3J2 LE/'/DOPTE/HA. 



it is t'otind throughout (Icntral I'lurope, and in Spain, 

 I'ortugal, Dalmatia. Corsica, (■reec>\ the Taurus mountain 

 district, and in Northern Africa. 



12. S. lineola, CVr^— Expanse ,5 to ^ inch (15-18 nun.) 

 Fore wings very narrowly oblong, white with much grey 

 clouding; transverse markings rippled and mossy, black ; 

 orbicular and reniform stigmata white with black rings. 

 Hind wings greyish-white. 



Antenna3 of the male simple, pale brown, barred at the 

 back with white ; labial palpi not large, white shaded outside 

 with brown ; maxillary palpi obscure ; head and thorax white, 

 dotted with brown ; abdomen shining pale grey, with a white 

 edge to every segment. Fore wings long and narrow ; costa 

 faintly arched at the base and apex, straight between ; apex 

 l^luntly aiigulated ; hind margin rather expanded and rounded ; 

 ground colour, where visible, white ; all the markings mottled 

 with fine black mossy dusting; extreme base clouded with 

 black dusting and minute streaks : first line rather curved 

 and hollowed, not indented, almost wholly composed of black 

 dots which spread outwards into a cloudy band ; in this the 

 orbicular stigma is visible as a clear white dot in a partial 

 black ring, and also the broadened black clavicular streak ; 

 the black dusting continues along the costal region, and 

 beneath it is the reniform stigma — white, partly encircled 

 with black, and having a broad black base — second line 

 deeply curved, indented into crescents throughout, and 

 having in its upper portion short black lateral streaks ; 

 bordering it is a white stripe which unites in the middle 

 with a hinder white stripe, producing a distinct cross which 

 separates the rather small hinder clouds ; of these the one 

 close to the anal angle is black, the others grey ; hind 

 margin edged with black dots which throw points inward ; 

 cilia white, faintly dotted along the base with black. Hind 

 wings broad and shining, rounded behind, greyish-white ; 

 cilia white. Female similar. 



