288 European Butterflies and Moths, 



wide apart, but rising close together in H. Dcrivalis. In the three first species the antennae 

 of the males are thickened and strongly pectinated, and the front tibiae are provided with 

 a tuft of hairs ; other peculiarities will be noticed in their places. The larva; resemble those 

 oi Zanclogiiatlia, and feed from autumn to spring; and the moths appear in June and July, 

 and rest with their wings flat. 



I. H. Crinalis (Tr.). — Fore -wings reddish-brown, with a dark central spot, two fine, 

 dcntated, dark transverse lines, and a white subterminal line, which is not dcntated ; hind- 

 wings brown, with a white, obtusely interrupted line before the hind margin. E.xpands about 

 \\ inches. Inhabits South Europe, Belgium, and Northern and Western Asia. The larva is 

 brown or yellowish, and feeds on Riibia pcregrina. {H. Grypltalis, Herr.-Schaff., from Hungary 

 and the Amoor, is gilded ochreous, with the transverse lines on the fore-wings more dentated 

 than in Crina/is) 



*2. H. Cribralis (Hiibn.). — Fore-wings whitish-grey, with a black dot in the middle, and 

 two transverse rows of black dots beyond ; hind-wings paler. Expands about i inch. 

 Inhabits marshy places in Central Europe and Northern Asia, and its larva feeds on grass. 



*3. H. Barbalis (Linn.). — Fore-wings pale grey, finely dusted with brown, with two 

 brownish rust-coloured transverse lines, and a light submarginal line bordered with brownish ; 

 hind-wings whitish in front, and grey, with a white stripe, behind. The antenna; of the 

 male are shortly pectinated, but without knots, and the front tibiae are provided with a 

 tuft of hair. Expands from i to \\ inches. Common in most parts of Europe. The 

 larva is brownish-grey, with a dark stripe on the back, and dark oblique dashes on the 

 sides. It feeds on birch and oak in autumn, and on low plants in spring. 



4. H. Tcntaadaria (Linn.). — Fore-wings pale yellow, dusted with brown, with three rusty- 

 brown transverse lines, which are not dentated, and a brown central lunule ; hind-wings 

 paler, with two brown transverse lines. The antennae of the male are strongly pectinated, but 

 not thickened, and the tibiae are not tufted. Expands from i to nearly li inches. Common 

 in Europe, except the north-west, and in the Altai. The larva is rather rough, brownish-grey 

 with a dark line on the back, and feeds on grass. The moth is figured at PI. 42, Fig. 7, 

 (//. Llodcstalis, Heyd., found in the Upper Engadine in August, is perhaps a variety of this. 

 The wings are rather narrower, and the antennae and their pectinations rather shorter. Palpi 

 shorter, compressed, dark grey ; the second joint strongly tufted below, and the last half as 

 long, narrow, pointed, and a little raised. Wings uniform ashy-grey, varied with very small 

 darker scales, which darken the costa of the fore-wings, and sometimes almost form waved 

 lines ; fringes unicolorous, preceded by a fine blackish line. Head and body dark grey ; 

 legs paler.) 



*S. H. Derivalis (Hiibn.). — Wings ochre-jellow, dotted with brown, the fore-wings with a dark 

 central lunule, and with two dark transverse lines, which are not dentated ; the outermost is 

 continued across the hind-wings. The antennae of the male arc neither dcntated nor knotted, 

 and the front tibia; are not tufted. Size of Barbalis. Inhabits Central Europe and Northern 

 and Western Asia, but not very common. The moth is figured at PI. 42, Fig. 8. 



GENUS IX. — MADOPA (STEPH.). 



The antennae and legs are without appendages, the fore-wings have no central spot, and 

 the hind-wings are narrow, with a short hind margin. The only European species, *J/. Salicalis 

 (W. v.), has bluish-grey fore-wings, with three rusty-brown transverse lines, bordered with pale 



