Venilia — Eii.icKixiA. 303 



Inhabits Central Europe and Northern and Western Asia from May to July. The larva is 

 greenish-grey, with two pointed elevations on the 12th segment, and a pale yellow wavy 

 line on the sides. It feeds on bilberry in July and August. The moth is figured at PI. 49, 



Fig- 5- 



*3. E. Parallcllaria (W. V.), Vcspertaria (Steph.). — Wings golden-yellow, transversely speckled 

 with orange, and clouded with violet-grey in the marginal area ; a black dot in the centre of 

 each ; fore-wings with two transverse lines, the first arched, and the second running to the 

 costa in the male, and to the tip in the female ; the second line is continued on the hind-wings, 

 where it is excavated in the middle. Inhabits Central and Northern Europe and Northern Asia 

 in July and August. The larva is brown, with a double white line on the back and one on the 

 sides, indistinct behind ; a square pale yellow spot on the back of the 7th segment, and oblique 

 square reddish spots on the following ones. It feeds on aspen, nut, and birch in May and 

 June. 



*4. E. Apiciaria (W. V.). — Very like Parallellaria, but the first line of the fore-wings is 

 acutely angulated and narrower, and the second runs to the tip in both se.xes, and on the hind- 

 wings it is nearly straight. Its range resembles that of Parallcllaria, but it is the commonest 

 species of the genus. The larva is greyish-brown, thickened on the 6th segment, with slender 

 dark longitudinal lines, and a light stripe on the sides. It feeds on willow, poplar, and alder 

 from May to August. The moth is figured at PI. 49, Fig. 6. 



GENUS XII. — VENILIA (DUP.). 



Slender ; all the wings coloured and marked alike, hind-wings with the costa rathei 

 long, and extending beyond the hinder angle of the fore-wings. The larva has a round head, 

 and changes to a pupa among moss. The only European species, *V. 3Iaciilaria (Linn.), is 

 golden-yellow, with irregular black spots, dusted with yellow ; it varies considerably. The 

 variety Quadrimaciilata (Hatchett) is wholly yellow, with only four spots on the costa of the 

 fore-wings ; and the variety Fuscaria (Stand.) is entirely dark brown. E.xpands about i inch. 

 It is common in bushy places throughout the greater part of Europe in May and June. The 

 larva is green, with a dark line and several slender white longitudinal lines on the back, and a 

 broader one on the sides. It feeds on dead-nettle and other low plants in August and 

 September. The moth is figured at PI. 45, Fig. i. 



GENUS XIII. — EILICRINIA (HUBN.). 



Wings strong and rather long ; hind-wings rounded ; fore-wings with the tip pointed, and 

 a deep concavity between this and a projecting angle just above the middle of the hind 

 margin. 



I. E. Cordiaria (Hiibn.). — Wings yellowish or gre}'ish-white, dusted with blackish, especially 

 on the inner margin, with a fine zigzag transverse line beyond the middle ; fore-wings dark 

 brown on the upper half of the hind margin, and with a dark brown heart-shaped spot in the 

 middle. Expands about \\ inches. Inhabits Austria and Hungary in July. [E. Cauteriata, 

 Stand., from Andalusia, has orange-brown fore-wings, speckled with brown, with two transverse 

 black lines, the second curved inwards above the middle, and almost touching the black central 

 spot ; hind-wings yellowish-white, shading into yellowish-brown on the hind margin, and with 

 a slender brown line across the middle. There are two transverse rows of brown dots towards 

 the hind margin on the fore-wingS, and one on the hind-wings.) 



