igS European Butterplies axd Moths. 



with black and pale spots at the ends of the teeth ; the orbicular stigma is small and yellowish, 

 and the reniform stigma has a dark centre ; the subterminal line is not indented, and is indistinctly- 

 spotted with dusky in front ; the hind-wings are brownish-grey, and whitish beneath, with a dusky 

 curved line and hind margin. Expands from \\ to \\ inches. Inhabits Europe, except the 

 extreme north and south ; and the Altai in June and July. The larva is dull greyish-brown, and 

 lives on grass and low plants till Aj^ril. 



*52. A. Ravida (W. V.). — Fore-wings rather narrow, greyish-brown, the costa slightly tinged 

 with reddish-violet, with a black basal streak, and douole blackish dentated transverse lines, filled 

 up with paler ; the elbowed line forming two curves in cell i /;, the two stigmata surrounded with 

 black, and the subterminal line yellowish and indented. Hind-wings dirty white, dusted with 

 brown towards the hind margin ; under side with traces of a curved stripe on the costa. Expands 

 about if inches. Common in Northern and Central Europe and Northern Asia in May, July, and 

 August. The larva is brown, with dark oblique dashes in front, and dark angular spots behind; 

 on the back of the I2th segment is a horse-shoe shaped mark ; and there is a dark stripe on the 

 sides. It feeds on low plants till April. 



53. A. Eryihrina (Ramb.). — Fore-wings rounded at the tips; dark porphyry-brown, the lines 

 replaced by white atoms, only distinctly marked towards the inner margin. The elbowed line is 

 followed by a row of small and indistinct white dots placed on the nervures. The costa is marked 

 with four large white spots shaded with black at the commencement of the lines ; the stigmata are 

 wanting. Hind-wings grey, with the centre rather paler. A rare species, found in France in June. 



54. A. Santa (Hiibn.). — Fore -wings rather narrow, and truncated behind ; dark grey, the costa 

 lighter, with a black basal streak ; the transverse lines are dark, dentated, indistinctly double, and 

 filled up with pale grey ; the elbowed line has white dots at the ends of the teeth, and forms 

 one curve in cell lb; the subterminal line and the two stigmata are indistinct, and the latter 

 are connected by a square black spot ; the hind-wings are brownish-grey, the under side with 

 the commencement of a black curved line on the costa. Expands about ih inches. Widely 

 distributed in the Southern Alps in August. 



55. A. Forcipula (W. V.). — Fore-wings brownish-ashy, with a black basal streak, single dark 

 dentated transverse lines, the three stigmata surrounded with black, and fine black arrow-headed 

 spots before the subterminal line, which is dotted wdth white ; hind-wings brownish-grey. 

 Expands from l^ to i J inches. Inhabits Southern and South-Central Europe and Western 

 Asia in June and July, but not common. The larva is dirty brown, with dark lozenge-shaped 

 spots, and a light line on the sides. It feeds on Riinicx, &c., till May. 



56. A. Signifcra (W. V.). — Fore-wings brownish-ashy, varied with darker brown, with a black 

 basal streak, and the three stigmata surrounded with black, the orbicular and reniform stigmata 

 connected by a black longitudinal stripe which extends to the hind margin ; the claviform 

 stigma is often absent. The double transverse lines and the subterminal line are indistinct, and 

 the hind-wings are whitish, dusted with brown. Expands about \\ inches. Inhabits South 

 Europe and Northern and Western Asia in July. The larva is brownish-green, with dull dark 

 lozenge-shaped spots, and on the upper part of the sides is a black line expanding into a 

 triangular spot on each segment. It feeds on low plants till May. 



57. A. Celsicola (Bell.). — Fore-wings grey, shaded with brown ; the costa paler, the subterminal 

 line represented by a series of black arrow-headed spots, the orbicular stigma oval, and nearly 

 united to the reniform stigma, from which it is separated by a black space ; the reniform stigma 

 is white, varied with brown in the centre, and is constricted in the middle. I'ringes spotted. 

 Hind-wings brown, lighter in the middle and towards the anal angle. The ovipositor of the 



