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BRITISH AXD EUROPEAN BUTTERFLIES AXD MOTHS. 



P. glarearia, \V. V. is yellowish white, 

 heavily dusted with brown, the fore wings 

 with three, the hind wings with two indefinite 

 olive-green transverse lines, and a marginal 

 Hne of dark lunules between the nervures. 

 Antennae notched in the male, with cihated 

 tufts. It is local in dry hilly places in Central 

 and Southern Europe in May, June and July. 

 The larva feeds on Lathyrus pratensia. 



P. clathrata, Linn. The Latticed Heath 

 is white or yellowish, the fore wings with four 

 and the hind wings with three black irregular 

 transverse bands and thick black nervures, so 

 that the whole surface has a glistening appear- 

 ance. The marginal line is black and the 

 fringes are broadly black on the nervures. 

 The separate segments of the dark abdomen 

 are finely edged with lighter. It is common 

 in meadows throughout the greater part of 

 Europe, in Summer. The larva is dark green 

 with three fine dark lines on the back, a broad 

 white line on the sides, and white-bordered 

 spiracles. On the belly there are some light 

 longitudinal lines. It lives on various low 

 plants. The pupa is shining dark brown, with 

 black wing-cases and a terminal point. It is 

 subterranean. 



Genus Eubolia, Boisd. 



Small moths having the same appearance 

 as the last genus but distinguished by the 

 palpi, which are pointed and project horizontally 

 for the length of the head and by the small 

 bare groove near the base of the fore wings 

 on the under side in the males. The antennae 

 are shortly pectinated in the males, and only 

 serrated at the tips; they are setiform in the 

 females. Nervures 3 and 4 are separate, 6 

 and 7 rise from a point, 8 and 9 of the fore 

 wings rise by a stalk from 7, 10 touches this 

 stalk and 11 is the costal nervure. Nervure 5 

 of the hind wings is wanting. 



E. murinaria, W. V. is brown, thickly 

 sprinkled with darker. Fore wings with two 

 dark transverse lines, lightest in the central 

 area, and darkest in the marginal area. There 

 is a central shade containing a central spot. 

 The darkest part of the wings is behind the 

 transverse line in cell 3. The marginal line 

 has black dots between the nervures. Tlie 

 fringes are without markings. Hind wings 



with a central spot and posterior transverse 

 line; the marginal line and fringes as on 

 the fore wings. It is common in many parts 

 of Central Europe in April and May and again 

 in July and August. 



Genus Scodiona, Boisd. 



Stout middle-sized moths with expanded 

 triangular fore wings with slightly convex hind 

 margins, somewhat rounded angles, and rounded 

 hind wings, which are longer than they are 

 broad. The males have not got the small 

 groove on the under side of the fore wings. 

 Front, thorax, and femora thickly covered with 

 fine wool; palpi short and raised, but not 

 projecting beyond the head. Proboscis spiral. 

 Antennae stout in the males, with closely 

 placed pectinations, projecting downwards 

 and gradually shortened towards the extremity; 

 in the females they are obtuse and serrated. 

 Hind tibias considerably longer than the femora, 

 in the males nearly twice as long, with two 

 pairs of spurs. Nervures 3 and 4, and 6 and 

 7 are separate ; 8 and g of the fore wings rise 

 by a stalk from 7, and 11 and 12 touch one 

 another. Nervure 5 of the hind wings is very 

 slender. The females are smaller than the 

 males, more sluggish and conceal themselves 

 more closely, whilst the males can be more 

 easily disturbed and caught. 



S. belgaria, Hiibn. The Grey Scalloped 

 Bar is pale grey, dusted with darker. Fore 

 wings with two nearly black transverse lines 

 converging on the inner margin, the anterior 

 of which is finely zigzag and the posterior 

 curved and continued on the hind wings. 

 There is a distinct dark central spot. It is 

 common in Central Europe from May to July. 

 The larva is wrinkled on the sides, with two 

 small warts on the back of each segment and 

 a fleshy pointed hook on the last segment. It 

 is ashy grey with a darker dorsal line and 

 black lateral streaks, indistinct in front. It 

 feeds on heath. The pupa is shining brown 

 with two small humps at the end, and has a 

 slight cocoon on the ground. 



S. conspersaria, W. V. is white, dusted 

 with redtlish brown, the fore wings with two 

 (tlie hind wings with one) transverse lines, 

 formed of large spots, the posterior running 

 parallel with the unspotted hind margin and 



