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from it in the character of its markings. The fore-wings are purplish-rosy, with three longitudinal 

 pale yellow streaks, and the hind-wings are grey, sufifused with rosy. 



GENUS IV. — CHARICLEA (STEPH.). 



Fore-wings rather pointed, without stigmata, with two double transverse lines, the inner line 

 composed of three curves, and the elbowed line curved and not dentated ; hind-wings small, 

 extending as far as the middle of the abdomen. 



*i. C. Dclpliinii (Linn.). — Fore-wings varied with paler and darker purplish-red, with dark 

 transverse lines bordered within with light, and a light subterminal line, which is not dentated ; 

 hind-wings whitish, with a grey central lunule and marginal band. Expands about \\ inches. 

 It is found throughout Central and Eastern Europe in May and June, though rather local. In 

 England it is very rare. The larva is violet-grey, dotted with black, with yellow lines on the 

 back and sides. It feeds on larkspur and monkshood in July and August, but must be reared 

 alone, as it is a cannibal, like others of the Heliotlddce. The moth is figured at Fl. 39, Fig. 8. 

 (C Victorina, Sodoffsky, from the Caucasus and Armenia, has straw-coloured fore-wings, with 

 two oblique rosy stripes, the inner one suffused and the outer one double ; hind-wings greyish, 

 with the base and fringes whitish.) 



2. C. Treitschkei (Friv.). — Fore-wings straw-colour, with the base and fringes rosy, the latter 

 spotted with red, and a large red spot on the costa, from which run the dark olive-yellow 

 transverse lines, which are near together ; hind-wings ashy-grey, with the base paler, and rosy 

 fringes. Inhabits Turkey and South Russia. 



GENUS V. — XANTHODES (OUEN.). 

 Middle-sized moths, with broad yellow fore-wings; the pattern generally irregular, the 

 tip slightly produced, but hardly pointed, and the hind margin slightly curved. Hind-wings 

 white, not shorter than the abdomen. 



1. X. JSIalvcB (Esp.). — Fore-wings yellow, clouded with brown, with three darker angulated 

 transverse lines, and black marginal dots ; hind-wings whitish, with the hind margin broadly 

 fawn-colour. Expands about \\ inches. Inhabits Spain and Sicily. 



2. X. Gra'dhii (Fcisth.). — Fore-wings rich yellow, with a broad reddish-brown longitudinal 

 stripe on the outer part of the disc, and three spots of the same colour below the costa ; 

 hind margin and fringes dark grey ; hind-wings white, bordered with fawn-colour. Expands 

 about if inches. The larva is long and cylindrical; light yellowish-green, dotted with black I 

 and reddish on the back. It feeds on Lavatera Olbia in summer. Inhabits Spain, Nubia, the 

 East Indies, and the Mauritius. 



FAMILY XL— ANARTID.^. 



Small moths, either with bright colours and markings, or unicolorous dark grey, the 

 iVi^f/z/rt-pattern more or less distinct, and sometimes wholly absent ; hind-wings little or not 

 at all contracted below the tips ; antenna: simple, and the legs short and woolly. The larvje 

 are naked, with sixteen leg.s. The moths fly over flowers in the day-time, and rest with their 

 wings sloping. 



GENUS I. — EUTERPIA (GU£N.). 



Fore-wings moderately broad, with the hind margin oblique and curved ; hind-wings 

 triangular, and the abdomen extending for one-third of its length beyond the anal angle- 

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