Catocala, 2 7 I 



and lives exposed till the third moult, but afterwards it hides itself during the day under stones 

 and rubbish near the tree on which it feeds. 



11. C. Neonympha (Hubn.). — Fore-wings grey, with brown angulated fascijE bordered with 

 black ; hind-wings and abdomen yellow, the former with a short black central band, and the 

 border interrupted, and with an oblong yellow spot at the tip. Inhabits South Russia. 

 Armenia, and the Altai. {C. NyinpJicBa, Esp., from South Europe, has fore-wings like 

 Conversa, brown, with the elbowed line evenly dentated, and hind-wings like those of 

 Neonympha, but with the waved central band longer ; the larva feeds on oak.) 



12. C. Paranympha (Linn). — Fore-wings reddish-grey, varied with brown, reddish-white 

 below the costa before the middle, with the elbowed line strongly and unevenly dentated ; hind- 

 wings yellow, with a curved black central band, connected with another running parallel to 

 the inner margin, and with the black border interrupted ; tip yellow. Expands from 2 to 

 2\ inches. The larva is grey or brown, with a long pointed tubercle on the 9th segment, 

 and with two brown points on the last segment but one. It feeds on sloe, especially on old 

 bushes. The moth and larva are figured at PL 41, Fig. 7, a, b. 



13. C. Hyinciuca (W. V.). — Fore-wings dark grey, with the elbowed line slightly zigzag in 

 the middle ; hind-wings yellow, with the central black band slightly curved and not ex- 

 tending to the inner margin, the black border interrupted, and the tip yellow. Expands 

 from if to 2 inches. The larva is ashy-grey, with raised dots, a double spot on the 9th 

 segment, and points on the last segment but one, all brownish-red. It feeds on sloe. 

 Inhabits South-Eastern Europe and Western Asia. {C. Protonyuipha, Boisd., only known by 

 a single specimen taken near Paris in August, is supposed by Staudinger to be a specimen of 

 Eutychea, with the hind-wings of Hyincncea) 



14. C. Conveisa (Esp.), — Fore-wings varied with ashy-grey and brownish-grey, with the 

 elbowed line nearly evenly dentated ; hind-wings dull ochre-yellow, with a curved black 

 central stripe, and the black border broad and unspotted. The variety Carbonaria (Stand.) 

 has nearly black fore-wings, and the variety Againos (Hiibn.) is also very dark, especially on 

 the hind-wings. Expands from 2 to 2\ inches. The larva is blackish, with two yellow spots 

 on the lower part of the back of each of segments 4 and 5, and with large greyish-yellow 

 spots on the sides of segments 7 to 10. It feeds on sloe. 



15. C. Eutycliea (Tr,). — Fore-wings greyish-brown, with black angulated transverse lines; 

 the reniform stigma and a semi-oval spot below whitish, and surrounded with black ; hind- 

 wings yellow, with a short angulated central band, and a black border. Expands about if 

 inches. [Common in Greece and Asia Minor. The Spanish variety Dotata (Herr.-Schaff.) 

 has the band curved instead of angulated. (C. Divcrsa, Geyer, from South Europe, is of 

 the size of Conjiincta ; fore -wings clouded with grey, and with black transverse lines, as in 

 Conversa; hindrwings yellow, with the black border broad, and decreasing to the anal 

 angle, and a black crescent-shaped ceptral band, not extending to the inner margin. The 

 larva feeds on oak.) 



16. C. NympJiagoga (Esp.). — Fore-wings varied with grey and brown, with slightly dentated 

 black transversa lines ; hind-wings yellow, with the base dusky, a broad black border, 

 narrower ^nd almost interrupted, in the middle, and a narrow central stripe forming a right 

 angle at its lower extremity, and extending nearly to the hind margin. Expands from i^ 

 to li- inches. It inhabits South Europe and Western Asia, and the larva feeds on oak. 

 (C. Disjuncta, Geyer, from Greece, Asia Minor, and perhaps Italy, is of the size ot 

 Nynipliagoga ; fore-wings brown, with a black trifid basal streak, the elbowed line bluish, 



