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slender dark line on the back, and dark oblique streaks and two dark lines on each side. It 

 feeds on ragged robin, and on different species of Sileiic in June and July. 



* 8 D. Coiupta (VV. V.). — Resembles Conspersa, but the white spot below the pure white 

 orbicular stigma is expanded into a band, which fills up the whole central area as far as the 

 inner margin. Size of Conspersa. Found in many parts of Central and Southern Europe 

 and Northern and Western Asia in May atid June, but very rare in Britain. The larva is 

 reddish-grey, with a reddish-brown stripe on the back divided with white and expanded into 

 spots, and a yellowish-grey stripe on the sides. It feeds on various species of Silene, and also 

 on Diantlms Cartliusianorum, from July to September. The transformations are figured at 

 PI 37. Fig. 6, a — c. 



*9. D. Capsincola (W. V.). — Fore-wings greyish-brown, with dark double slightly-dentated 

 transverse lines ; the two stigmata bordered with white, the orbicular stigma long and oblique, 

 the claviform stigma broad and filled up with blackish ; the subterminal line white, with a 

 strongly marked W, and with dark arrow-heads in front ; hind-wings brownish-grey. Expands 

 from i^ to i^ inches. Common in most parts of Europe in May, June, and August. The larva 

 is brownish-grey, with dark spots on the back divided with paler, and a brownish stripe on 

 the sides. It feeds on red campion in August and September. 



* 10. D. Cuciibali (W. V.). — Fore-wings varied with brown and purplish, wath double blackish 

 transverse lines, the elbowed line consisting of a row of small lunules and a single line beyond ; 

 the stigmata and subterminal line as in the last spscies, but the line with a sharper W ; 

 hind-wings brownish-grey. Expands from \\ to i^ inches. Common in Central Europe and 

 the Altai in May and June, and again in August and September. The larva is green, with 

 rust-coloured angular spots on the back, and oblique spots of the same colour on the sides ; 

 it lives on Silene inflata in July and August. 



*ii. D. Carpophaga (Borkh.). — Fore-wings yellowish-brown, with indistinct double slightly- 

 dentated transverse lines, and -the two upper stigmata surrounded with paler, and with brown 

 centres ; the claviform stigma is small, and surrounded with black ; the subterminal line is pale 

 yellow, with a distinct W and with small black arrow-heads ; the hind margin with dark lunules, 

 and the fringes slightly intersected with paler ; hind-wings yellowish-grey, broadly brownish on 

 the hind margin, with a curved dark line. Expands about i\ inches. Inhabits Europe and 

 Northern and Western Asia from May to July. The larva is grey, with changeable bluish-white 

 and ashy-grey, or white and pale brown longitudinal stripes, and a dark brown plate with 

 three white streaks on the back of the neck. It lives on Silene inflata in August and 

 September. 



* 12. D. Capsopliila (Dup.). — Very like Carpophaga, but rather larger; dark brown, the 

 transverse lines distinctly double, the space between above the inner margin, the borders of 

 the stigmata, and the subterminal line whiter, the latter with rather sharper teeth and longer 

 black arrow-heads ; hind-wings darker grey ; the thorax varied with white scales. A rare 

 species, frequenting the mountains of Switzerland and South-Western Europe; it is commoner 

 on the sea-cliffs of Ireland and the Isle of Man from June to August, and the larva, which 

 is darker than that of Carpophaga, feeds on the unripe seeds of Silene inaritima at the same 

 time. {D. Nisus, Germ., from Sicily, is larger than Carpophaga, and the wings are more 

 pointed, and more varied with white.) 



13. D. Silcncs (Hiibn). — Fore-wings reddish, with the transverse lines double, waved, and 

 dark brown ; the subterminal line is white, forming three acute angles in the middle, each 

 surmounted by a very distinct arrow-headed spot ; the stigmata are paler, bordered with 



