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European Butterflies axd Moths. 



and with white fringes. Expands about if inches. It inhabits South France and Hungary, and 

 the larva, which resembles that oi Absinthii, feeds on Artemisia campliorata. 



24. C. Spectabilis (Hiibn.). — Fore-wings bluish-grey, with angulated orange transverse lines, 

 bordered with black ; the orbicular stigma yellowish-brown, bordered with white, and with a white 

 spot behind ; the reniform stigma blackish, bordered with orange ; a white submarginal line and 

 black marginal spots ; hind-wings pale, with a grey curved line, and the hind margins very broadly 

 grey; the fringes white. Inhabits Russia and the Altai. 



25. C. Scopula (Fisch.), Magnifica (Freyer). — Fcre-wings silvery-white, the borders and 

 transverse lines yellowish-grey, and the latter bordered with dark green on both sides ; hind- 

 wings white. Expands about \\ inches. Very rare in Austria ; commoner in South Russia. 



26. C. Argentea (Hufn.), Arteinisi(B (W. V.). — Fore-wings green, with large silvery spots ; 

 hind-wings white, greyish towards the hind margin. Expands about l\ inches. Inhabits the 

 greater part of Central Europe (except the west) and the Altai in May and June, and 

 erroneously reputed British. The larva is green, with a white line on the back, and brownish- 

 red prominences. It lives on wormwood from July to September. The transformations are 

 figured at PI. 39, Fig. 6, a — c. {C. Splendida, StoU, from South Russia and the Altai, has 

 brilliant silverj'-white wings, and the hind- wings broadly bordered with grey. C. Argentina, 

 Fabr., has olive-brown and rather pointed fore-wings, with a broad longitudinal brilliant silvery 

 stripe, truncated and slightly concave at the end of the cell ; hind-wings white. It like- 

 wise inhabits South Russia and the Altai, and remarkably resembles a huge Cravibiis, both 

 in shape and colour.) 



FAMILY IX.— EURHIPID^. 



Rather small moths ; the fore-wings marbled and finely scaled, slightly projecting below 

 the tips, which are truncated, and then sloping off obliquely ; hind-wings very slightly con- 

 tracted below the tips, scarcel}' extending beyond the middle of the abdomen ; the antennae 

 of the male dentated and ciliated, and the tongue horny ; the femora and tibiae densely woolly. 

 The larvae are naked, with sixteen legs, and undergo their transformations in a cocoon in the 

 ground. The moths curve up their abdomen when at rest, and spread their wings out fiat 

 like GcoinetreB, so that the hind-wings are not quite covered by the fore-wings. There is but one 

 European genus and species, Eurliipia Adidatrix (Boisd.), which has the fore-wings varied 

 with light brown and rosy, with a whitish and strongly interrupted transverse stripe before the 

 middle, the reniform stigma whitish, and the central area varied with whitish, and bordered on 

 both sides with fine dark and light transverse lines, the elbowed line bordered with blood- 

 red in the middle and below the costa, and expanded into a greenish-silver)^ spot on the 

 inner margin ; hind-wings white, with the hind margin brownish. Expands from i to \\ inches. 

 Inhabits Europe, south of the Alps. The larva is light green, with a darker line on the back, 

 yellowish lines below, and a yellow or crimson stripe on the sides. It feeds on Rhus cotiuus 

 and on several species of Pistacia, and there is a succession of broods throughout the year. 



FAMILY X.— HELIOTHID.E. 



Small or middle-sized moths, with rather stout bodies ; the fore-wings rarely with the com- 

 plete A^icc/z/rt-pattern ; in most cases only the reniform stigma and traces of the uiidentated 

 transverse lines are visible ; hind-wings pale, with a darker marginal band and central spot, which 



