268 European Butterflies a. yd Mot/is. 



rose-colour, waslied with reddish-brown, and marked with scattered metallic blue spots. Towards 

 the base are a few reddish hairs ; the orbicular stigma is angular, and the hind margin is varied 

 with blue and black ; hind-wings white, with the hind margin and a central spot brown. 

 15oth these species are found in South-Eastern Europe and Western Asia.) 



FAMILY XV.— OPHIUSID^. 



Middle-sized or large moths ; the body moderately slender, fore-wings broad, rarely with 

 the jVi?r/«a-pattern distinct ; hind-wings frequently banded, or with a dark marginal band, and 

 rarely shorter than the abdomen ; the antennae simple. The larva; have the two first pairs 

 of prolegs more or less rudimentary, and undergo their transformations in a slight cocoon. 



GENUS I. — ANOPHIA (GU£N.). 



Middle-sized moths; fore-wings dark brown, with black dentated transverse lines, the inner 

 line single, and the elbowed line double ; the subterminal line suffused and zigzag, and the 

 .stigmata indistinct ; hind-wings white, with a broad blackish border, the fringes broadly white 

 below the tips and towards the anal angle ; and the abdomen extends considerably beyond 

 the latter. The larv^ are naked, and the front prolegs are slightly rudimentary ; they feed 

 on Convohndus. The moths fly at twilight, and rest with their wings sloping. 



1. A. Fiincsta (Esp.), Lcncomclas (Hiibn.). — Fore-wings dark brown, with a large pinkish- 

 white spot beyond the middle of the costa ; hind-wings white, with a broad regular border. 

 Expands from \\ to \.\ inches. Inhabits Southern and South-Central Europe and Western 

 Asia in June. The larva is brownish-grey, dotted with orange, with yellow chain-like spots 

 on the back, and a pale line on the sides. It is found in July and August, especially in 

 vineyards, and hides itself during the day. 



2. A. Lencomelas (Linn.), Rambnrii (Tr.). — Fore-wings dark brown, with the reniform 

 stigma partially bordered with paler, and with a pale spot below ; hind-wings white, with a 

 narrower black border than in Fitncsta. E.xpands about l| inches. Inhabits South Europe and 

 North Africa in July. The larva is brownish, with three orange lines on the back, and a white 

 waved stripe on the sides. 



GENUS II. — CATEPHIA (OCHS.). 



Fore-wings dark, with rather indistinct markings ; hind-wings short, the abdomen extending 

 for one-third of its length beyond the anal angle ; the antennae of the male strongly ciliated. 

 The larvae with very rudimentary prolegs, and with warts and fleshy prominences on the 5th 

 and 1 2th segments. The moths fly at night, and rest with their wings sloping. There is 

 only one European species, * C. Alcliyinista (W. V.), which has black fore-wings, with single 

 zigzag deep black transverse lines and central shade, and the stigmata surrounded with black ; 

 the subterminal line is brownish, zigzag, and widened on the inner margin ; hind-wings white, 

 with a broad black border at the tip and anal angle. Expands from \\ to if inches. It 

 inhabits Central and Southern Europe in June, and has once been taken in the Isle of 

 Wight. The larva is mottled with brownish-grey and pale grey. It feeds on oak from July 

 to September. The moth is figured at PI. 41, Fig. 2. 



GENUS III. — CATOCALA (SCHRANK), 



Fore-wings broad, with the hind margin long and a little oblique ; brown or grey, and 

 resembling bark, with strong nervures and with single or double dark transverse lines, which 



