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*i. Z. Nemoralis (Fabr.), Grisealis (Hiibn.). — Fore-wings yellowish-grey, with a fine dark 

 central lunule, and three transverse lines, the first quite straight, the second slightly indented 

 in the middle of the projection, and the last running to the tip ; hind-wings pale grey. 

 Expands about i inch. Common in Central Europe and Northern Asia. The larva is dark 

 grey, with black triangles on the back, bordered with pale grey. It feeds on Chrysosplcniiim. 



2. Z. Tarsicrinalis (Knoch.). — Fore-wings yellowish-grey, dusted with darker, with a fine dark 

 central lunule and three brown transverse lines, the inner line interrupted below the costa ; the 

 elbowed line begins straight above the lunule, forms a small angle outwards on the projection, 

 and is nearly twice as far from the inner as from the subterminal line on the inner margin ; 

 the subterminal line is narrowly bordered with lighter, and runs into the costa before the tip ; 

 hind-wings pale grey, with an obtusely angulated whitish stripe before the hind margin, which 

 does not extend to the costa. Expands from ij to l\ inches. It is met with throughout 

 Central Europe and Siberia ; but although very likely to occur in England, has not yet been 

 observed here. The larva is reddish-yellow, waved with greenish-grey, and with black triangles 

 on the back. It feeds on Clematis vitalba. 



B. Tlie males zvith front tarsi, and ivitli a knot-like thickening on tJic antenna ; the kind 

 margin of the fore-wings with dark separated dashes or lunules. 



*3. Z. Tarsipennalis (Tr.). — Fore-wings dusted with yellowish-grey, and marked as in 

 Tarsicrinalis, but the elbowed line is slightly waved, and commences on the costa distinctly 

 behind the central lunule, and is not much further from the inner than from the subterminal 

 line on the inner margin ; and the light stripe on the hind-wings is very strongly interrupted. 

 The antennae of the male have a slight tooth on the thickening, adjoining a strong bristle. 

 Size of Tarsicrinalis. The variety Bidcntalis (Hein.) has dark, nearly fawn-coloured fore- 

 wings, and the light stripe on the hind-wings is less strongly interrupted. Common in Central 

 Europe and Northern Asia ; Bidentalis is met with in Brunswick. The larva is dull black, 

 with the belly reddish, and feeds on grass. 



4. Z. Tarsiplunialis (Hiibn.). — Fore -wings violet-brown, with a dark central lunule, two dark 

 finely-dentated transverse lines, and a pale subterminal line, shaded with reddish-brown on 

 both sides, which is curved towards the tip below the costa ; hind-wings brownish-grey, with a 

 strongly interrupted whitish stripe before the hind margin. The antennae of the male are 

 strongly thickened, and there are two slender teeth on them. Expands nearly \\ inches. 

 Rather scarce and local in Central Europe (except the west) and in the Altai. 



5. Z. Tarsicristalis (Hiibn.). — Allied to Tarsiplnmalis, with which it agrees in size, and in the 

 structure of the male antennas ; fore-wings brown, the transverse lines much more sharply 

 zigzag ; the subterminal line interrupted below the costa, and the centra! lunule replaced by a 

 hollow stigma. It inhabits Dalmatia, Croatia, and Bithynia ; and, like many other southern 

 insects, has also been taken at Botzen, in the Tyrol. 



6. Z. Zelleralis (Wocke.). — Fore-wings yellowish-brown, with the transverse lines as in 

 Tarsiplnmalis; a dark ring instead of the central lunule; the antennee of the male with no 

 f -eth on the knots, and the tibiae with only a slight tuft of hairs. Expands about i \ inches, 

 01 more. A scarce species, found in Silesia, and on the Rhine. 



GENUS VIII. — HERMINIA (TR.). 



Fore -wings with two or three transverse lines, which are sometimes broken into spots, 

 and a dark central lunule ; hind-wings broad, rather flattened below the tips ; nervules 4 and 5 



