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2. T. Siiava (Hiibri.). — The fore-wings vary from brownish-grey to cinnamon-red. with an 

 obtusely angulated blackish central stripe, bordered with white, and a whitish and much waved 

 subterminal line ; hind-wings dark grey, with two whitish waved stripes near together. Expands 

 I inch or over. It is found in South Europe in July. 



3. T. Jucunda (Hiibn.). — Fore-wings varied with reddish-grey and brown, with the dark brown 

 central stripe quite straight, suffused in front, and bordered with white behind, the subterminal line 

 spotted with white on the costa, and projecting strongly in the middle ; hind-wings blackish, with 

 a straight whitish central stripe divided with darker, and a white macular streak before the hind 

 margin. Expands about i inch. Inhabits South France, Spain, and Carinthia from May to July. 



4. T. Vclox (Hiibn.). — Fore-wings pale grey, varied with yellowish and bluish, with four fine 

 waved parallel black transverse lines, well marked on the costa by triangular spots. Stigmata 

 blackish ; the orbicular stigma is a dot, and the reniform stigma is irregular, and traversed by the 

 central shade. Hind-wings grey, with the hind margin tinged with slate-colour, dentated, and 

 varied with reddish ; inner margin dusted with blackish. Expands about three-quarters of an inch. 

 Common in South Europe and Western Asia in July and August, resting on walls, bridges, &c. 



5. T. Dardotiiui (Boisd.). — Wings brownish-grey, fore-wings with three dark waved transverse 

 lines, narrowly bordered with pale grey, the middle one strongly curved round the small reniform 

 stigma, and the subterminal line finely whitish ; hind-wings grey, with an indistinct light waved 

 line. Size of Velox. Inhabits South Europe in May and June. The larva is dull yellow, with 

 brownish-red transverse spots, divided with paler. It feeds on the seeds of Anthericum rainosnm 

 in August and September. 



6. T. Lacernaria (Hiibn.), Glarea (Tr.). — Fore-wings yellowish-white, with several olive-grey 

 waved parallel lines ; fringes long, and paler ; hind-wings similar, but paler, darker towards 

 the hind margin. In the variety Pldomidis (Guen.) the fore-wings are olive-grey, unmixed with 

 yellowish, with darker bands. Expands a little more than half an inch. It inhabits South Europe in 

 July, and its larva feeds on different species oi Phloinis, rolling up the leaves like that of a Tortrix. 



7. T. Respersa (Hiibn.), Aviccna (Hiibn.). — Fore-wings varied with pale grey and brownish- 

 grey, with a brown transverse shade before the middle, curving towards the base, a brown spot 

 before the tip, a light interrupted elbowed line, and a whitish subterminal line ; hind-wings 

 grey, with a light suffused curved stripe. Expands about i inch. Inhabits South Europe and 

 Western Asia in June and August. The larva is pale grey, with a light line on the back. It 

 feeds on Onopordtim acanthium in May. The moth is figured at PI. 42, Fig. 4. 



8. T. Albicans (Ramb.). — Greyish-white, with brown spots on the costa, a nearly straight 

 subterminal brown line, and two transverse lines parallel to each other, the outermost curving 

 round the small reniform stigma ; hind-wings more or less brownish or reddish towards the 

 hind margin. The female is much darker, especially towards the hind margins and between 

 the transverse lines. Expands about i\ inches. It inhabits Andalusia. {T. Paralkla, Freyer, 

 from South Russia and Armenia, is grey, with two transverse lines as in Albicans, the inner 

 line broadest, and with two outer greenish-grey stripes, and a white spot on the costa before the 

 tip ; hind-wings grey, with the tips of the fringes white. T. Concinuula, Boisd., from South 

 Russia and the Altai, is a little larger than Paida ; fore -wings bluish-white, with white transverse 

 and subterminal lines, the former double ; hind-wings white, slightly dusted with brownish. 

 T. Ragiisana, Freyer, from Dalmatia and Syria, resembles Polyi^ranima, but is as large as 

 Glarea; the wings are of a chalky-white, without lustre, with three fine olive-brown lines 

 bordered with paler, directed obliquely outwards and then angulated inwards, the first indistinct ; 

 fore-wings with two dots, as in Polygrammn.) 



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