272 EuKOPEAy Butterflies and Moths. 



angulatcd, and bordered with wliitc on tlie outside ; the reniform stigma is white and 

 clouded in the middle, the hind margins arc marked with black lunules, and the hind- 

 wings and abdomen arc yellow, the former with a black border and central band.) 



GENUS IV. — EUCLIDIA (OCHS.). 



Rather small moths, expanding from 1;^ to li inches; the fore-wings with the tips obtuse, 

 and the hind margin long and straight; grey or brown, with light transverse lines, which 

 are not dentated ; stigmata indistinct ; hind-wings round, and as long as the abdomen, white 

 or yellow, banded with dusky ; the antenna; of the male ciliated. The larvae are slender 

 and naked, with three pairs of prolegs, the front pair rudimentary ; or with only two pairs. 

 They feed on grass and clover, and are double-brooded. Both the moths and larvae may be 

 found throughout the fine season. The moths fly in meadows in the sunshine, and rest 

 with their wings sloping. 



*i. E. Mi (Linn.). — Fore-wings varied with grey and brownish, with the orbicular 

 and reniform stigmata blackish, the transverse lines all whitish (pure white in variety 

 Littcrata, Cyr.) ; above the inner margin the elbowed line forms a deep bend, -extending 

 to the reniform stigma ; hind-wings black, spotted with white before the middle, and with 

 two rows of white spots beyond. Common in Europe and Northern and Western Asia. 

 The larva has twelve legs, and is yellowish-brown or straw-colour, with fine darker and 

 paler longitudinal lines, and a white stripe on the sides. The moth is figured at PI. 40, 

 Fig. 6. 



*2. E. Glypliica (Linn.). — Fore-wings violet-brown, with paler transverse lines, which are 

 slightly curved, and broadly bordered with olive-brown on the inside ; a triangular brown spot 

 on the costa, near the tip ; hind-wings greyish-brown, with two yellow bands, broader and 

 generally united in front. It is as common and as widely distributed as ]\li, and the larva 

 resembles that of J//, but has fourteen legs, and is rather darker, with a white triangle above 

 the mouth, and a black spot on the belly just before the first pair of prolegs. The moth is 

 figured at PI. 40, Fig. 5. {E. Mnnita, Hiibn., from Sarepta, has reddish-ochre fore-wings 

 washed with blackish towards the hind margin, with two large angular brownish-black 

 blotches, the first triangular, with two very sharp angles touching the costa and inner 

 margin, and the second forming a band bounded by the elbowed line, which is deeply 

 excavated in the middle ; beyond the elbowed line is a dusky spot on the costa ; hind- 

 wings paler, with a narrow blackish subterminal band.) 



3. E. Triquctra (W. V.). — Fore-wings reddish-grey, with two large triangular dark brown 

 spots on the inner margin, and another, connected with the outermost, behind the reniform 

 stigma ; hind-wings yellow, with a curved blackish submarginal stripe. Inhabits South- 

 Eastern Europe and Northern and Western Asia. {E. Eortalitiuin, Tausch., from the Ural 

 and Altai, has greyish-brown fore-wings, with a basal streak and all the lines whitish ; the 

 inner and elbowed lines bordered with black, the former excavated on the inside and the 

 latter waved ; hind-wings greyish-brown, with a very angulated brown stripe across the middle, 

 and a broad border, which is marked with a pale stripe.) 



GENUS V. — CEROCALA (BOISD.). 

 Allied to Eiiclidia, but the antennae and palpi are longer, and the former are pectinated 

 in the male. The only species, C. Sarpiilosa (Boisd.), has the fore-wings varied with paler 



