3IO European Butterflies and Moths. 



3. P. Saitnlaria (Dup.). — Wings whitish-grey, dusted all over with brown, with two broad 

 yellow transverse lines on the fore-wings only, bordered with brown, and frequently absent 

 in the female ; the first is nearly straight and the second curved, and the space between 

 them is paler. Expands about i inch. It inhabits South-Western Europe in September and 

 October. The larva is grey, with numerous indistinct brown lines, and a whitish line on the 

 sides. It feeds on flowers of rosemary and thyme in April. 



4. P. Rippertaria (Dup.). — Pale ashy-grey ; fore-wings generally with two thick black- 

 transverse lines, not extending to the costa or to the hind-wings, and bordered outside with 

 white, the first nearly straight, and the second sinuated, and bordered with whitish inside 

 also ; beyond the second line is a blackish shade, which is continued on the hind-wings ; fringes 

 whitish, spotted with grey. Expands about i inch. Inhabits South France in April and July_ 

 but rare. The larva is bluish-green, with a dark green line on the back, below which is a double 

 whitish one, and a broad white line on the sides. It feeds on willow in May and September. 



GENUS XXVIII.— EUBOU.\ (BOISD.). 



Rather stout, wings darkest in the marginal area, with dark transverse dashes and 

 central spots ; fore-wings with the costa straight and rather long, and the hind margin a 

 little oblique and very slightly arched ; two dark and nearly straight transverse lines run 

 near the base and hind margin, and the second is continued on the hind-wings, which 

 are nearly triangular, with the inner margin rather shorter than the costa ; their rounded 

 tips extend be}'ond the hinder angle of the fore-wings. The antennas of the male are 

 serrated at the tips. The larvae are smooth and slender, with a flat triangular head, and feed in 

 July and August. The moths appear in May and June. They expand from i to l^ inches. 



1. E. Areiiacearia (Hiibn.). — Wings pale ochre-yellow, finely speckled with rusty-brown, 

 and with a small brown central spot ; fore-wings with the marginal area violet-grey, and 

 with two brown transverse lines, the second straight, and bordered with light in front. 

 Inhabits South- Eastern Europe. The larva feeds on Coronilla varia. 



2. E. Miirinaria (W. V.). — Wings reddish ashy grey, speckled with brown, and with a 

 brown central spot ; fore-wings darker in the marginal area, with two brown and slightly 

 curved transverse lines. It varies considerably in colour and markings. The variety Cineraria 

 (Dup.) is light yellowish-grey, much speckled, and the lines indistinct. It is common in a 

 great part of Central and Southern Europe and Northern and Western Asia, flying in 

 lucerne fields during the day, in May, July, and August. The larva is green, with three 

 white lines on the back, and a yellowish-white stripe on the sides ; the belly is spotted with 

 rusty-brown. It feeds on vetch, clover, lucerne, &c., in spring and autumn. 



3. E. Catalminaria (Guen.). — Dirty white, speckled with brownish-grey; fore-wings with 

 three lines, the first straight and oblique, the second arched, and the third broadly clouded ; 

 hind-wings with two parallel lines in the middle, the second slightly denticulated. Inhabits 

 Catalonia. 



4. E. Piiiiiicaria (Led.). — Wings ashy-grey, speckled with black ; fore-wings with three 

 black lines, the two innermost incomplete, and the third waved and slightly dentated ; a black 

 central spot in the middle of the fore-wings, and a row of black spots before all the fringes ; 

 hind-wings with two parallel lines. The female is yellowish-grey, irrorated with brown, with a 

 black spot in the middle of each wing, and marginal spots, but with no lines. Inhabits 

 Andalusia, Syria, and Abyssinia. 



