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curved black mark, and the antennae of the male serrated. Expands from \\ to li inches. 

 Inhabits the Alps and Pyrenees in May. The larva is grey, with a black head, and lives on grass 

 in August and September. 



*7i. A. Cinerca (W. V.). — The fore-wings vary from pale reddish-grey to reddish-brown, with 

 single dark transverse lines ; the elbowed line forms two curves in cell \ b ; the reniform and clavi- 

 form stigmata are absent, and the orbicular stigma is dark and narrow ; the subterminal line is 

 indistinct. Hind-wings whitish in the male, and brownish in the female, with a*dark central lunula 

 and curved stripe ; the collar with a curved black mark, and the antennjE of the male slightly 

 pectinated. Expands from \\ to i\ inches. Found throughout Central Europe and Western 

 Asia in June, but not very common. The larva is shining greenish-brown, with three dark lines on 

 the back, and dark angular spots between. It feeds on the roots of grass, sorrel, &c., till April. 



*72. A. RipcB (Hubn.). — Very variable. The transverse lines dark, the inner line generally 

 double, the elbowed line single and dentated ; the three stigmata distinct, and surrounded with 

 brown; the orbicular and reniform stigmata darker inside, the claviform stigma small, the subterminal 

 line slightly curved, consisting of white dots or angular spots, and moderately shaded with brown 

 in front, or with black longitudinal spots. The ground-colour is brownish-yellow, with the costa 

 ashy, or whitish, varied with yellowish ; and the paler the colour, the more indistinct become the 

 markings, till, when it becomes pure white, only the fine outlines of the three stigmata are left 

 (variety Obotrica, Herr.-Schaff.). Hind-wings white, slightly dusted with grey in the female ; the 

 collar with a black curved mark. Expands from \\ to if inches. A coast insect in North- 

 Western Europe in June and July. The larva varies from dirty yellow to greyish-brown, with 

 three dark double lines on the back. It is yellowish-grey on the sides, and whitish on the 

 belly, and feeds on plants growing on the sand-hills. It is full-grown in autumn, but does not 

 become a pupa till May. {A. Vescrtoniiit, Boisd., from Sarepta and Siberia, is larger and greyer, 

 and is perhaps an inland representative of A. Ripa;) 



* 71- A. Ciirsoria (Borkh.). — Fore-wings pale yellow, more or less dusted and varied with 

 brown, darker in the discoidal cell and between the stigmata ; sometimes wholly reddish-brown, with 

 the nervures whitish ; the transverse lines double, the elbowed line dentated, the orbicular and 

 reniform stigmata large, pale, and surrounded with darker, and grey internally ; the claviform 

 stigma often absent ; the subterminal line whitish, much waved, and bordered behind with grey as 

 far as the hind margin ; hind-wings whitish, with the hind margin grey ; the collar with a black 

 curved mark. Expands from i\ to li- inches. Inhabits Northern and North-Western Europe, 

 chiefly on the coasts, in July and August. The larva is brownish-grey, with the sides yellowish ; a 

 darker line on the back, and a whitish one on the sides. It feeds on spurge, Verbascum, &.C., till 

 May. 



74. A. Sngitta (Hiibn.). — Straw-colour, fore-wings with a short broken reddish discal streak 

 intersected with spots, beyond which are interrupted blackish lanceolate stripes, with the stigmata 

 partially bordered with black and white ; the orbicular stigma small and round ; hind-wings whitish, 

 with the hind margins grey. From South Russia. (A. Lutcsceiis, Eversm., from the Ural, is orange- 

 brown, with the stigmata very small, and with simple brown transverse lines; hind-wings whitish, 

 bordered with brown. A. Deserta (Stand.), from Sarepta, resembles Ciirsoria, but the two stigmata 

 are wholly filled up with white, and the hind-wings are dusky, only rather lighter towards the 

 base.) 



75. A. Lidia (Cram.). — Fore-wings violet-black, reddish on the costa, and along the suffused 

 submarginal band, with double transverse lines, filled up with lighter, and the elbowed line dentated; 

 the orbicular and reniform stigmata and the subterminal line whitish ; the latter widens into a spot 



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