GORTYNA XaNTHIA. i8i 



brown transverse stripes ; the borders of the stigmata, the nervures, and the hind-wings whitish- 

 yellow. Size of Nictitans. Common in Northern and Central Europe and in Northern Asia. 

 Larva flesh-colour, with a reddish line on the back and a row of black dots on the sides, 

 head reddish-brown, the plates on the 2nd and 13th segments yellowish. It lives in the roots 

 of Glyceria spectabilis and other marsh plants. 



* 3. H. Petasitis (Doubl.). — Very like Micacea, but the fore-wings greyish-brown, slightly 

 suffused with reddish, and the central area darker brown ; the nervures dusted with whitish 

 towards the hind margins, and the hind-wings greyish-brown. Expands about \\ inches. 

 Widely distributed, but very local, Edinburgh, Manchester, South Germany (where it is very 

 rare), and the Altai being almost the only recorded localities. The larva is dull whitish, with 

 a dark line on the back, and the head and plates brown. It lives in the stems and roots 

 of the butterbur. 



GENUS XLIII. — GORTYNA (LED.). 



Middle-sized, stout-bodied moths, the fore-wings broad and triangular, with the hind margin 

 slightly curved, and the complete A^'c'c/z/rt-pattern ; the antennae simply ciliated in the male, 

 and the abdomen extending for half its length beyond the anal angle of the hind-wings. 



■* I. G. Flavago (W. V.). — Fore-wings golden-yellow, dusted with rust-colour, and violet-brown 

 in the hinder part of the basal area and before the hind margin ; the double transverse lines, 

 the borders of the three large stigmata, and the nervures are rusty-brown; the elbowed line 

 is slightly dentated in front, and the hind-wings are yellowish-white. Expands from I J to 

 \\ inches. It is common throughout Central Europe and the Altai in August and September. 

 The larva is dirty white, with raised black dots, the head and plate behind brown, and a black 

 anal fold. It lives in the stalks of thistles, burdock, &c., in May and June. The moth and 

 larva are figured at PI. 34, Fig. 5, a, b. [G. Ulasiasa, Herr.-Schaff., from the Balkans, is 

 yellow, fore-wings rather pointed and spotted with brown, the hind margins concolorous, and 

 the elbowed line shaded with brown on the basal side ; hind-wings whitish. G. Xantheiics, 

 Germ., is luteous, varied with violet-grey ; hind-wings ashy. It occurs in Sicily and Andalusia.) 



2. G. Cervago (Eversm.). — Brown ; fore -wings with the central area darker, the base reddish, 

 the inner line ochreous or absent, the elbowed line ochreous or rusty-brown, parallel to the 

 hind margin, and curved inwards at the tip ; hind-wings whitish, with an outer blackish stripe. 

 Taken at Orenburg. 



3. G. LcncograpJia (Borkh.), Liinata (Freyer). — Rusty-grey, abdomen fawn-colour; fore-wings 

 rusty, with three white stigmata, the claviform stigma divided by a curved transverse line ; 

 hind-wings whitish. Expands i^ inches. A scarce and local insect, thougli widely distributed 

 in the southern half of Central Europe in September. The larva, which lives from October 

 to July in the stalks of Pcuccdaniim officinale, is pale rosy, with a darker line on the back. 



GENUS XLIV. — XANTHIA (TR.). 



Rather small and slender-bodied moths, expanding from i^ to l| inches; the fore-wings 

 broad and triangular, with the hind margin a little oblique, slightly waved, and curved above 

 the hinder angle. Fore-wings yellow, often spotted with dusky, and the Noctua-'^^X.tQXVL fre- 

 quently ill-defined ; hind-wings short, whitish or yellowish ; the antennae of the male ciliated, 

 but not dentated, and the abdomen extending a little beyond the anal angle. The larva; are 

 slender, with a small head, and a horny plate behind it. They live on trees and low plants 



