84 The Butterflies and Moths of Teneriffe. 



square patch of white on the upper margin, and a 

 smaller dot of the same colour towards the middle. The 

 hind-wings are fringed with white, and have two or 

 three patches of the same colour along their margins. 

 In the male, the white on both wings is increased 

 towards the base. It is not an English species, but is 

 found in Europe and along the Mediterranean. The 

 larva is a green or brownish grey, with three dark 

 double lines on the thoracic segments ; tufted, and with 

 a white line on the back on segments 5 to 7, and with a 

 dark stripe on the back, and a whitish line on the sides 

 of the remaining segments. 



STEREHA SACRARIA. 



A pretty little moth, about one inch in expanse, com- 

 monly found in the Canary Islands. It is widely 

 disnersed over Europe and Asia, and is a rare inhabitant 

 of England. The fore-wings are sulphur-yellow, tinged 

 with bright red at the apex, and having a red line 

 running from the tip to the middle of the inner margin. 

 The hind-wings are pale yellowish white. It frequents 



