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Central Europe (except Britain) and Northern and Western Asia in June and July, but not 

 very common. Larva pale copper-colour, with three pale lines on the back, and yellow 

 transverse lines between, bordered with brown in front, and curved forwards on the sides ; 

 and with two white dots before each transverse line. It lives on grass and low plants till 

 April. The moth is figured at PI. 36, Fig. 3. 



*22. A. Siibrosea (Steph.). — Fore-wings reddish-brown, tinged with rosy, with the dentated 

 transverse lines, some costal spots, and a broad streak on the disc brownish or rust-colour, the 

 stigmata rather indistinct ; hini-wings whitish-ashy, with a central spot, and a broad marginal 

 band brown ; the antennae are pectinated in the male. Expands i| inches. Formerly 

 common in the English fens in July ; a variety with the fore-wings tinged with bluish (variety 

 Subccerulea, Staud.) has lately been discovered in Livonia and Finland. The larva is greyish 

 flesh-colour, varied with brown, with three yellow lines on the back, edged with brown, and 

 a broader one on the sides. It feeds on bog-myrtle in May and June. 



*23. A. Dcpicncta (Linn.). — Fore -wings yellowish-violet-grey, with the stigmata narrowly 

 surrounded with white, and pale transverse lines scarcely dentated. There are two dark brown 

 spots at the base below the costa, and three on the inner line ; and the elbowed and subterminal 

 lines are also spotted with dark brown on the costa in front ; hind-wings brownish-grey. 

 Expands about \\ inches. Inhabits Central Europe in July and August, but local. The 

 larva is yellowish-grey, with a row of dark spots on the back divided by a pale line ; and a 

 yellowish stripe on the sides, bordered with blackish above. It feeds on nettles, &c., in May. 



*2\. A. Glareosa (Esp.). — Fore-wings reddish-ashy, with slender pale transverse and sub- 

 terminal lines, which are not dentated ; one deep black spot between the two large stigmata, 

 three before the orbicular stigma, and two towards the base ; hind-wings greyish-white. Expands 

 from i| to I J inches. Inhabits Central Europe, especially the west, in August and September. 

 The larva is clay-colour, with three pale lines on the back, and a sharply-defined yellowish-white 

 stripe on the sides. It lives on the flowers oi Hieraciicin initroniin till June. 



25. A. Llargaritacea (Borkh.). — Fore-wings ashy-grey, with slender brown transverse lines, 

 which are double and dentated, and three black costal spots. The subterminal line is often 

 broadly bordered with dark brown in front on the costa, and the space between the two indistinct 

 stigmata is filled up with black ; hind-wings white. Size of Glareosa. Inhabits the southern half 

 of Central Europe and the Altai in July. The larva is yellowish-brown, with three white lines on 

 the back, between which stand short black dashes, and with a suffused red-and-white stripe on the 

 sides, above which are oblique black arrow-headed spots. It lives on the flowers of hawkweed, &c., 

 till April. 



26. A. Elegans (Eversm.). — Fore-wings dark brown with a slight violet shade, and greyer towards 

 the hind margin ; the lines, stigmata, and nervures as far as the elbowed line white. The inner line 

 forms a very acute angle tow-ards the inner margin, and the elbowed line is rounded ; both 

 bordered with black. The grey subterminal line is bordered inside by a row of arrow-headed 

 spots. The stigmata are bordered with white, and the claviform stigma is very large. Hind- 

 wings white in the male, and smoky in the female, slightly bordered with reddish towards the hind 

 margin. Inhabits the mountains of Southern Europe and the Altai in July, and may be captured 

 on thistles in the evening with the aid of a lantern. Expands about 1} inches. {A. Larixia, 

 Quens., a rarer species found in the French Alps in July, is larger and more oblong, the fore- 

 wings are yellowish-ashy, unmixed with violet, the markings are duller and less sharply defined, 

 and there is a distinct ochreous line before the fringes ; hind-wings of the male blackish, with 

 white fringes.) 



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