92 European Butterflies and Moths. 



spots of the fore -wings and the belt of the abdomen are carmine-red, and the hind-wings are of 

 the same colour, with a broad black border ; and Aisaciis (W. V.) differs from Penccdani in 

 having all the red markings replaced with yellow. Trigonellce (Esp.), FalcatcB (Hiibn,), and 

 Athamantha; (Esp.) only differ from Coronillee, Ephialtes, and Peucedmii respectively in the absence 

 of the sixth spot. Expands \\ inches, or under. It is common in many localities in Central and 

 Southern Europe, except the north-west and south-west ; and in Northern and Western Asia. 

 Peucedani has been reputed British, probably in error. The larva is yellow or greenish, with a 

 dark line on the back, on each side of which is a row of black spots ; and two other rows of 

 rather longer black spots on each side. It lives on clover, Coroiiilla varia, Mcdicago falcata, &c. 

 {Z. Dorycnii, Ochs., is probably another variety from the Ural and Asia Minor, which differs from 

 Peucedani in its shorter and more rounded wings, its antennas, which are bluish-black to the 

 extremity, and in the red belt of the abdomen, which is only visible on the upper side.) 



22. Z. Lavandiilce (Esp.). — Shining greenish or purplish-blue, with five red spots slightly 

 bordered with black on the fore-wings, and one or two red spots on the hind-wings, the base 

 of which is also frequently red ; collar white. Expands nearly \\ inches. Common in South 

 France and Spain. The larva feeds on La%<andula and Dorycniiim. 



23. Z. Rhadauiantlius (Esp.). — Fore-wings greyish-blue, with six red spots distinctly bordered 

 with black, except the sixth and the inside of the basal ones. Hind-wings red, with a narrow dark 

 blue border. Expands about i^ inches. It inhabits South France and Spain, and the larva feeds 

 on Dorycnium siiffnitkosinn. In the variety Cingidata (Led.) the abdomen has a red belt, and in 

 the variety Kiesenivettcri (Herr. Schaff.) the fore-wings are bluer, and the hind-wings are only 

 red at the base. (Z. Oxyh-opis, Boisd., is an Italian species, expanding only i inch ; the third 

 spot is smaller than the fourth, and the fifth and sixth are connected, and bordered, like the 

 others, with black ; the hind-wings are more rounded and with a rather broader border than 

 in Rkadaiiiaiithus.) 



24. Z. Carniolica (Scop.), Onobrychis {W. V.). — Fore-wings dark shining green, with six red 

 spots, bordered (except in variety Berolinensis, Staud.) with white ; the sixth spot forms a long 

 crescent within the hind margin ; hind-wings red, with a narrow black border, abdomen generally 

 with a red belt. In variety Flavcola (Esp.) the red markings are replaced with yellow. Expands 

 rather more than i inch. Common in Southern and some parts of Central Europe, and in 

 Northern and Western Asia. The larva is pale green, with a whitish line on the back, 

 beneath which are triangular black spots, and a pale streak on the sides marked with yellow 

 spots. It feeds on Oiwbiycliis sativa and Astragalus glycyphyllos. The moth is figured at 

 PI. 21, Fig. 12. {Z. Sedi, Fabr., from South-Eastern Europe and Western Asia, formerly 

 considered a variety of this, has three spots, formed of the usual six united in pairs ; 

 and the hind-wings are truncated instead of rounded. In Z. Occifaiiiia, Vill., from Spain and 

 South France, the spots of the fore-wings are more broadly surrounded with white than in 

 Onobrychis, and the sixth is replaced by a white crescent, not marked with red.) 



25. Z. Fattsta (Linn.). — Fore-wings black, with the base and spots orange-red ; the latter are 

 bordered with yellowish, and all connected together ; the last spot is long and crescent-shaped ; the 

 hind-wings, collar, and (generally) a broad belt on the abdomen are orange-red ; the club of the 

 antennae is thick and obtuse, and the thorax has two whitish lines. In the Spanish variety 

 Faustina (Ochs.) the spots at the base and in the middle are separated ; and in the variety Niccea 

 (Staud.) the spots are not bordered with yellow. Expands about i inch. Inhabits a great part 

 of Southern and South-Central Europe, chiefly occurring in mountainous districts on a limestone 

 soil. The larva is pale green, with a brown line on the back and a white one on the sides, 



