2 24 European Butterflies a.vd Moths. 



double dentated transverse lines sharply bordered with black on tlie opposite sides, the elbowed 

 line forming one curve in cell lb, the stigmata whitish, with dark centres, the subterminal line 

 indistinct ; hind-wings grey, with the hind margin darker. The variety Obscura (Staud.), from 

 the Alps, is very dark, and nearly unicolorous ; and variety Corsica (Ramb.) is more suffused. 

 Expands about \\ inches. It is common in Central and Southern Europe and Western 

 Asia in May and August. The larva is green, with a row of connected dark green lozenge- 

 shaped spots on the back, and a dark green stripe on the sides bordered with paler. It feeds 

 on the flowers of hawkweed, &c., in July and August. 



5. M. Caduca (Herr.-Scliiiff.). — Fore-wings grey, slightly varied with ochreous ; the transverse 

 lines whitish, bordered with black, with an intermediate line ; stigmata bordered with black 

 and white ; hind-wings whitish, broadly bordered with grey. Inhabits France, Spain, and 

 Crete. 



* 6. M. Dysodca (VV. V.). — Fore-wings pale grey, darker in the central area, and varied 

 with orange, with dark dentated transverse lines bordered with paler, and scarcely double, 

 the elbowed line forming two curves in cell \b, the stigmata surrounded with black, and the 

 subterminal line indicated by orange spots, which are bordered in front with small black angular 

 dashes ; hind-wings pale grey, with the hind margin darker. A nearly white variety {Imiocens, 

 Staud.) occurs in Greece Size of Serena. Common in Central and Southern Europe and 

 Western Asia in May and June. The larva is dull greenish-grey, with the belly yellowish- 

 green ; a slender dark double line on the back, and waved lines below it. It feeds on 

 the unripe seeds of the lettuce in August. The moth and larva are figured at PI. 37, 

 Fig. 7, a, b. (M. Cavernosa, Eversm., from South Russia and the Altai, is violet-grey, fore-wings 

 with a waved yellowish line towards the base, marked with black spots ; the three stigmata 

 black, and the inner margin yellow.) 



* 7. M. Chciwpodii (W. V.). — Fore-wings uniform brownish-grey, with the markings indistinct, 

 the transverse lines double and dentated, the reniform stigma filled up beneath with dark grey, 

 the subterminal line whitish, with a sharply-formed W, and small black arrow-spots ; hind-wings 

 dirty white, with the hind margin brownish -grey. Expands about \\ inches. Common in 

 Europe and Northern Asia from May to September. Larva green, with a dark line on the back, 

 and a red stripe on the sides. It feeds on Chenopodiuin and Atnplcx from July to October. 



8. M. Soda; (Ranib.). — Very close to Chenopodii, but ashy-grey, with no yellowish tint, 

 shaded with darker towards the hind margin, especially near the costa ; the lines as 

 in Chenopodii, the W of the subterminal line more obtuse ; the orbicular stigma is often 

 smaller, the reniform stigma is more filled up with blackish, and the claviform stigma is 

 blackish and very distinct ; hind-wings grey, with a brown central lunule, and the hind 

 margin broadly washed with brown. The larva feeds on different species of ClieitopodiaeecB 

 growing on the borders of the sea. The moth is common on the shores of the 

 Mediterranean. 



9. M. Sociabilis (Grasl.). — Closely allied to Sodcr ; fore-wings yellowish-grey, shaded with 

 ashy-grey around the stigmata, on the middle of the wing beyond the reniform stigma, and 

 longitudinally a little above the inner margin ; the transverse lines are lost in the ground- 

 colour, but the subterminal line is more distinct, and forms a W in the middle ; stigmata 

 distinct, and bordered with black, the claviform stigma marked with dark grey, the others 

 concolorous ; hind-wings white, with the nervures, a dash in the cell, and a border inter- 

 rupted at the anal angle blackish. It is found in the Pyrenees in July and August, and 

 the larva feeds on wormwood in June. 



