256 European Butterflies and Moths. ' 



with a large black central lunule and border, the latter with a large pale spot in the middle. 

 Expands about i\ inches. Common throughout the greater part of Europe, Northern and 

 Western Asia, and North Africa from May to autumn, especially frequenting clover-fields. The 

 larva is green or rust-colour, with white lines on the back and sides. It feeds on chicory, 

 larkspur, &c., in July and August. The moth is figured at PI. 39, Fig. 7. {H. Maritiina, 

 Grasl., found in La Vendue in June, is perhaps a variety of this ; the fore-wings are 

 generally darker and tinged with reddish, more uniform, and the central band better marked 

 and more distinctly bounded. The larva feeds on the seeds of different species of Spargiilaria 

 in July and August.) 



5. H. Ononis (W. V.). — Fore-wings ashy-grey, suffused with reddish at the base ; the marginal 

 area and the broad central shade, on which the reniform stigma stands, and which is expanded 

 on the inner marginal half as far as the elbowed line, are dark olive-grey ; the elbowed and sub- 

 terminal lines are light and not dentated ; hind-wings whitish, with a large black central spot 

 extending to the hind margin. Expands about i inch. Widely distributed in the south of 

 Central Europe, but always scarce. The larva is green or reddish-brown, with a dark double 

 line on the back, and two whitish lines on the sides, the uppermost bordered with dusky below 

 It feeds on toad-flax, rest-harrow, &c., in August and September. 



GENUS II. — ANTH.ECIA (BOISD.). 



Allied to HdiotJiis, but the front tibije are furnished with a horny claw instead of spines ; 

 the fore-wings are pointed, and the hind-wings are black, with a whitish band before the middle ; 

 and the female is provided with an ovipositor. 



1. A. Cardtii (Hiibn.). — Fore-wings olive-green, brownish-white in the central area and on the 

 hind margin, with a dark green reniform stigma, but with no distinct transverse lines ; and the 

 pale band of the hind-wings does not extend to the inner margin. Expands about I inch. 

 Inhabits the southern half of Central Europe in July. The larva is greyish-brown, with a con- 

 nected stripe of whitish spots on the back. It feeds on Picris hieracioides in August. 



2. A. Cognatiis (Hiibn.). — -Fore-wings olive-brown, varied with pale grey in the central area, 

 with all the lines pale and not dentated ; and the pale band of the hind-wings extends to the 

 inner margin. Expands about three-quarters of an inch. It inhabits South-Eastern Europe in 

 June. The larva is brownish-grey or greenish-grey, with a dark double line on the back, and a 

 white line on the sides, bordered with brown. It feeds on Prenanthes purpurea and Chondrilla 

 y««a'rt in August and September. {A.Pnrpurascens, Tausch., from South Russia and Turkey 

 has purple fore-wings, with a purplish central and marginal band, the latter bordered with whitish ; 

 hind-wings coppery-black, with two white spots in the middle, and white fringes. A. Imperialis, 

 Stand., from the Caucasus and Armenia, differs from this in having the pale markings of the 

 fore-wings greenish-grey, and a white dot in the middle ; the hind-wings are black, with an 

 angulated white oand in the middle. A. Cora, Eversm., from South-Eastern Europe and 

 Northern Asia, has coppery-brown fore-wings, with two darker suffused bands, the two transverse 

 lines whitish and much waved, and a black spot on the costa near the tip ; hind-wings orange, 

 with the base and hind margin broadly brown, and pale fringes.) 



GENUS III. — /EDOPHRON (LED.). 

 The only European species of this genus, JE. Rhodites (Eversm.), from South-Eastern Europe 

 and Western Asia, much resembles Cluiricka Delphinii in size, colour, and outline, but differs 



