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two orange-yellow stripes on the back, divided by a dark line, and bordered below by black 

 arches, and there are white spots on the sides of the 4th segment. 



5. E. Candidiila (W. V.). — Fore-wings white, clouded with grey, with fine dark double trans- 

 verse lines, a rather large reniform stigma, bordered below with black dots, and a large 

 triangular costal spot ; hind-wings pale grey. Expands about i inch. Scarce and local in 

 many parts of Central Europe and Northern and Western Asia. The larva is green, with three 

 dark lines on the back, and two whitish lines on the sides. It feeds on grass and other low plants. 



6. E. Scitula (Ramb.). — Fore-wings much rounded, grey, with the basal area white, and a 

 blackish central shade. The elbowed and subterminal lines are white, curved, and sinuated, and 

 the latter expands into a white space below the tip ; and beyond this is a reddish-brown spot- 

 marked with a greyish-white zigzag line and some black dots. The upper half of the fringes is 

 brownish, and the stigmata are indicated by some black scales. Hind-wings grey, paler at the 

 base, and the fringes white. Expands about half an inch. A rarity in South Europe. 

 (E. Niunerica, Boisd., has the fore-wings brown, with all the lines white and zigzag, and a fes- 

 tooned marginal line; the stigmata bordered with white, and resembling a figure of 80, as the 

 reniform stigma is long and constricted ; hind-wings yellowish-grey, with the fringes spotted 

 with white. Expands about i inch. Inhabits Corsica, Andalusia, and perhaps South France.) 



7. E. Deceptoria (Scop.), Atraiula (Borkh.). — Fore-wings dark brown, white in the basal area and 

 in the suffused submarginal area, with small orbicular and reniform stigmata bordered with paler ; 

 hind-wings grey, with an indistinct light curved stripe. Expands from i to ij inches. Inhabits 

 Central Europe, except the north-west, and Northern Asia. The larva is green, paler above, with 

 a dark line on the back, a white line below, and a yellowish line on the sides. It feeds on grass. 

 The moth is figured at PI. 43, Fig. i. 



* 8. E. Fasciana (Linn.), Fnscula (Borkh.). — Fore-wings brown, broadly whitish above the 

 hinder angle (except in variety Giienei, Fallou), with black transverse lines, a white subterminal 

 line, and small stigmata ; hind-wings brownish-grey. Size of Deceptoria. Common in Central and 

 Southern Europe and Northern and Western Asia. The larva is yellow, with three brownish-red 

 longitudinal stripes. It feeds on brambles. The moth is figured at PI. 42, Fig. 2. 



GENUS II. — EMMELIA (HiJBN.). 



Fore-wings rather narrow, without the Noctua-'pa.tiQrn. The only species, *E. Trahealis 

 Scop. {SnlpJmralis, Linn.), has sulphur-yellow fore-wings, with two black longitudinal stripes on 

 the inner margin and below the middle, two black transverse lines before the hind margin, the 

 outermost somewhat macular, and black spots towards the costa ; hind-wings brownish-grey. 

 Expands rather less than i inch. Common in Central Europe and in Northern and Western 

 Asia in May, June, and August ; rare in England. It flies by day along the edges of corn- 

 fields and in similar localities, generally settling on the stems of plants. The larva has twelve 

 legs ; it is green or brown, with a j'ellow stripe on the sides, and feeds on Convolvulus in 

 July and in autumn. The moth and larva are figured at PI. 42, Fig. 3, a, b. 



GENUS III. — niOTHEDES (LED.). 



Small and delicate moths ; the fore-wings with powdery scales and the A^isr/wrt-pattern ; the 



thighs thinly clothed with hair. The only species, P. Captiuncula (Tr.), has dark yellowish-brown 



fore-wings, varied with reddish-yellow in the suffused submarginal band, with whitish transverse 



and subterminal lines, and the two stigmata olive-green ; hind-wings dark grey. Expands 



