io6 European Butterflies and Moths;. 



* 3. 5. Urticce (Esp.). — Fore -wings ratlier lontrcr than in Menthastri, with only two dots 

 beyond tlic middle, and occasionally a few towards the tip ; hind-wings unspotted ; the pec- 

 tinations of the antenna: of the male are much shorter than in Mcnthastri. Size of the 

 last two species. Its range is similar, but it is a much scarcer insect, especially in England. 

 The larva is dark brown, with a reddish-yellow head. 



* 4. 5. Miiidicd (Linn.). — Body, abdomen, and wings ashy-grey in the male, and white in 

 the female ; the wings with scattered black spots. A white variety of the male {R?istica, 

 Hiibn.) is said to occur in Hungary. Expands from i\ to il inches. Common throughout 

 Europe and Northern Asia in June and July. The larva, which is brownish-green, with a 

 slightly paler line on the back, reddish-brown hair, and a rust-coloured head, is found in 

 autumn. 



5. ^. Sordida (Hiibn.). — Male dark grey, female yellowish-grey ; fore-wings with three 

 ill-defined black transverse stripes, sometimes almost unicolorous. Expands rather more than 

 I inch. Widely distributed in the Alps and Pyrenees in June and July, but scarce. The 

 larva, which may be found in May and June, is bluish-white, with a white line on the back 

 and a yellowish one on the sides. 



6. S. Liictiiosa (Hiibn.). — Sooty black ; fore-wings with darker black spots, and the front 

 tibia; rosy. Size of Sordida. Inhabits South-Eastern Europe. 



7. S. Liictifrra (W. V.). — Black ; the abdomen and anal angle of the hind-wings ochre- 

 yellow, the former with a row of black spots on the back. Expands about ij inches. 

 Common in South Europe and Western Asia in May and July ; it also occurs, though rarely, 

 in Eastern Germany. The larva is black, with a reddish-}-ellow stripe on the back, and may 

 be found in May and September. 



GENU.S X. — PHRAGMATOBIA (STEPH.). 



Allied to Spilosoma, but the antenna; are pectinated, and the tongue is thicker, and dis- 

 tinctly spiral. '" /'. Fuligiuosa, Linn, (the Ruby Tiger Moth), has brown fore-wings, with two 

 black spots beyond the middle ; hind-wings smoky-grey, with three black spots towards the 

 costa, and the inner margin red; a black border ceasing before the anal angle, and red fringes; 

 abdomen red, with three rows of black spots. Expands from i^ to ij inches. Common 

 throughout Europe, Northern and Western Asia, and North America from May to August, 

 frequenting open places in woods. The larva is unicolorous pale grey, brownish-grey, or black. 

 It feeds on low plants from October to April, and again in June and July. P. Placida (Friv.), 

 found in Turkey, has the abdomen purple above, and a purple spot in the middle of the fore- 

 wings. P. Piidcns (Luc), from Andalusia, has reddish fore-wings, with three transverse rows 

 of small black spots, and greyish hind-wings, with a submarginal row of similar spots. ■ 



GENUS XI. — OCNOGYNA (LED.). 



The wings of the female are imj^erfectly developed, especially the hind-wings, which are 

 triangular and very narrow. The hind tibiffi have only one pair of spurs instead of two. 



I. O. Zoraida (Grasl.). — Fore-wings pale brownish-grey, slightly tinged with rosy, a black 

 basal spot, and four irregular ones on the costa, two on the inner margin, and some smaller 

 ones towards the hind margin ; hind-wings paler, with a row of submarginal spots, and two 

 spots on the costa. Expands rather less than \\ inches. It is found in the mountains of 



