NUMERIA CaBERA. 3 I J 



5. E. Assimilaria (Ramb.). — Grey, irrorated with reddish, with a black spot in the middle 

 of each wing, and a black line, broken into spots, before the fringes ; the three lines are black, 

 and are sometimes only indicated on the costa of the fore-wings ; sometimes the first and 

 third are double, filled up with reddish-grey, and continued as two reddish-grey stripes, 

 the outermost angulated on the hind-wings. Inhabits waste rocky places in Corsica and 

 Sardinia, among Genista Corsica, on which the larva feeds. The latter is yellowish-green, with 

 a dark green line on the back and a yellow line on the sides. {E. Sparsaria, Hiibn., reputed 

 European, is pale ochreous, speckled with blackish, and with marginal black dots ; the fore- 

 wings have no central spot ; the first line is arched, and the second is suffused with reddish 

 on the outside, and continued on the hind-wings. E. Grisco/aria, Eversm., from the steppes 

 of South Russia, resembles Mitrinaria, but is more speckled, the lines are broken into dots, 

 and there is no central shade ; hind-wings with few or no markings.) 



GENUS XXIX. — NUMERIA (DUP.). 



Rather slender, the wings speckled with dusky, and darker in the central area ; the 

 fore-wings with two dark transverse lines, bordered with light, the second projecting outwards 

 above the middle, and visible on the hind-wings, at least at the inner margin ; the hind-wings 

 only £xtend a little beyond the hinder angle of the fore-wings, and their costa is a little 

 longer than the inner margin. The larvae are slender and rigid, with a conical projection 

 on the loth segment, and a heart-shaped head. 



*i. N. Pidvcraria (Linn.). — Fore-wings ochreous-brown, the central area olive-brown, and 

 strongly widened behind above the middle ; it is bordered by two suffused darker lines, and 

 the hind-wings are more yellowish. Expands from 1} to il inches. Common in Northern 

 and Central Europe, and Northern Asia in May and June. The larva is brown, with a double 

 wavy brown line on the sides ; it feeds on willow in July and August. The moth is 

 figured at PI. 50, Fig. 4. 



2. N. Caprcolaria (W. V.). — Wings pale yellow, suffused with rosy, and speckled with 

 brown ; fore-wings with the tip divided with black, a black spot in the centre, and two 

 black transverse lines, the second waved, dentated, and broadly suffused with grey in front ; 

 hind-wings paler. Expands about \\ inches. Inhabits the south of Central Europe, and 

 Greece in June and July. The variety Donzellaria (Dup.), from Auvergne, has whitish wings, 

 with the apical dash, central spot, and transverse lines all black. The larva is yellowish- 

 brown, with two dark stripes on the back, spotted with black, and a yellowish stripe on the 

 sides. It feeds on Piniis picea and abics in May. 



GENUS XXX. — CABERA (TR.). 



Wings delicate, whitish, speckled with brown, the tip of the fore-wings slightly pointed, 

 and the inner margin rounded ; fore-wings with three transverse lines, and hind-wings with two ; 

 the costa and inner margin of the latter are of equal length. The larvse are cylindrical, 

 with a round head, and feed on birch, elder, hazel, &c., from July to September. The moths 

 appear from May to August, and expand from i to ij inches. 



*\. C. Pnsaria (Linn.).— Wings white, slightly speckled with grey, the lines brownish-grey; 

 face white. The variety Hcycraria (Herr.-Schaff.) is brown, and the variety RoUmdaria 

 (Haw.) has the two inner lines nearer together, owing to the first line being angulated ; on 

 the hind-wings, which are more rounded than in the type, the outer line is indistinct. 



