I04 European Buttekflies and Moiiis. 



spots ; hind-wings rose-colour (yellow in variety Flava, Staud.), with large round black spots. 

 Expands i \ inches. Common in many parts of Central and Eastern Europe and Northern and 

 Western Asia in June and July, frequenting warm, sunny, sandy places. It is, however, not a 

 British species. The larva is black above, with foxy-red hair ; the hairs on the sides and the lines 

 on the back and sides are yellowish. The moth and larva are figured at PI. 23, Fig. 8, a, b. 



5. A. Fasciata (Esp.). — Fore-wings yellowish-white, with bluish-black spots and transverse 

 bands, which are often interrupted. Hind-wings yellow, spotted with black ; hind margin scarlet. 

 Abdomen rosy, with a row of black spots on the back. Expands \\ inches. It is common in 

 South Europe in July. {A. Tliiika, Dalm., is black, with rows of white spots on the fore-wings, 

 the inner ones interrupted ; hind-wings red, with the base and an irregular submarginal band 

 black. A. Festiva, Borkh., has dull brown fore-wings, with yellow spots and bands bordered with 

 brown ; the hind-wings are brown at the base, and fulvous towards the hind margin, spotted with 

 black. Both these species are found in Lapland.) 



6. A. Hebe (Linn.). — Fore-wings black, with five white transverse bands narrowly bordered 

 with orange, of which the two last are connected in the middle ; hind-wings and abdomen blood- 

 red, the former with large black spots, and the latter with a black streak on the back, and a black 

 tip. Expands 2 inches. Common in Southern and some parts of Central Europe, except the 

 north-west, and in Northern and Western Asia, in July. The larva is black, with greyish-black 

 hairs, and rust-coloured ones on the sides. It lives till May on spurge and other low plants. 

 The moth is figured at PI. 23, Fig. 9. 



7. A. Aulica (Linn.). — Fore-wings brown, with small pale yellow spots, hind-wings orange, 

 with rows of broad black spots arranged in bands ; abdomen black above, with the segments 

 bordered with yellow. Expands rather more than i inch. Common in Eastern Europe, but not 

 found further west than Treves and the Vosges. It is also met with in Northern and Western 

 Asia, and is found in open places in fir- woods in May and June. The larva is black, with very 

 long rust-coloured hair ; on the hinder segments the hair is black. 



8. A. Curialis (Esp.). — Closely allied to Aulica, but larger, with larger spots on the fore- 

 wings ; hind-wings suffused with scarlet towards the hind margins, and the central spot smaller. 

 It inhabits the valleys of the Tyrol, Piedmont, and Italy, in May and June. The larva is black, 

 with black hair, which is often rust-coloured on the first segments, and is very long on the 

 hinder ones. {A. Dejcaitii, Godt., from the mountains of Spain, has reddish-brown fore-wings, 

 with a yellow wavy longitudinal streak, and five yellow spots ; hind-wings luteous, with si.K or 

 seven black spots, and the hind margin reddish.) 



9. A. Maculosa (W. V.). — Fore-wings brown, with three transverse rows of small angular 

 black spots ; hind-wings crimson, with a row of large black spots on the hind margin, and a 

 spot nearer the middle. The variety Siuiplonka (Boisd.) has darker fore-wings ; expands about 

 i^ inches. Inhabits Eastern Europe and Northern and Western Asia. It is also found in South 

 France, and in the Alps, in July and August. The larva is black, with a yellowish line on the 

 back. Its hair is black on the back, and rust-colour on the sides. It feeds on bedstraw, &c., 

 till June, and hides itself under stones. 



10. A. Casta (Esp.). — Body and fore-wings dark brown ; the latter with two broad white 

 bands suffused with rosy, the outermost forming two angles behind ; hind-wings whitish in the 

 male, suffused with rosy ; and rosy in the female, with a brown interrupted marginal band. 

 Expands about i| inches. It inhabits the southern half of Central Europe in May, but is not a 

 common species. The larva is blackish, with a paler line, and a row of oblong black spots on the 

 back. It feeds on Galium and Asfcrula from July to September. 



