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a curved black streak beneath the hinder edge of the discoidal cell ; and the hind-wings are 

 whitish in the male, and brownish-grey, paler towards the base, in the female. Expands 

 about 2 inches. One of the commonest species of the genus throughout Europe and Western 

 Asia from May to July. The larva is mottled with black and pale brown, and is leaden grey 

 below ; the anal fold is bordered with pale grey, and there is a pale grey stripe in the middle. 

 It feeds on sow-thistle from July to September. The moth is figured at PI. 39, Fig. 4. 



9. C. CampanulcB (Freyer). — Fore-wings broader than in Umbratica, with a slightly-curved 

 hind margin three-fifths of the length of the inner margin ; light bluish-grey, with oblique 

 dark shades on the costa, and tolerably distinct and sharply-dentated transverse lines ; the 

 dark rays and curved stripe as in Umbratica, the former suff'used and bordered with pale 

 grey, and that above the hinder angle thicker and more oblique ; the orbicular stigma 

 sometimes indicated bj' its narrow border; hind-wings evenly dusted with brownish-grey, antl 

 their tips distinctly angulated. Size of Uii/bmtica. Inhabits Southern and South-Central 

 Europe in June. The larva is pearly white, with small white spots and dots, a yellow macular 

 stripe on the back, and a narrower one on the sides. It lives on different species of Cam- 

 panula in August. 



10. C. Lucifuga (\V. v.). — Fore-wings as in Caiiipauiila;, with the hind margin rather more 

 curved and the tips not so pointed ; dull bluish-grey, varied with brownish ; the markings 

 as in CauipanulcB, but with no trace of the orbicular stigma ; the black nervures slightly 

 thickened towards the hind margin, and the black rays before the hind margin sometimes 

 indistinct, and sometimes expanded into triangular spots ; hind-wings with the tips rounded, 

 brownish-grey, lighter towards the base in the male. E.xpands from 2 to 2\ inches. Inhabits 

 Central Europe in May and June. The larva is black, with a row of broad orange-red spots 

 on the back, and a row of smaller red spots on the sides. It feeds on sow-thistle and wild carrot 

 in Jul}' and August. 



11. C. Lactiicce (VV. V.). — Fore-wings rather broad, with the hind margin three-quarters as 

 long as the inner margin, and distinctly curved ; dark bluish-grey, paler below the costa and 

 in the broad rays on the hind margin ; the markings as in Cainpaintlo' and Lucifuga, but the 

 curved black stripe is wanting, and the dark rays are replaced by dark longitudinal shades ; 

 hind-wings with rounded tips, dirty white in both sexes, with the hind margin broadly brownish- 

 grey. Size of Lucifuga. Inhabits Central Europe and Northern Asia in May and June. The 

 larva is pearly white, with a yellow stripe on the back and one on the sides composed cf 

 connected spots ; between these is a row of alternately oval and oblong large transverse spots. 

 It feeds on sow-thistle and lettuce, preferring the flowers, in July and August. The moth 

 and larva are figured at PI. 39, Fig. 5, a, b. 



12. C. Santolina: (Ramb.). — Fore-wings slightly dentated and rather broad at the tips; ashy- 

 grey, more or less shaded \\ith brown and whitish, with blackish lines and nervures ; the 

 transverse lines are black and dentated, and the elbowed line rests on a whitish spot towards 

 the costa, which is followed by a thick black streak extending to the hind margin. The 

 stigmata are absent. Hind-wings reddish-brown, with brown nervures, darker towards the 

 hind margin and anal angle; fringes spotted with brown and whitish. Expands about if 

 inches. Inhabits South-Western Europe in April and May. The larva lives on differenc 

 species of Artemisia in April and July. 



* 13. C. ChamomillcB (VV. V.). — Fore-wings narrow, brownish-grey, varied with pale grey, 

 with whitish rays in the marginal area. It may be known by the black lines on the nervures 

 being strongly thickened on the hind margin, and produced beyond to the middle of the 



