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GENUS III. — ECCRITA (r.ED.). 

 Fore-wings truncated behind and rounded at the hinilcr angle, with no distinct transverse 

 lines or orbicular stigma ; hind-wings very broad and rounded. Larvae as in Toxocampa. 

 The only species, E. Liidicra (HiJbn.), has violet-grey fore -wings, transversely speckled with 

 brown, brownish in the marginal area, and the reniform stigma black, broader below, and 

 divided by the pale nervures ; head and collar brownish-black. Expands from i| to 2 inches- 

 Inhabits Eastern Europe and Northern Asia in June and July. The larva is violet-grey, with 

 a broad brown stripe on the back, divided by a pale line and bordered with black, and with 

 a brown stripe on the sides, and a white one below it. It feeds on vetches in May. {Dichagyris 

 Melauura, Herr.-Schiiff., is a genus and species closely allied to Exop/iila and Eccrita ; the fore- 

 wings and the under surface of all the wings are white, with a broad black border and concolorous 

 fringes ; the hind-wings are grey above. The only known specimen is supposed to have been 

 taken in Dalmatia.) 



GENUS IV. — TOXOCAMPA (GUfiN.). 



Middle-sized moths; the fore-wings as in Eccrita, but much broader behind, violet-grey or 

 brownish-yellow, transversely speckled with darker ; all the transverse lines absent or suffused, 

 the orbicular stigma reduced to a black dot, or absent, and the reniform stigma, as well as the 

 head and collar, dark brown ; hind-wings very broad, truncated below the tips, and brownish- 

 grey. The larvse are slender, with the front prolegs rudimentary. They feed on vetches, and 

 hide themselves during the day. 



I. T. Lusoria (W. V.). — Fore-wings of a yellowish violet-grey; the orbicular stigma is a 

 black dot, and the reniform stigma is much widened below, and not divided with paler ; 

 the subterminal line is indicated by the darker shading in front. Expands from if to 2 

 inches. Inhabits South-Eastern Europe and Northern and Western Asia in July and August. 

 The larva is ashy-grey, with a double red lino on the back, a black one below, and two 

 more red ones lower down on each side. It is met with in May and June, and is figured, 

 with the moth, at PI. 40, Fig. 9, a, b. 



* 2. T. Pastiniim (Tr.). — Fore-wings of a bluish violet-grey, brownish in the marginal area. 

 The stigmata as in Liisoria, but the reniform stigma is only a little broader below, and 

 there are one or two black dots outside its lower end. Expands from il to \\ inches. 

 Common in Central Europe and Northern Asia in June. The larva is ashy-grey, with three 

 rows of small yellow spots on the back, and a broad white stripe on the sides, dotted with 

 white, and orange-yellow below. It lives till May. {T. Glycyrrluz(s, Ramb., from Andalusia, 

 has grey fore-wings, finely striated with brown, with the suffused submarginal band and hind- 

 wings rusty-yellow. The reniform stigma is black, a little widened below, and the head 

 and collar are brownish-red. Expands about 2 inches.) 



*3. T. Craccce (W. V.). — Fore-wings reddish ashy-grey, with narrow pale nervures; 

 brownish in the marginal area, with several dark spots on the costa, and a blacker reniform 

 stigma divided by the nervures, but with no transverse lines ; the sufl'used submarginal band 

 is reddish-brown. Expands from i\ to i| inches. Local in Central and Southern Europe, and 

 in Northern and Western Asia, in May and June ; rare in England. Larva light grey, with a 

 dark double line on the back, and a greyish-brown streak and dark oblique dashes on the sides. 

 It feeds in summer and autumn. The moth is figured at PI. 40, P'ig. 10. 



4. T. Vicice {Wnhn.). — Resembles C^a^f^, but smaller (expands li inches or less); the costal 

 spots are not so dark, and there are two suffused brown transverse lines, and a pale subterminal 



