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2. A. Foniiosan'a (Evcrsm.). — Fore-wings ochre yellow, speckled with rusty-brown, and with 

 a central spot and two transverse lines of the same colour, the second stripe running to 

 the tip, bordered with white in front, and with rosy-grey behind as far as the hind margin ; 

 iiind-wings whitish. Expands about il inches. It is found in the west of France in 

 marshy places, and also near Vienna, Stettin, and in the Ural, in June and July, but is 

 always rare. {A. Rectaria, Freyer, said to have been taken in Styria, is of a pale dirty 

 yellow colour, with a black dot in the middle of each wing, and an oblique rusty-brown line 

 running from the tip of the fore-wings to the middle of the inner margin of the hind- 

 wings.) 



*3. ^. Gilvaria (W. V.). — -Fore-wings straw-colour, indistinctly dusted with darker, with 

 a straight, oblique, suffused, reddish-grey stripe running into the costa near the tip ; hind- 

 wings paler, with an indistinct stripe and central spot. Expands from i:^ to li inches. 

 Inhabits Central Europe and Northern and Western Asia in July and August. The larva 

 is reddish-grey, varied with yellow, with dark lozenge-shaped spots on the back, and twc 

 brown lines on the sides. It feeds on j-arrow, broom, &c., in May and June. The moth is 

 figured at Pi. 50, Fig. 3. 



*4. A. Oclu'caria (Rossi), Citraria (Hiibn.). — Very like Gilvaria, but yellower, and with twc 

 dark stripes on the fore-wings. Expands from i to ij inches. Inhabits Southern and Western 

 Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia in May, August, and September. The larva is clay- 

 coloured, washed with reddish, with slender brown lines on the back, and a whitish stripe on the 

 sides. It feeds on scabious, lotus, broom, &c., in April and May. 



*5. A. Strigillana (Hiibn.). — Pale grey, thickly speckled with yellowish-brown, the fore- 

 wings with three or four, and the hind-wings with two or three brown transverse lines, 

 the hindermost finely zigzag ; hind-wings with the hind margin waved, and more strongly 

 contracted above the middle. Expands from i^ to \\ inches. Common in Central Europe 

 and the Altai from May to July. The larva is silvery-grey, with a whitish stripe on the 

 back, divided and bordered with black, and a dirty yellow stripe on the sides. It feeds on 

 broom from August to May. {^A. Bceticaria, Ramb., from Spain, resembles this, but is very 

 strongly dusted with ochreous-brown, especially towards the hind margins, and there is a darker 

 basal streak above the whole inner margin of the fore-wings.) 



GENUS XXIII. — EU.SARCA (HERR.-SCHAFF.). 



Slender; wings grey, with transverse lines, but not speckled ; fore-wings rather long and 

 obtuse at the tip, hind margin straight and oblique ; hind-wings rounded, and not contracted ; 

 antenns pectinated in the male and simple in the female. 



1. E. Interpunctaria (Herr.-Schaff). — Wings grey, with a black dot in the middle, and a 

 row of black dots and short white dashes on the hind margin ; fore-wings with the first 

 line brownish and dentated, and the second line black and arched ; hind-wings with the outer 

 line indistinct. Inhabits Sicily. 



2. E. Jaailaria (Hiibn.). — Pale yellowish-grey, with a brownish dot in the middle of each 

 wino- ; fore-wings with the inner line straight, and a waved brown stripe, bordered with white, 

 beyond it ; the latter is continued on the hind-wings, and denticulated. From Sarepta. 

 {E. Badiaria, Freyer, from South Russia and Turkey, is yellowish-grey, with a brownish dot in 

 the middle of each wing, and slightly waved brownish lines beyond ; the fore-wings have also 

 a brownish line nearer the base.) 



