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median nervure whitish ; and variety Moiitiiiin (Boisd.), from the Lower Alps, has reddish-ashy 

 fore-wings, densely dusted with darker, and pale grey hind-wings, whitish towards the base. 

 Expands about i^ inches. It inhabits Southern Europe as far north as Nassau in May; and 

 the larva, which resembles that of L. L.-albitin, feeds on grass. 



9. L. ZccB (Dup.). — Fore-wings shining reddish-grey, with a small white central spot, and 

 blackish veins ; a transverse row of very small black dots on the nervures. Hind-wings and 

 fringes white, with a row of black dots on the hind margin. The larva lives on maize, inside 

 the leaves which enclose the ear, and is often very destructive. The moth appears in July, 

 and is common throughout the south of Europe. 



10. L. Punctosa (Tr.). — Fawn-colour ; head and thorax with brown bands ; fore-wings with 

 white nervures and a longitudinal brown shade in the middle, and the hind margins brown. A 

 small white discoidal spot and small reddish-yellow streaks between the nervures. The elbowed 

 line is indicated by a row of small black dots. Hind-wings white in the male, and dusted 

 with brown along the nervures and towards the hind margin in the female. Common in 

 South France and Spain in July. The larva lives on grass in March. 



*ii. L. Pittresccns (Hiibn.). — Very like Punctosa; fore-wings ochreous-brown, with a thick 

 black basal streak, as in Comma, and very distinct white veins ; and the spots of the elbowed 

 line are very distinct, running across the whole wing. The discoidal spot is of a dirty white. 

 The long reddish lines between the nervures end in black dots on the hind margin, and the 

 fringes are blackish, spotted with yellow. Hind-wings white in the male, with a marginal 

 row of very small black dots ; hind margins and veins dotted with brown in the female. Size 

 of Obsoleta. Inhabits Western Europe, including Torquay, where it is found flying over bramble 

 blossoms in the evening in June and August. The larva is pale greyish-ochreous, with whitish 

 lines on the back, and greyish-brown stripes on the sides. It feeds on grass in September 

 and October. (L. Herrichii, Herr.-Schiiff., from Crete, is pale reddish, the fore-wings with 

 incomplete suffused ashy bands, and a white discal spot ; hind-wings white, with the hind 

 margins ashy, L. Vehttiiia, Eversm., from the Ural and Altai, is ashy; fore-wings white along 

 the nervures, an oblique grey band beyond, and submarginal black dashes ; hind-wings grey, 

 with the hind margins broadly ashy.) 



* 12. L. Comma (Linn.). — Fore-wings pale reddish-ochreous, the costa paler, with a black 

 longitudinal dash running from the base, and black lines before the hind margin, the median 

 nervure white, shaded with brownish, and the branches whitish ; hind-wings grey, whitish at 

 the base; all the fringes reddish. Expands from \\ to i^ inches. Common throughout 

 Europe and Northern and Central Asia from May to October. The larva is reddish-brown, 

 with three fine black lines on the back ; head brown, and a plate behind black, with three 

 white lines. It lives on grass till April, and in July. 



13. L. Andereggii (Boisd.), Valeskola (Guen.). — Very like Comma; fore-wings ochre-yellow 

 or yellowish-brown, with grey fringes ; under side uniform dark grey. The variety Cinis (Freyer) 

 is dark brown, with white veins. It occurs on the Alps in June and July. (Z. Lineata, 

 Eversm., from Sarepta, is brown, fore-wings with the median nervure broadly edged with black 

 beneath, and with from two to four short black basal streaks ; hind-wings brownish-grey. 

 L. Alopecuri, Boisd., also from Sarepta and Siberia, has the fore-wings pale straw-colour, 

 with an indistinct brown line in the middle, and the hind margins and the marginal streaks 

 brown ; a white dot adjoining a black one at the end of the cell, and whitish hind-wings. 

 In the female the brown line of the fore-wings is wanting, and there is a double row 

 of very numerous dots towards the hind margin. L. Fiircata, Eversm., another species 

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