294 European Butterflies and Moths. 



part of Kuiopc, but scarce. Its larva is said to feed on water-mint. (A^. Sqitalida, Staud., 

 which occurs at Malaga at the end of February, is tlie smallest known species, and may be 

 distinguished from any other by its narrow, dirty greyish-brown fore-wings, with indistinct 

 markings, and its nearly pure white hind-wings.) 



GENUS III. — PAIUIA (GEYEK). 



May be distinguished from Nola by the simple antenna;, and by wanting nervule 5 on 

 the hind-wings ; the markings are much less varied. P. &Tcsogona (Godt.), from South France, 

 is grey, with two black curved transverse lines on the fore-wings, and a black dot between 

 them ; it expands nearly i inch. P. Riifeola (Ramb.), from Italy and Corsica, is reddish-grey, 

 with some blackish dots on the fore-wings ; and P. Obtusa (Herr.-Schaff.), from Italy and the 

 Amoor, resembles Mcsogona, but the fore-wings are shaped more as in a Litlwsia, being of 

 unifo.m breadth, with a much shorter and almost vertical hind margin. 



GENUS IV. — SARROTHRIPA (CURT.). 



Fore-wings strongly arched at the base, and scarcely broader behind, witli the tips rect- 

 angular, and a very short curved hind margin; the Noctua-'^iAXixw indicated; the hind- 

 wings contracted above the middle ; the palpi very long, with equally broad pointed scaling 

 to the tips ; and the antenna; simple. The larva lias sixteen legs, and is slender, with a 

 few long hairs. The onl}' species, * .S. Rcvayana (W. V.), has two double slightly-dcntated 

 transverse lines, a light arched subtcrminal line, and a dark spot in the position of the 

 central area. It varies much in colour and in the distinctness of the markings, and many 

 of the varieties have received separate names. The fore-wings are usually pale grey, but 

 often greenish ; sometimes the basal, and sometimes the central area, especially towards the 

 costa, and sometimes the fore-wings, are wholly dark brown, with the markings quite 

 indistinct, and only a black basal streak visible. Expands about i inch. Common throughout 

 Central and Southern Europe, and Northern and Western Asia from July to October. 

 The larva is green, with yellowish incisions, and a yellowish line on the sides. It is found 

 in June between the leaves of willows and oaks, which it spins together, 



CHLOEPHOKID^. 



Body stout, with flattened hairs and scales, and not crested ; the head is small and 

 retracted ; the palpi and legs arc slender, and the palpi horizontal ; the fore-wings are 

 pointed at the tips, and are green ; the hind-wings are white or yellow. The larva; have 

 sixteen legs and are convex, and flattened off behind, with long claspcrs. They feed on 

 trees, and undergo their transformations in a boat-shaped cocoon. The position of these 

 insects is rather uncertain, and they have been referred by different authors to the 'l\n-triccs, 

 the Noctuce, and the Bonibyces. 



GENUS I. — llALIAS (TR.). 



Fore-wings moderately broad, a little wider behind, with an oblique curved hind margin ; 

 hind-wings short and narrow, extending to two-thirds of the length of the abdomen ; the 

 palpi thinly clothed with hair, with the last joint long and cylindrical. The only species, 



