2i8 Ei'ROPEAM Butterflies axd Moths. 



dull rose-colour, with three white lines on the back, and a reddish-brown suffused stripe on 

 the sides ; belly pale yellow. It lives on primrose, &c., till May. 



* 3. P. Flavicincia (W. V.). — Fore-wings grey, coarsely dusted with brownish-grey, darker 

 in the central area, with distinct black dcntated transverse lines, scarcely double ; varied with 

 orange, especially near the transverse lines and around the stigmata ; the subterminal line 

 consists of orange spots, bordered in front with dark angles ; the marginal line is narrowly black, 

 ■and the fringes are marked with fine dark lunules ; hind-wings dusted with grey, with a dark 

 hind margin and a curved zigzag dark line. The much darker variety Meridionalis (Boisd.) is 

 found in South-Wcstern Europe. Expands from \\ to if inches. Found throughout Central 

 Europe in August and September. The larva is green, with a dark line on the back and a 

 pale yellow one on the sides. It feeds on sorrel, chickweed, &c., till July. 



4. P. Riifocincfa (Hiibn.). — Allied to Flaviciiicta ; fore-wings smooth, dusted with bluish- 

 grey, the markings suffused, the orange shade particularly distinct in one or two basal streaks, 

 and on the stigmata and subterminal line, but nearly absent in variety Mitcida (Guen.) ; the hind 

 margin is unspotted, but the fringes are spotted with darker ; hind-wings paler, with a curved 

 line, which is not zigzag. E.xpands from if to 2 inches. Occurs throughout Southern Europe, 

 as far north as the Alps, in September. The larva differs from that of the last species in 

 having a brownish head. It feeds on Asplcninin Ruta-Muraria and the flowers of Sdciic nutans, 

 and hawkweed growing in rocky places, till June. 



5. P. Dnbia (Dup.). — Fore-wings whitish-ashy, very rarely yellowish, with the central area 

 and hind margin dull bluish-ashy. The transverse lines are much dentated, ill-defined, and not 

 bordered with yellowish. The stigmata are of the ground-colour and indistinct, the orbicular 

 stigma is pupilled with grej', and the claviform stigma is very slightly marked, and followed 

 by a slight yellowish streak. There is a row of small black dots on the hind margin. Hind- 

 wings dirty white (grey in the female), with traces of a central lunule and curved line. E.\pands 

 about 1 4 inches. Inhabits South France and Spain in September and October, and the larva 

 lives on Cistus, box, henbane, and various allied plants, in December and January. 



6. P. Nigrocincta (Tr.). — Fore-wings bluish-grey, dusted with black, and blackish in the 

 central area, varied with orange (sometimes very slightly), chietly on the transverse lines, the 

 stigmata, and the subterminal line ; the latter is shaded with brown behind,; hind-wings white 

 in the male and dark grey in the female, with no dark curved line. Expands about \\ inches. 

 Inhabits Southern and some parts of Central Europe in August. The larva is reddish-brown, 

 with three dark stripes on the back and an ochre-j-ellow head. It feeds on low plants 

 till April. 



7. P. Vcnusta (Boisd.). — Very variable; fore-wings pale ochre-yellow, sometimes varied 

 with rosy, with the central area more or less blackish and the marginal area reddish ; the 

 stigmata of the ground-colour, or paler ; the transverse lines double or triple, waved and dentated, 

 and a row of small yellow dots at the ends of the teeth formed by the elbowed line ; subterminal 

 line waved ; yellow; fringes yellow. Hind-wings pure white in the male and grey in the female ; 

 thorax pale yellow, with some black dots. Expands from if to 2 inches. Inhabits France in 

 September. The larva feeds on Cistus, Ilex, thyme, &c., but chiefly on Genista Scorpius, till March, 

 and hides itself during the day. 



8. P. Cancscens (Uup.). — Fore-wings white, slightly dusted with grey, with all the lines more 

 or less distinct ; the inner and elbowed lines converge towards the inner margin ; the former 

 is much angulated, and the latter is often reduced to dots ; the subterminal line is formed of 

 brownish suffused spots. The stigmata are generally obliterated ; fringes whitish, preceded 



