3oS European Butterflies and Moths. 



GENUS XXIV. — I.IGIA (BOISD.). 



Body stout, fore-wings narrow and very pointed at tlie tips, covering the hind-wings 

 when at rest ; the latter are broad, but truncated on the hind margin ; the antennae are 

 broadly pectinated in the male, and simple in the female. The larvre are long and slender, 

 without protuberances. They feed on shrubs, and construct an oval cocoon. 



1. L. Opacaria (Hiibn.). — Fore- wings grey, more or less tinted with reddish (brick-red in 

 variety Rubra, Staud.), with a straight oblique white line, shaded with reddish-brown on the 

 inside, running from the tip to the middle of the inner margin ; and with a small dark dot in the 

 middle; hind-wings pale shining grey. Expands from \\ to \\ inches. Inhabits South-Western 

 Europe in September and October. The larva is greyish-white, with two brown festooned 

 lines on the back, and two small black dots at the back of each of the middle segments. It 

 feeds on Genista and on Dorycnium sujfriicticosiiin, and is full-grown in April and May. 



2. L. Jourdanaria (Vill.). — Fore-wings blackish, with silvery-white longitudinal lines on the 

 nervures, connected by a row of white lunulcs running from the tip to the middle of the inner 

 margin ; fringes spotted ^vith brown and white ; hind-wings pearh- white, with the hind margin 

 greyish-brown, and the fringes white. Size of Opacaria. Common in South France and Spain 

 in September, hiding itself under plants during the heat of the da}'. The larva is ashy-grey, 

 with longitudinal brown lines, the two on the back festooned. It lives on thyme in March and 

 April, but falls from the plant at the slightest touch. {L. Argentaria, Herr.-Schaff., from Sicily, 

 is rosy-white ; fore-wings with a black mark in the middle, a waved submarginal brown 

 shade, and the costa and hind margin yellowish ; hind-wings with the hind margin brownish.) 



GENUS XXV. — HELIOTHEA (BOISD.). 



Contains but one Spanish species, H. Discoidaria (Boisd.). The body is stout, the palpi 

 very short and hairy, the tongue very small, and the antenna; are rather short and thick, and 

 pectinated in the male. The wings are rather narrow, robust, and entire, uniform yellow, with 

 a black spot in the middle, and all the margins black, especially the hind margin of the hind- 

 wings in the male. Expands about i inch. It flies by day. 



GENUS XXVI. — SCODIONA (BOISI).). 



Rather stout, wings pale grey, dusted with darker, and with a dark central spot ; fore- 

 wings with the tip obtuse, and with two dark transverse lines, often indicated by dots only ; 

 the first line is frequently absent, but the second is continued on the hind-wings. The hind- 

 wings only extend a little beyond the hinder angle of the fore-wings, and the costa and hind 

 margin of the former are of equal length. In the female the wings are smaller and narrower 

 than in the male. The larva has a conical elevation on the last segment but one, and two 

 anal points ; it undergoes its transformations in a cocoon. 



I. S. Einiicidaria (Dup.). — Fore-wings light brown, dusted with black (occasional 1_\- pure 

 white), with a small central dash, and the two central lines represented by indistinct brownish 

 spots ; be)ond the second line are two blackish spots, one towards the tip and the other 

 towards the hinder angle ; hind-wings whitish, with tlie fringes and hind margin washed with 

 fulvous ; the blackish central dot is sometimes absent. Size of Bdgaria. A rare species, found 

 in South France in June and July. The larva is ycllowi.sh clay-colour, with the incisions bluish, 

 and the belly reddish ; on the back and sides are some whitish lines. It feeds on wormwood 

 from July to May. 



