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* 18. H. Sordida (Borkh.), lufesta (Yx.),Aiiccps (Hiibn.). — Resembles unicolorous specimens of 

 Gciiiiua, but the fore-wings arc pale yellowish-grey, varied with pale brown, and with a black 

 basal streak ; the reniform stigma is grey witliin, bordered with whitish behind, and marked 

 with two white dots below ; hind-wings whitish, with a curved line, and the hind margin grey ; 

 the thorax unicolorous yellowish-grey. Expands from \\ to if inches. Common in Central 

 Europe in May and June. The larva is pale brown, with light longitudinal lines, and dark 

 warts. It feeds on grass, and hybernates when full-grown. {H. Leucodon, Eversm., from South 

 Russia and Siberia, is greyish-brown, the thorax varied with black and white, the fore-wings 

 with white lines bordered with black, and with submarginal black dashes ; the orbicular stigma 

 white, narrow, and oblique, the reniform stigma bordered with white, and the subterminal line 

 much angulated in the middle ; hind-wings with white fringes.) 



* 19. H. Gemina (Hiibn.). — Fore-wings brownish-grey, with indistinct double transverse lines 

 bordered with paler, the elbowed line slightly dentated, with white and dark dots at the ends 

 of the teeth, the subterminal line pale, with a distinct W and black arrow-heads before it, 

 and shaded with dark grey behind ; the stigmata inconspicuous, and the reniform stigma not 

 bordered with white behind ; hind-wings brownish-grey ; the thorax reddish-grey in the middle, 

 with the collar and scapulae blackish. The variety Ranissa (Tr.) has brighter coloured and 

 browner fore-wings, pale grey in the suffused submarginal band, and on the inner margin^ 

 with black basal streaks, and the extremity of the claviform stigma black. Expands about 

 ij inches. Common in Central Europe and Northern Asia from May to July. The larva 

 is brownish-grey, with three pale lines on the back, and a black line on the sides bordered below 

 with paler. It feeds on grass and low plants till May. 



*20. H. Unaiiiinis {Unhn.). — Fore-wings reddish-brown, blackish on the hind margin, with 

 two black basal streaks, and double transverse lines a little lighter on the inside ; the elbowed line 

 is slightly dentated, and curved inwards behind the reniform stigma, which is partly bordered 

 with white ; the subterminal line is yellowish, with a slight W ; hind-wings grey, lighter towards 

 the base, with a conspicuous dark central lunule. Expands about l\ inches. Occurs throughout 

 Central Europe from May to August. The larva is brownish-yellow, with three paler lines on 

 the back, and a pale-coloured head. It feeds on grass in June and autumn, and hybernates 

 when full-grown. (//. lUyria, Freyer, found in the Alps, has more pointed fore-wings, with 

 the markings more sharply defined, and the marginal area light brown.) 



*2I, H. Basilinea (W. V.). — Fore-wings ochreous or greyish, varied with brownish-red on 

 the costa in the central area, and in the suffused submarginal band ; hind margin grey ; a very 

 distinct black basal streak, the transverse lines a little darker than the ground-colour, and 

 slightly dentated ; the subterminal line is suffused, with an obtuse W ; the orbicular stigma is 

 small and round, and there are two white dots below the reniform stigma ; hind-wings pale grey. 

 E.xpands from \\ to \h inches. Common in Europe and the Altai in May and June. Larva 

 pale brownish-grey, with three white lines on the back ; the belly greenish, and the head pale 

 brown. It feeds on soft grasses, hidden between the leaves, and also lives in the ears of wheat, 

 feeding on the grains ; it hybernates when full-grown. 



* 22. H. Hcpatica (Hiibn.). — Fore-wings reddish-grey, varied with darker brown, with a thick 

 black basal streak, and dark transverse lines bordered with paler ; the elbowed line dentated, 

 with black and pale dots at the ends of the teeth ; the subterminal line curved, with no W, 

 but with blackish spots on both sides above the hinder angle, and above the middle ; the 

 orbicular stigma oblique, and entirely surrounded with black ; the reniform stigma thickly 

 bordered with black in front only, and not sharply bounded behind ; hind-wings blackish, with 



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