302 EuROPEAX Butterflies and Moths. 



*\. C. Elinguaria (Linn.). — Fore-wings pale ochre-yellow, a little darker in the central area, 

 with two slightly curved brown transverse lines, bordered with lighter ; liind-wings a little 

 paler, with a very indistinct central line. Expands from li to if inches. Common in the 

 greater part of Europe and Northern and Western Asia in July and August. The larva 

 is brownish-grey, with brown spots and dashes. It feeds on oak, willow, &c., from autumn to 

 May, and must be avoided as a cannibal. The moth and larva are figured at PI. 49, Fig. 3, a, b. 



2. C. Tnsciaria (Borkh.). — Fore-wings pale ochreous in the male, and reddish ochre-yellow 

 in the female, brownish in the central area, with two strongly curved dark brown transverse 

 lines, the second forming an obtuse angle above the middle, and continued on the hind-wings. 

 Expands about ij inches. Inhabits South-Central and Southern Europe in July. The larva 

 is yellowish-brown, with dark lozenge-shaped spots on the back, and feeds on sloe in May 

 and June. (C. Dardoiuaria, Donz., from France and Spain, may be distinguished from 

 Elinguaria by its reddish colour, and from Tnsciaria by its trapeze-shaped central area, which 

 is not suddenly contracted in the middle. It appears from June to August, and the larva, 

 which is clay-colour, washed with reddish, on the back, and bluish below, lives on Ulex nanjis 

 during the winter, preferring the flowers.) 



GENUS X.— EURYMENE (DUP.). 



Slender ; the hind margin of the fore-wings perpendicular as far as the middle, then curved 

 towards the base, and running to the hinder angle in a shallow concavity ; the costa of the 

 hind-wings is rounded at the tip, and a little longer than the inner margin, but does not 

 extend beyond the hinder angle of the fore- wings. The antennae of the male are pectinated, 

 and serrated at the tips. The larva has ten legs and two rows of raised spots, and the head 

 is obtusely bifid. The only species, *E. Dolalvaria, Linn, (the Scorch-wing), is pale yellow, 

 finely and transversely striated with brown, with one or two irregular violet-brown markings 

 towards the hinder angle of all the wings. Expands about i^ inches. It inhabits the greater 

 part of Europe from April to August, and is generally found resting on the trunks of trees. 

 The larva is yellowish-grey, with the 3rd segment brown and rather thickened, and a hump 

 on the 9th segment. It feeds on oak, beech, lime, &c., in May and June, and from August 

 to October. The moth and larva are figured at Fl. 49, Fig. 4, a, b. 



GENUS XI.— EPIONE (DUP.). 



Rather small, slender, and delicate moths ; the fore-wings pointed at the tips, and the hind 

 margin curved outwards in the middle, and retracted towards the hinder angle ; the costa 

 of the hind-wings is scarcely longer than the inner margin. In the first species, which forms 

 the genus Caustoloma (Led.), the fore-wings are distinctly excavated below the tips, but are 

 only slightly so in the other species. They all e.xpand from I to i ^- inches. The larvae are 

 slender, rather thicker behind, with a round head, and a few fine hairs. 



I. E. Flavicaria (Hiibn.). — Wings golden-yellow, with indistinct brown spots in the middle 

 of the marginal area, and the fore-wings also with five brown costal spots ; the inner margin 

 brown, and brown fringes on the concavity. Inhabits Galicia, South-Eastern Europe generally, 

 and Armenia. 



*2. E. Advcnaria (Hiibn.).: — Wings whitish or very pale yellowish, dusted with yellow and 

 brown, with suffused dark transverse lines, and a black central spot on the hind-wing.s. 



