1 62 European Butterpues and Moths. 



from tlic Ural, Is cinnamon-brown ; the fore-wings with white veins, and tlic hind-wings 

 white.) 



* 14. L. Couigcra (W. V.). — Fore-wings reddish-ochreous, with two dark brown transverse 

 Hncs, the first of which is sharply interrupted, and two golden-yellow stigmata, the reniform 

 stigma ending below in a white arrow-headed spot ; hind-wings reddish-brown. Expands 

 from ij to \\ inches. Common in Northern and Central Europe and Western Asia in June 

 and July. The larva has straw-coloured bands, separated by black and white lines ; head 

 pale brown, with two black lines. It feeds on grass and other low plants till May. 



15. L. Evidcns {y\vk>\\). — Fore-wings with the tips slightly rounded, and the hind margins 

 slightly waved ; brownish-red, with the costa pale yellow, and two slender brown transverse lines, 

 the elbowed line slightly dentated and strongly curved in front. There are also three rather large 

 stigmata, narrowly surrounded with brown, and a suffused pale submarginal line ; hind-wings 

 reddish-grey. Expands about l^ inches. A rarity in South-Eastern Europe and Western Asia 

 in August. 



* \6. L. Exirauca (Qi\x(:\'\). — Pale fawn-colour; fore-wings rather pointed, and speckled with 

 black ; an oblique row of black dots curved inwards in front, and a subapical brown stripe ; 

 hind-wings brownish, with white fringes. Expands nearly if inches. Common in America 

 and the East Indies, but occasionally taken in Madeira, and on the coasts of France and 

 England in autumn. 



* 17. L. Vitclliiia (Hiibn.). — Fore-wings rather pointed, pale yellowish, dusted with rusty- 

 red, with two slender rusty-brown transverse lines, which are close together on the inner 

 margin and diverge widely at the costa ; the submarginal line is rusty-brown. Orbicular 

 stigma small and surrounded with brown ; reniform stigma narrow ; hind-wings greyish-white. 

 Expands about \\ inches. Rare in South Europe in July and August; and has been occa- 

 sionally taken in England. The larva is pale flesh-colour, with three white lines on the back, 

 a yellowish stripe on the sides, and a brown head, dotted with black. It lives on grass till 

 April. 



* 18. L. Littoralis (Curt.). — Fore-wings greyish-brown, pale ochre-yellow on the costa, with 

 indistinct dark lines before the hind margin, and a white central longitudinal streak, bordered 

 with black and shortly dentated beyond the middle, extending to the hind margin ; hind-wings 

 white. Expands from i^ to \\ inches. Common, but local, on the coast sand-hills of England, 

 France, Holland, and North Germany from June to August. Larva reddish-grey, with seven 

 white longitudinal stripes bordered with black, and a white stripe on the sides. It lives on 

 Cahviiagrostis areimria, and hybernatcs when full-grown ; and the larvae of the second brood 

 appear in July. {L. Albiradiosa, Eversm., from the Lower Volga, has pale straw-coloured 

 fore-wings, with the median ncrvure white from the base to the hind margin, and bordered on 

 both sides with black ; hind-wings white.) 



* 19. L. Lorcyi (Dup.). — Fore-wings very pointed, brownish-yellow or rusty-brown, with a 

 dark brown longitudinal shade on the median nervure, which extends to the tip; a round 

 white central spot, and sometimes a row of dark dots beyond the middle ; hind-wings 

 white. Expands about li^ inches. It occurs in Southern and Western Europe from May 

 to July, but is a rarity in most localities. The larva lives on grass in spring and autumn, 

 and changes to a pupa in the ground. 



* 20. L. L.-album (Linn.). — Fore-wings straw-colour, with a broad brown longitudinal shade 

 running across the middle to the tip, and brown hind margins ; the median nervure is 

 thickly bordered with white behind, and bent into a hook ; the branches are narrowly white, 



