wings with only the posterior transverse line. 

 Antennae long in the male, and shortly pecti- 

 nated, especially at the end. Hind tibias not 

 thickened. It is found in the mountains of 

 South-Central Europe in July. 



G. dilucidaria, W. V. is pale grey, with 

 markmgs like the last species, but is distin- 

 guished as foUows: — The submarginal line is 



more darkly bordered ; the two transverse lines 

 are closer together; the hind margins of the 

 wings are distinctly waved and the hind tibiae 

 are considerably thickened in the male and 

 flattened on the inner side. The antennae of 

 the male are shorter and the pectinations 

 gradually diminish in size. It is found in the 

 mountains of Central and Northern Europe in 

 July and August. 



G. obfuscaria, Hubn. The Scotch Annulet 

 is smoky grey, suffused with greenish or 

 purplish, with two dark slightly angulated 

 transverse lines, the posterior of which is ser- 

 rated, and a dark central spot with a paler 

 centre. It is found in the Alps and in the 

 mountains of Northern Europe, including some 

 in Scotland and Ireland, in August and Sep- 

 tember. The larva is violet-grey with two 

 small humps on the twelfth segment and a 

 white lateral line and oblique dark streaks. 

 It feeds on broom and vetches. 



G. zelleraria, Freyer. is ashy grey with 

 two (on the hind wings one) indistinct trans- 

 verse lines, with the space between darker, 

 and a scarcely perceptible submarginal line 

 and central spot. The female has rounded 

 wings and is only about half as large as the 

 male, which has the antennae shortly pectinated 

 to the tips. It is found in the higher Alps in 

 July. The female hides in clefts in the cliffs. 



G. operaria, Hiibn. Wings much expanded 

 in the male, brownish grey with two (on the 

 hind wings one) brown deeply dentated trans- 

 verse lines. There is a central spot. The 

 submarginal line is broadly shaded with darker 

 towards the base, and there are dark mar- 

 ginal dots between the nervures. The female 

 has only short rudiments of wings. The an- 

 tennae of the male are shortly pectinated to 

 the end, the hind tibiae are thickened at the 

 end. It is found in the mountains of Austria 

 and Silesia, etc., in July. 



Genus Psodos, Treit. 



Small rather stout moths with short wings; 

 the fore wings almost triangular, with rounded 

 angles and conve.x hind margins, the hind 

 wings with somewhat prominent apices. The 

 body as well as the somewhat projecting palpi 

 and the femora are covered with rough hair. 

 Proboscis long and stout, antennae setiform 



