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a white stripe on tlie sides, bordered with black. It feeds on low plants from July to 

 October. 



20. M. Aliciia (Hiibn.). — Very like Siiasa, but the fore-wings are of a more unicoiorous 

 brownish-grey, the transverse lines are more distinct, double and dcntated, and the tips of the 

 W in the subtcrminal line do not quite extend to the hind margin ; fringes much waved. 

 Expands about \\ inches. A rather scarce species, found in South-Central and Eastern 

 Europe, and Northern and Western Asia in May and June. The larva is brownisli-grey, 

 marbled, with the belly greenish-yellow, and three light lines on the back. It feeds on 

 Trifoliiiin vioiitaniun, Cytisits nigricans, and Antltyllis vulrtcraria, &c., from July to 

 September. 



*2i. M. Oleracea (Linn.). — Fore-wings reddish-brown, with no basal streak, the rcniform 

 stigma orange, and the orbicular stigma whitish ; the subtcrminal line white, with a small but 

 sharply-pointed W ; the other markings quite indistinct. Hind-wings yellowish-white, with 

 the hind margin grey. Expands about \\ inches. Common in Europe in May, June, and 

 August. The larva is green, grey, or flesh-coloured, with three dull dark lines on the back, 

 and a yellow or white stripe on the sides. It feeds on cabbage, nettle. Reseda, &c., from 

 July to September. The moth is figured at PI. n, Fig. 9. 



22. I\[. SplendcHS (Hiibn.). — Very like Oleracea, but the fore-wings lighter and more 

 varied ; violet-brown, with the markings more distinct, the transverse lines double, and scarcely 

 dentated ; the orbicular and reniform stigmata pale grey, and bordered with white ; the 

 subtcrminal line with a very short W, and suffused with darker in front. A rare species, 

 inhabiting parts of Germany, Hungary, and Northern Asia in June. 



* 23. J/. Pisi (Linn.). — Fore-wings brownish-red, varied with violet-grey, with double 

 slightly-dentated transverse lines, and a pale yellow subtcrminal line, expanding into a spot 

 above the hinder angle ; hind-wings brownish-grey, lighter towards the base. Expands about 

 \\ inches. Common in Northern and Central Europe in May and June. Larva reddish- 

 brown or dark green, with two broad yellow stripes on the back, and one on the sides. 

 It lives on broom and various low plants from July to September. The moth and larva are 

 figured at PI. ij, Fig. 10, a, b. 



24. M. Leincri (Freyer). — Fore-wings yellowish-brown, with the two stigmata bordered 

 with white, and a white zigzag subtcrminal line ; hind-wings of the male brownish-grey. 

 Expands about \\ inches. Inhabits Austro-Hungary. The variety Cervina (Eversm.), from 

 South Russia and Armenia, has dull reddish fore-wings, with a white line in the middle ; 

 and the variety Pomerana (Schulz), from Stettin, has yellowish-brown fore-wings, with broad 

 white nervures, white spots on the costa, and a white zigzag subtcrminal line, but no other 

 markings ; the hind-wings are thinly dusted with grey, with the hind margin darker. 



*25. M. Persieariee (Linn.). — Fore-wings violet-black, with double dentated transverse 

 lines ; the subtcrminal line consists of yellowish spots, spotted with black in front ; the 

 stigmata are surrounded with black, and the reniform stigma is white, with a rusty-yellow 

 centre ; hind-wings dirty white, with the hind margin brownish-grey. The reniform stigma is 

 brownish-grey in variety Unicolor (Staud.). Expands from \l to \\ inches. Larva dirty green 

 or greyish-brown, with a paler line on the back, large dark spots on segments 5, 6, and 12, and 

 light angular spots, open in front, on the other segments. It feeds on low plants in autumn. 

 The moth and larva are figured at PI. 36, Fig. 8, a, b. 



* 26. M. Brassica: (Linn.), {Cabbage Moth). — Fore-wings brownish-grey, varied with reddish, 

 with dark double dentated transverse lines, the orbicular stigma bordered with black, and the 



