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18. C. Fraudatrix (Eversm.). — Fore-wings brownish-grey, with pale grey spots, not sharply 

 bounded, instead of, and below the position of the two stigmata ; the transverse lines 

 indicated, especially the inner line, and a rather broad and suffused pale grey subterminal 

 line, intersected by three thick black longitudinal dashes. Hind-wings ashy grey, with the 

 hind margin brown, and the fringes whitish. Expands about \\ inches. Inhabits Eastern 

 Europe and the Altai. The larva is greyish-white, suffused with flesh-colour and dusted with 

 greenish, with a pale line on the back, and oblique greenish oblong spots. It feeds on 

 wormwood in September. 



*19. C. Gnaphalii (Hiibn.). — Fore-wings rather broad, reddish-grey, varied with light violet- 

 grey in the basal and marginal areas, and narrowly black on the inner margin, with yellowish- 

 brown stigmata surrounded with lighter, two deep black rays before the hind margin, and a light 

 obtusely interrupted transverse line above the inner margin in the position of the elbowed line ; 

 hind-wings brownish-grey, paler towards the base. Expands about I J inches. Found throughout 

 Central Europe and the Altai in June, but not very common. Larva green, with a row of large 

 connected pale violet lozenge-shaped spots on the back, and a row of smaller spots on the sides. 

 It feeds on golden rod in July and August, preferring the leaves. {C. FiicJisiana, Eversm., from 

 the Ural and Altai, has ashy-grey fore-wings, varied with reddish, with lanceolate lines and mar- 

 ginal spots, alternately whitish and black ; hind-wings grey, with the hind margin very broadly 

 darker, and the fringes white. C. Propitiqna, Eversm., from the same localities, has ashy-grey 

 fore-wings, varied with black and fawn-colour, with paler lanceolate lines and marginal spots, and 

 a white streak on the hinder part of the disc ; hind-wings ashy-grey, with the hind margin broadly 

 blackish, and white fringes.) 



20. C. Artemisia (Hufn.), Ahrotani (W. V.). — Fore-wings narrow, varied with paler and darker 

 grey, the inner margin not black, the transverse lines tolerably distinct, the inner line with long 

 teeth, and the elbowed line sharply interrupted above the inner margin ; the two stigmata pale, 

 with dark centres and black borders ; hind-wings brownish-white, with the hind margin brownish- 

 grey. Expands about if inches. Inhabits Central Europe (except Britain) and the Altai in May 

 and June. The larva is green, with a white line on the back, and protuberances tipped with 

 brownish-red. It feeds on the flowers of the wormwood in July and August. 



21. C. Scoparice (Dorfm.). — Resembles Artemisia:, but smaller, the fore-wings browner, the 

 inner line with much shorter and more obtuse teeth, and the elbowed line obtusely interrupted 

 above the inner margin. It occurs in Austria in July. The larva is reddish-brown or brownish- 

 green, with a pale line on the back, and oblique pale red streaks below, and a broad white stripe on 

 the sides. It feeds on Artemisia scoparia in September. 



*22. C. Absintliii (Linn.). — Fore-wings varied with brown and ashy-grey, with two longi- 

 tudinal rows of black spots instead of stigmata, the transverse lines double, thick, and black, but 

 the elbowed line only visible above the inner margin ; hind-wings as in Artemisice. Expands 

 about li inches. Found throughout Central Europe and the Altai from May to July; rare in 

 England. The larva is green, humped, marked with white lines on the back and sides, and with 

 reddish-brown crescents. It feeds on wormwood in August and September. 



23. C. Formosa (Rogenh.). — Fore-wings pearly grey ; the central area is nearly black, and 

 intersected by a straight yellowish band, on which stands the small ochreous orbicular stigma, 

 which is surrounded with white ; the reniform stigma, which bounds the central area outside, is 

 large, chamois-colour, and shaded with brown behind. The base and inner line are tinged with 

 yellowish, and the nervures are blackish. The fringes are brown, preceded by small blackish 

 lunules on the nervures. Hind-wings hyaline-white, a little clouded towards the hind margins, 



