290 Ei'ROrEAX BCTTERFI.IES AXD MoTHS. 



strongly-curvefi mid fincly-zit^zag subtcrminal line, and small orbicular and rcniform stis^niata. 

 The variety Radiatalis (Hiibn.) has dark brown fore-wings, witli the costa yellowish. Expands 

 from I to li inches. Common in Europe and Northern Asia throughout most of the year. 

 The larva is yellow, with a dark line on the back, and two upper and two lower white lines on 

 each side. It feeds on nettle. 



5. H.{f) Muuitalis (Mann.). — Fore-wings dusted with brownish-grey, the inner and sub- 

 terminal lines rather indistinct, and the elbowed line pale yellowish-grey, and forming two 

 curves ; the marginal line consists of dull dark dashes ; hind-wings pale yellow, with a narrow 

 blackish-grey border. Expands about i^ inches. Inhabits Turkey and Asia Minor. 



6. H. Palpalis (Hiibn.). — Fore-wings broad, varied with brown and yellowish, with a darker 

 transverse central line, which forms a rectangle in the middle ; a dark reniform stigma, and the 

 subterminal line composed of dark spots, marked with light ones. Expands about \\ inches. 

 Inhabits South Europe and the Altai in June. The larva feeds on Parictaria officinalis 

 in Ma\'. 



7. //. Obsitalis (Hiibn.). — Rather smaller than Palpalis, the fore-wings broad, brown, 

 varied with pale yellow, with a black transverse line as in Palpalis, and indistinct stigmata ; 

 the subterminal line is very indistinct. Inhabits South Europe, North Africa, and Western 

 Asia in June. The larva is green, with a dark green line on the back, and a white stripe 

 on the sides, and may be looked for in May. 



8. H. Qbcsalis (Tr.). — Fore-wings dark brown on the costa, and more or less varied 

 with brownish-yellow on the inner margin and in the marginal area, with the subterminal 

 line replaced by brown spots, marked with pale ones ; the stigmata and the zigzag trans- 

 verse lines are indistinct. Expands about \\ inches. Widely distributed in Central Europe 

 and the Altai in August, but rather scarce. The larva feeds on nettle in June. 



GENUS XII.— ORECTIS (LEO.). 



Fore-wings with the hind margin curved and rather convex, finely scaled, with the 

 TVbr/wrt'-pattern tolerably complete ; hind-wings unicolorous, with the transverse lines continued 

 across them. The only species, 0. Prolwscidata (Herr.-Schiiff.), has light ashy-grey wings, 

 with two brownish-grey transverse lines, expanded into spots on the costa of the fore- 

 wings; a lighter subterminal line, bordered with darker, especially in front, and a small 

 obscure reniform stigma. Expands about I inch. It inhabits Hungary, Dalmatia, and Carniola. 



GENUS XIII. — HVrENODES (GUliN.). 



Fore-wings narrow, with a short straight hind margin, and the iVcv/wrt-pattern tolerably 

 complete ; hind-wings unicolorous, broad, and contracted above the middle ; the antennae of 

 the male long, and finely ciliated. The moths appear in June and July, and may be taken 

 at sugar. They expand about three-quarters of an inch. 



*i. H. Albistrigatus (Haw.). — Fore-wings yellowish-brown, lighter in the suflused sub- 

 marginal band, with two fine black transverse lines, the inner line zigzag, and the elbowed 

 line parallel to the hind margin, nearly straight, and bordered behind by a distinct white 

 line ; the subterminal line is obscurely pale, and the reniform stigma is represented bj' a dark 

 brown spot, which is sometimes indistinct ; hind-wings grey. Inhabits England, France, and 

 Germany, but not generally common. 



