1 88 European Butterflies and Moths. 



is reddish-grey, with a pale line on the back, black oblique arrow-headed marks broader 

 behind, and a pale stripe on the sides. It lives on arum in May. The moth and larva are 

 figured at PI. 35, Fig 2, a, b. 



*3. T. Intajccta (Hiibn.). — Fore -wings brownish-ochreous, with the stigmata indistinct ; 

 liind-wings bright ochre-ycllow, with a rather broad black submarginal band, and a black central 

 spot, most distinct on the under side. Expands about i^ inches. Inhabits Southern and 

 Western Europe. The larva is greyish-yellow, varied with brownish, with three white lines 

 on the back, and a dark brown stripe on the sides, bordered below with paler. It lives 

 on grass till April. {T. Chardinyi, Boisd., from Russia and Siberia, has brown fore-wings, 

 with a waved whitish submarginal stripe ; hind-wings luteous, with a rather broad black sub- 

 marginal band, and the segments of the abdomen bordered with luteous.) 



*4. T. Comes (Hiibn.), Orbotta (Fabr.). — Fore-wings brownish-ochreous, with the stigmata 

 surrounded with paler, and the subterminal line slightly bordered with darker below the costa ; 

 hind-wings ochre-yellow, with a narrow black submarginal band, and a black central lunule. 

 Expands from li to if inches. Common in Central and Southern Europe, North Africa, 

 and Western Asia. Larva pale reddish-grey, with two fine black longitudinal lines on the 

 sides of the back, large black horse-shoe shaped spots bordered with pale yellow on the nth 

 and 1 2th segments, and with dark oblique stripes on the sides. It feeds on primroses, &c., till 

 May. The moth and larva are figured at PI. 35, Fig. 3, a, b. 



*5. T. Orbona (Hufn.), Siibseqna (W. V.). — Very like Comes, but the fore-wings are narrower, 

 and there are one or two small deep black spots below the costa in front of the subterminal 

 line. Expands i| inches. Found throughout the greater part of Europe and Western Asia, 

 but not common. The larva is brownish-grey, with three fine whitish lines on the back, 

 square black spots on the two outer lines, and a black spot bordered with yellow on the last 

 segment. The sides are paler, with a reddish-grey stripe. It lives on primroses, &c., till 

 May. The moth is figured at PI. 35, Fig. 4. (7". Sarmata, Ramb., from France, chiefly differs 

 from this in having the black border of the hind-wings strongly emarginate.) 



*6. T. Proiiiiba (Linn ), {Cotutnon Yelloiv Underwiiig). — Much larger than Orbona (expands 

 from if to 2\ inches), and with no central black lunule on the hind-wings. The colour of the 

 fore-wings varies from dark brown to brownish-red, more or less varied with whitish ; the head 

 and front of the collar are whitish, or are of the same colour as the fore-wings. Abounds 

 throughout Europe, Northern and Western Asia, and North Africa, in meadows and gardens. 

 The larva is dirty white, or brown when varied with blackish, with two subdorsal stripes, 

 with large black spots above them, and a pale yellow stripe on the back. It lives on low 

 plants. The larva and two varieties of the moth are figured at PI. 35, Fig. 5, a — c. 



GENUS II. — HIRIA (DUP.). 



Fore-wings with the iVi?r/«rt:-pattern distinct ; a tuft of hair on the forehead ; the antennae 

 of the male slightly pectinated at the base ; and the front tibiae without spurs. The only 

 species, H. Linogrisea (W. V.), has violet-grey fore-wings, broadly whitish below the costa, and 

 tinged with reddish-purple beyond the subterminal line ; the stigmata are bordered first with 

 whitish and then with black, and the hind-wings are ochre-yellow, with a black submarginal 

 band. Expands from I5 to \\ inches. Inhabits the southern half of Central Europe in June 

 and July, but not common. The larva is brown, varied with darker, with dull lines on the back 

 bordered with dusky, and white subdorsal lines bordered below with reddish, and above with 

 thick black streaks. It feeds on primroses, &c., in May. The moth is figured at PI. 35, Fig. 6, 



