2 2<S European Butterflies and Moths. 



reniform stigma partially bordered with white ; the subtenninal line whitish, with a distinct W 

 spotted with dusky behind ; hind-wings brownish-grey ; the front tibi;e with a strong horny 

 claw at the end. P^xpands about \\ inches. Abundant in Europe and Northern and 

 Western Asia in May and June. Larva green or brownish, with three lighter lines on 

 the back, and oblique black dashes between. On the I2th segment is a black horseshoe- 

 shaped spot ; and there is a light stripe on the sides. It feeds on cabbages and low 

 plants in summer and autumn, and is often very destructive, eating into the hearts of the 

 cabbage. The moth and larva are figured at PI. 36, Fig. 9, a, b. 



* 27. ]\I. Alhicoloii (Hiibn.). — Resembles Brassicce,\i\x\. altogether paler; fore-wings uniform 

 brownish-gre)', with indistinct markings; the subterminal line broken into yellowish spots ; hind- 

 wings lighter towards the base ; the crest on the abdomen slighter, and tlie front tibi?e with no 

 claw. E.xpands about i| inches. Inhabits Central Europe and the Altai in May and June. The 

 larva also resembles that of Brassiccc; it is dark green, with three light lines on the back, and 

 oblique black dashes between, and a waved reddish stripe on the sides. It feeds on low plants in 

 July and August. (.1/. Siibconligita, Evcrsm., from the Ural, has dark grey fore-wings, with the 

 stigmata paler; the submarginal line is white, and forms two obtuse teeth in the middle; hind- 

 wings grey, with the hind margin blackish.) 



28. J/. Scn-atiliuca (Ochs.). — Fore-wings rather long ; pale grey, with dark transverse lines, 

 \\hich are scarcely double ; the elbowed line is sharply dentated, and there is a row of white dots 

 behind the teeth ; the stigmata are indistinct, and there are two white dots behind the reniform 

 stigma at its lower end ; the subterminal line is whitish, and zigzag, with dark spots in front 

 above the mitldle, and at the hinder angle ; hind-wings dirty white, with the hind margin grey. 

 E.xpands about 2 inches. It occurs in Austria, Switzerland, the Ural and Altai, and Armenia 

 in July and August. The larva is grey, with a dark head. It feeds on low plants in spring. 



* 29. lil. Ncbitlosa (Hufn.). — The fore-wings are pale grey, varied with darker, with double 

 dentated black transverse lines, filled up with paler ; the stigmata large, narrowly surrounded with 

 black ; and a light zigzag subterminal line, which is marked in front with large black arrow- 

 heads above the hinder angle, and in the middle with smaller ones ; hind-wings pale grey, darker 

 towards the hind margin. E.xpands from 2 to 2i inches. Common in Central Europe and 

 Northern and Western Asia from May to July. The larva is dirty white or pale brownish-grey, 

 with dark brown lozenge-shaped spots on the back, and dark brown oblique stripes and a 

 longitudinal line on the sides. It feeds on low plants from autumn to May. The moth is 

 figured at PI. 36, Fig. 10. 



* 30. AI. Tincta (Borkh.). — Fore-wings pale green i.sh-grey, varied with brown, especially in the 

 central area, with double transverse lines filled up with paler ; the elbowed line dentated, with 

 black and white dots beyond the teeth ; the stigmata large, the subterminal line slightly zigzag, 

 with black spots in fiont above the middle and above the hinder angle; hind-wings grey. 

 Expands about 2 inches. Common in Northern and Central Europe and the Altai in June and 

 July. The larva is ochre-yellow, or reddish-brown, marbled with darker, with dark connected 

 lozenge-shaped spots on the back, and dark brown oblique dashes on the sides. It feeds on grass, 

 bilberry, birch, &c., from autumn to May. The moth is figured at PL 36, Fig. 11. 



■^31. M. Advaia (W, V.). — Resembles Tincta, but the fore-wings are narrower; violet-grey, 

 varied with rusty-red ; the subterminal line scarcely dentated, and bordered in front with 

 brownish-red, which is broadest and darkest above the hinder angle; hind-wings of a more 

 yellowish grey. Expands from if to 2 inches. Common in Northern and Central Europe and 

 Northern Asia in June and July. The larva is brownish-grey, with dull dark lozenge-shaped 



