244 European Butterflies and Moths. • 



white spots in black rings, and connected by a black line on each segment ; a red stripe on the 

 sides, bordered with white. It prefers cypress spurge to other food. The moth and larva arc figured 

 at PI. 38, Figs. 12, rt, b. 



GENUS III. — EGIRA (DUP.). 

 Fore-wings rather pointed at the tips, and the fringes much waved ; the Noctiia-T^dXV&m com- 

 plete, except that the claviform stigma is absent ; hind-wings much contracted above the middle ; 

 position of the wings at rest the same as in Calocarnpa. The only species, *E. Solidaginis (Hiibn.), 

 has grey fore-wings, varied with brownish, and (especially in the marginal area) with whitish, with 

 dark dentated transverse lines bordered with paler, a small round orbicular stigma, and a large 

 reniform stigma with a white centre ; the subterminal line whitish, with a distinct W, and deep 

 black arrow-heads in front ; hind-wings dirty white, with a grey curved stripe and hind margin. 

 Expands from li to if inches. Inhabits Northern and Central Europe and the Altai in August 

 and September, chiefly in hilly districts. The larva is reddish-brown, with three light lines on the 

 back, dark angular shades between, and a broad pale yellow stripe on the sides, bordered above 

 with brownish-red. It feeds on bilberry in June. 



GENUS IV. — XYLOMYGES (GU£N.). 

 Wings shaped as in Egira, but the hind-wings are less contracted. On the fore-wings the 

 transverse lines are absent, but the subterminal line is indicated by a pale space, which has two 

 long teeth in the middle, separated and bordered by narrow black triangles. The only species, 

 *X. Compicillaris (Linn.), has pale yellowish-brown fore-wings, pale grey in the suffused sub- 

 marginal band, and often more or less varied with dark brown (sometimes so much so that in variety 

 Melaleuca, View, only the inner margin and a stripe in the position of the subterminal line remain 

 pale) ; the three stigmata are narrowly bordered with black, the reniform stigma is open behind, and 

 the hind-wings are white. Expands about i| inches. Inhabits Central Europe and the Altai from 

 April to June, but not generally common. The larva is green or brown, with dark suffused 

 lozenge-shaped spots on the back, and a yellowish-white stripe on the sides. It feeds on various 

 low plants in July. The moth is figured at PI. 38, Fig. 13. 



GENUS V. — SCOTOCHROSTA (LED.). 

 Fore-\\ings sloping off obliquely behind beyond the middle, with the A^i3r///rt'-pattern quite 

 indistinct, but with longitudinal stripes ; hind-wings short and rounded, and the abdomen extend- 

 ing much beyond them. The only species, 5. Pnlla (W. V.), has slaty-grey fore-wings, varied 

 with darker, with slender black nervures and black longitudinal streaks, especially between and 

 below the stigmata and beyond the subterminal line ; the orbicular and reniform stigmata are 

 indicated by their yellowish colouring, and the subterminal line by the rather lighter sufiused sub- 

 marginal band, which is zigzag behind ; hind-wings white Expands from if to 2 inches. Inhabits 

 Southern Europe in September. The larva is green, marbled with white, and with a white stripe 

 on the sides. It feeds on low plants in April and May. 



FAMILY VII.— CLEOPHANID^. 



Rather small moths ; the fore-wings short and broad, with a long and rather oblique hind 

 margin, slightly and regularly curved, and the AW//^«-pattcrn irregular, though occasionally more 



