282 European Butterflies and Moths. 



9. T. Polygrainina (Dup.). — All the wings violet-grey, witli three fine yellow transverse lines 

 bordered with rust-colour, the fore-wings with two black dots in the place of the stigmata. Expands 

 about three-quarters of an inch. Inhabits South Europe and Armenia in July. (T. Cinerina, Ghil., 

 from Sardinia, is yellowish-grey, slightly tinged with rosy-white on the fore-wings, which are 

 marked with three very short and narrow lines towards the extremity of the costa, followed by 

 three brown dots. The tip is divided by a diagonal dark brown dash, from which several narrow 

 and rather indistinct diverging brown lines, bordered with lighter on both sides, run obliquely to 

 the inner margin ; the subtcrminal line is yellowish and more distinct, ending in a white spot 

 below the apical dash. Within this is a row of five black dots, two on the apical blotch and three 

 below, and there are two very small ones towards the middle of the costa. Hind-wings with 

 three brown transverse lines towards the inner margin ; all the fringes preceded by a very narrow 

 black line.) 



10. T. Commmiiniacnla (W. V.). — Fore-wings flesh-colour, with a large rust-coloured spot 

 bordered with white, and of the shape of half an &^^%, on the middle of the inner margin ; hind- 

 wings reddish-white. Expands about i inch. Inhabits South-Eastern Europe in August ; the 

 short cylindrical yellowish-white larva feeds on sloe and peach-trees. {T. Pannoiiica, Freyer, from 

 South-Eastern Europe and Armenia, is of the size oi Purpitrina ; the fore-wings are broadly shining 

 yellow at the base, marked with three black dots, and greyish-brown beyond, with an indistinct 

 whitish line ; hind-wings brown. T. Amasina, Eversm., from South Russia and Asia Minor, has 

 yellow fore -wings, with the outer half rosy ; a subterminal line and submarginal dots whitish, 

 bordered with black, and the hind margin paler ; hind-wings grey, with the base and fringes 

 whitish.) 



11. T. Piirpnrinn (W. V.). — Fore-wings with an interrupted oblique greenish-yellow central 

 .shade before the middle, pale yellow before it, and rosy, with darker streaks, behind ; the elbowed 

 line dark red, strongly interrupted in the middle and below the costa, and running very 

 obliquely from thence to the borders ; the subterminal line indicated by the red shading in front, 

 which is bordered with whitish, and projects strongly towards the hind margin in the middle ; 

 hind-wings browni.sh-grey. Expands I inch or a little over. Inhabits South Europe in May, 

 June, August, and September. The larva is greyish-green, with two dark stripes on the back, and 

 two duller ones on the sides. It feeds on Cirsiinn arvciisc in July and in autumn. The moth is 

 figured at PI. 42, Fig. 6. 



12. T. Rosea (Hiibn.), Rosina (Hiibn.). — Fore-wings violet-red, paler at the base, with an 

 olive-green central shade before the middle, projecting in front, and slightly bordered with white 

 behind, and three dark red undentated transverse lines in the marginal area ; hind-wings brownish- 

 grey. Expands about i inch. Inhabits South-Eastern Europe and Western Asia in June and 

 July. The larva is rosy, dusted with darker, with two whitish lines on the back, and a whitish 

 stripe on the sides. It feeds on Jurinea mollis, under a web, in May. The moth is figured at 

 ri. 42, Fig. 5. 



*I3. T. Ostrina (Hiibn.). — Fore-wings pale yellow, with an oblique brown central shade, 

 slightly shaded with pinkish beyond, on which stands a very small black dot, representing the 

 reniform stigma, and a fine whitish subterminal line, composed of three curves ; hind-wings grey. 

 Expands about three-quarters of an inch. Inhabits Southern and Western Europe in June, as far 

 as the south coast of England, where it is rare ; it also occurs in North Africa and in Northern 

 and Western Asia. The larva is said to live in the shoots of thistles. 



*I4. T. Parva (Hiibn.). — Fore-wings pale rusty-yellow, with a fine white oblique transverse 

 line in the middle, shaded with dusky in front, and a whitish elbowed line, strongly curved round 



