■^i6 European Butterflies and Moths. 



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and the liind-wings three-fourths as long as the body, and varied with grey and brown, 

 the former with two black transverse lines and the latter with one. Common in Central 

 Europe from February to April. The larva is brownish-yellow, with brown longitudinal 

 stripes in front, bordered with paler, and with X-shaped spots behind. [H. Ankcraria, 

 Staud., from Hungary, is of the size of Progemmaria ; wings broad, slender, and thinly 

 scaled, light brown, with the two transverse lines brown, narrow, and continuous, the first 

 nearly straight, and the second angularly curved round the large oval brown central spot ; 

 hind-wings white, very slightly dusted with greyish-brown towards the hind margin. The 

 female and larva arc unknown.) 



*4. H. Leiicop/uearia (W. V.). — Fore-wings with the hind margin rather oblique, grey, 

 varied with whitish, and dusted with darker, with two blackish transverse lines, the first 

 arched, and the second forming three curves ; hind-wings whitish, speckled with grey. In 

 the variety Mannorinaria (Esp.) the basal and marginal areas of the fore-wings are dark grey. 

 Size of Progemmaria. Common in Central Europe from February to April. The larva is 

 dirty green, with two whitish lines on the back, and a double brown line on the sides. It 

 feeds chiefly on oak. The female is grey, with very short rudiments of wings, edged with 

 long hair-like fringes. The male moth is figured at PI. 44, Fig. 6. 



*S. H. Rupicapraria (W. V.), {Early Moth). — Fore-wings with the hind margin slightly 

 oblique, brownish-grey, with a blackish central spot, two indistinct blackish and slightly 

 dentated transverse lines bordered with paler, and small black marginal dots ; hind-wings 

 pale grey. Expands about i\ inches. The female is grey, the wings half as long as the 

 body, and the fore-wings broadly dusky before the hind margin. Common in Central Europe 

 and Armenia from January to April. The larva is green, with a darker line on the back, 

 and several whitish lines on the sides. 



6. H. Bajaria (W. V.). — Fore-wings of the male varied with dark grey and rusty-brown, 

 with a whiter zigzag subterminal line ; hind-wings pale grey, dusted with darker. Size of 

 Rupicapraria. The female is grey, with very short fringes, which do not resemble hairs. It 

 is common late in autumn throughout the south of Central Europe. The larva is grey, 

 with a darker longitudinal line in front, and with pale spots on the back behind, bordered 

 with black. 



GENUS XLI. — RHYPARIA (LED.). 



Slender ; wings tolerably stout, fore-wings moderately broad, with the costa and 

 hind margin slightly curved, and the latter oblique ; hind-wings rounded behind, with the 

 costa longer than the inner margin, and extending beyond the hinder angle of the fore- 

 wings. On the under side of the base of the fore-wings in the male are two scaleless 

 depressions in cells \a and \b. Antennse strongly pectinated in the male, and simple in the 

 female. The larva is smooth and cylindrical. The only species, R. Mclanaria (Linn.), has 

 whitish fore-wings and yellow hind-wings, covered with transverse rows of large and small 

 black spots. Expands from if to 2 inches. Local in Northern and Central Europe, except 

 the north-west, and in Northern Asia, in June and July, occurring in waste places. The 

 larva is dark green on the back, with a dark blue central line and white subdorsal lines, 

 spotted with black ; it is yellow, with two blue lines on the upper part of the sides, and 

 below this it is blue, with two yellow lines. It feeds on Vaccinium tdiginosuni in May and 

 June. The moth is figured at PL 45, Fig. 7. 



