176 European Butterflies and Moths. 



* 7. 0. Circellaris (Hufn.), Ferncginca (Tr.). — Fore-wings ochre-yellow, suffused with grey, with 

 brown transverse lines and stigmata surrounded with reddish ; the reniform stigma filled up with 

 blackish below, and the subterminal line curved, and bordered in front with rusty-red. Expands 

 about 1 1 inches. Common in Central Europe. The larva is pale reddish-brown, with dark spade- 

 shaped spots on the back divided with paler, and a pale line on the sides spotted with dark above. 

 It feeds on low plants. 



* 8. O. Lota (Linn.). — Fore-wings rather broad at the base ; brownish or reddish-grey, with 

 small black and white spots beyond the indistinct dentated elbowed line, and a straight subter- 

 minal line bordered with rusty -red in front, and set back below the costa ; the stigmata are bordered 

 with paler, and the reniform stigma is filled up beneath with black. Expands about i^ inches. 

 Common throughout Europe and Northern and Western Asia. The larva is brownish-grey, with 

 three pale lines on the back and a dull greyish-white stripe on the sides. It lives on sallow', 

 between leaves which it has spun together. 



*9. 0. Macilcnta (Hiibn.). — May be distinguished from Lota by the yellowish-ochreous fore- 

 wings, which are narrower at the base, and by the hind-wings, which are yellowish on the costa 

 and hind margin. Expands from \\ to i^ inches. Common in Central Europe. The larva is 

 reddish-brown, with white lines on the back and sides. It feeds on oak and birch. 



* 10. O. Litura (Linn.). — Fore-wings violet-brown, with four deep black costal spots, and dark 

 stigmata surrounded with white ; the lines rather indistinct, but double, except the elbowed line, 

 which is single. Expands about i^ inches. Common throughout Europe. The larva is brownish 

 or reddish, with black and white spots, a pale line on the back, and a white stripe on the sides, 

 yellow below. It lives on low plants. ((D. Iris, Zett., from Sweden and Lapland, has dirty-grey 

 fore-wings, the hind margin with a row of reddish-brown dots, and the stigmata bordered with 

 black ; hind-wings grey.) 



II. 0. Kindcnnannii {R.oss\.). — Brownish; fore-wings with very many fawn-coloured stripes 

 and dots ; the marginal spots brown ; the stigmata bordered with fawn-colour, and the reniform 

 stigma marked with black. Hind-wings grey, with darker fringes. It occurs in Dalmatia. 



GENUS XXXV. — DYSCHORISTA (LED.). 



Rather small, stout-bodied moths, the fore-wings considerably broader behind, with the tips 

 pointed, the hind margin a little oblique and sloping backwards, and the fringes slightly waved. 

 The fore-wings are brownish-grey or pale grey, with double transverse lines, the elbowed line 

 slightly dentated, with black dots at the ends of the teeth, the two stigmata indistinctly pale and 

 narrowly edged with dusky, the subterminal line faint and curved, and set back below the costa ; 

 hind-wings brownish-grey. The antennae of the male are simple (ciliated in the first species) ; 

 and the abdomen extends for one-third of its length beyond the anal angle of the hind-wings. 

 The larvse are slender and naked, and feed in May and June, and the moths appear in August. 



I. D. Lcevis (Hiibn.). — Fore-wings pale grey ; the claviform stigma absent, and the reniform 

 stigma filled up with blackish beneath ; the subterminal line not dentated. Hind-wings grey, with 

 the fringes paler. Expands from i^ to i\ inches. Scarce and local, though widely distributed in 

 Central Europe. The larva is light brown, with a yellowish stripe on the back, a brown head, and 

 a black plate on the back of the neck ; it feeds on low plants. 



*2. D. Suspecta (Hiibn.).— Fore-wings brownish violet-grey, varied with reddish; the claviform 

 stigma absent, the reniform stigma filled up with grey beneath, and the subterminal line forming 

 two short angles below the middle. Hind-wings dark grey, with a large central spot. Expands 



