250 European Butterflies and Moths. 



5. C. Blattarice (Esp.). — Allied to Thapsiphaga, but the fore-wings more iron-grey, only 

 varied with pale ochreous below the tips ; above the brownish inner margin runs a purer 

 white colouring from one-third of the length of the wing to the hind margin, and the dots 

 in the position of the stigmata are smaller and more indistinct. Size of Thapsiphaga. Inhabits 

 the south of Central Europe and Western Asia in May, but rather scarce. The larva is 

 citron-yellow above, with black spots, often united into the shape of a cross ; the sides grey, 

 dotted with black, and the head brown or red. It lives on the flowers and seeds of different 

 species of ScropJndaria in June and July. 



6. C. Prcnanthis (Boisd.). — Fore-wings dark brown on the costa, broadly ashy-grey below 

 the middle, so that the two colours run together ; the inner margin narrowly dark brown 

 as far as the middle, with two pale lunules, that nearest to the inner margin very long and 

 oblique, and with dark brown longitudinal stripes behind in cells \a and \b; hind-wings 

 uniform brownish-grey. Expands from i^ to 2 inches. Inhabits Eastern Germany and Russia 

 in April and May. The larva is green, with three yellowish lines on the back, and a white 

 line on the sides. It feeds on the seeds of Scrophularia vernalis in June. 



* 7. C. Astcris (W. V.). — Fore-wings violet-grey, the costa broadly reddish-brown, and 

 the orbicular and reniform stigmata narrowly surrounded with dusky ; the inner margin 

 narrowly edged with dark brown, with a pale lunule beyond the middle, from the middle 

 of which a dark brown stripe runs to the hind margin ; hind-wings brownish-grey, lighter 

 towards the base. Expands about if inches. Inhabits Central Europe and the Altai 

 from May to July. The larva is green, with yellow stripes on the back and sides, pale 

 subdorsal lines, and black longitudinal lines below. It feeds on golden rod and asters, 

 preferring the flowers, from July to September. {C. Celsicc, Herr.-Schaff., from Salonica, 

 has dark brown fore -wings, with the outer third obliquely pale ochreous ; hind-wings brown, 

 with the base and fringes paler. C. Virganrcce, Boisd., from the Ural and Altai, resembles 

 Astcris, but the fore-wings are more pointed at the tip ; the costa and inner margin are darker, 

 with scarcely any whitish space, and the stigmata are indistinct. C. Draciuiculi, Hubn., from 

 South Russia and the Altai, has pale grey fore-wings, with darker nervures, and the costa 

 brownish ; the stigmata are pale, surrounded with brown ; hind-wings grey, with brownish 

 hind margins. C. Mixta, Freyer, from Hungary and Sarepta, is closely allied to Dracunculi ; 

 the fore-wings are dull grey, varied with reddish, and the basal area is banded with pale. 

 C. Lactea, Fabr., from South Russia, Armenia, and the Altai, is almost uniform white ; the 

 fore-wings and the hind margin of the hind-wings are slightly dusted with brown. C. Bioniata, 

 Fisch,, also from South Russia and the Altai, has pale grey fore-wings, with dark nervures 

 and intermediate white lines, and two longitudinal ochre-yellow bands, the first traversing 

 the cell, and extending nearly to the hind margin; the second, which extends to the hind 

 margin, is in the middle of the wing, and is intersected by a black basal streak ; the stigmata 

 are absent. Hind-wings whitish, with the hind margin broadly grey and the fringes white. 

 C. Ba/samitce, Boisd., from Hungary and Sarepta, resembles Dracunculi; the fore-wings are 

 pale grey, whitish ochreous at the end of the cell, with a slender black longitudinal line 

 bordered with ochreous running from the base through the middle of the wing; hind-wings 

 grey, with the hind margin darker, and the fringes white.) 



*8. C. Umbratica (Linn.). — Fore-wings narrow, with the hind margin straight, and half as 

 long as the inner margin; ashy-grey, with a pale ochreous streak above the position of the 

 reniform stigma, and small black dots in the position of the orbicular stigma; narrow black 

 nervures in the marginal area, and black rays, bordered with whitish, between. There is also 



