84 ixoyd's natural history. 



GENUS ANARTA. 



Attarta, Ochsenheimer, Schmett. Eur. iv. ]). 30 (1S16); 

 Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 220 (1822 ?); Treitschke, 

 Schmett. Eur. v. (3), p. 200 (1826) ; Guenee, Spec. Gen. 

 Lepid. Noct. ii. p. 189 (1852). 



Antennje slender, slightly pubescent. Palpi short, straight, 

 pilose. Head small ; front narrow, convex. Thorax and 

 abdomen short and pilose, the latter stout in the female. Legs 

 short ; tibiae pilose, without spines or spurs. Wings thick, 

 densely scaled ; hind-wings usually white or yellow. 



Larvae short, cylindrical, naked, living exposed upon low 

 shrubs. They form cocoons of silk, mixed with fragments 

 of earth, &c. 



The moths fly rapidly by day, and many species are Alpine 

 or Arctic in habitat. 



THE BEAUTIFUL YELLOW UNDERWING. ANARTA MYRTILLL 



Noctna myrtiUi, Linnaeus, Faun. Suec. p. 311, no. 1168 

 (1761); Esper, Schmett. iv. (2), p. 582, Taf. 165, figs. 

 1-3 (1793 ?) ; Hiibner, Eur. Schmett. iv. fig. 98 (1799?). 



Anarfa niyrtiili, Treitschke, Schmett. Eur. v. (3), p. 201 

 (1826) ; Curtis, Brit. Ent. pi. 145 (1826) ; Stephens, 111. 

 Brit. Ent. Haust. iii. p. iii (1830); Kirby, Eur. Butterflies 

 and Moths, p. 258 (i88r) ; Buckler, Larvae of Brit. Lepid. 

 vi. pi. 100, figs. 3, 3 a (1895). 



The Beautiful Yellow Underwing is common in most parts 

 of Europe. It measures about an inch across the wings. 



The head is brown, and the collar reddish-brown, striped 

 with yellowish -white, and so is the crested thorax. The 

 abdomen is black, dusted with yellow, and with yellowish- white 

 incisions. At the sides and extremity it is covered with 



