3i8 European Butterflies and Moths. 



5. 5". Ambiistaria (Hiibn.). — Yellowish-grey, speckled with black, and with a black central 

 dot ; fore-wings with a waved black stripe, and hind-wings with a reddish black one. The 

 female is yellowish-red, and the stripe on the fore-wings is not so dark. Inhabits Sicily. 



GENUS XLIII. — THAMNONOMA (LED.). 



AntennE of the males, and of the female of Vincidaria, shortly pectinated, and serrated 

 at the extremity ; in the females of the other species they are serrated throughout. The 

 body is slender, the palpi straight, and the tongue spiral. The wings are rather short and 

 broad, the fore-wings with the tips obtuse, and the hind margins rounded and convex ; hind- 

 wings rounded. The fore-wings are of a dirty grey or brownish, with more or less distinct 

 traces of four transverse lines, and the hind-wings have at least one line. The moths fly 

 in open places among grass or bushes. 



1. T. Vinadaria (Hiibn.). — Fore -wings bluish-grey, with four black costal spots, the outer- 

 most followed by an oblong black blotch at the end of the cell ; beyond this is a slightly 

 curved reddish transverse band, brown on the costa, and finely bordered with whitish on 

 each side ; hind-wings paler, with an indistinct line ; all the fringes dotted with black. 

 Expands about i^ inches. It inhabits South France and Spain in early spring, and again 

 in August. The larva is purplish-brown, with small tubercles on the 4th, Sth, and lith 

 segments. It feeds on Rlianmns iiifcctorius in June and September. 



2. T. Semicanaria (Freyer). — Fore-wings pale brownish-grey, with two dark brown trans- 

 verse lines, and an oblong central spot between ; between the second line and the hind margin 

 runs a broad brownish band, shading into reddish in fresh specimens ; hind-wings reddish-grey, 

 with a small dot in the middle. Expands from f inch to if inches. It inhabits South 

 Europe and North Africa. 



3. T. Confauiniaria (Huhn.). — Wings pale ochreous-yellow, dusted with brownish, with two 

 well-marked reddish-brown lines, the second waved, and approaching the first on the lower 

 part of the fore-wings, where they are crossed by a reddish-brown blotch ; towards the base 

 of the fore-wings is another line. Expands about i\ inches. Local in France and Italy from 

 June to September. The larva is pale yellowish-green, and feeds on oak in May, June, 

 September, and October. (T. Gestictclaria, Hiibn., from Spain, differs from Containinaria 

 in wanting the reddish blotch on the fore-wings, and in the lines being quite parallel. 

 T. Acquiaria, Mill., which occurs in Italy in June, is allied to Gesticnlaria, but is white, 

 finely dusted with brown, with red lines.) 



4. T. Loricaria (Eversm.). — Violet-grey, with black central and marginal dots on all the 

 wings ; fore-wings with three waved blackish lines and an irregular submarginal reddish band ; 

 hind-wings paler, with one line. The wings of the female are rudimentary. Widely distributed 

 in Russia, 



*S. T. Wavaria (Linn.). — Fore-wings ashy-grey, with four rusty-brown costal spots, the 

 second of which is connected with an angular mark at the end of the cell, below which often 

 runs a curved line to the inner margin ; hind-wings paler, indistinctly speckled with grey. 

 Expands about i^ inches. Common throughout Europe in June and July. The larva is bluish- 

 green, bluish-white, grey, or blackish, with a few hairs on raised black spots, and a bright yellow 

 stripe on the sides. It feeds on gooseberry and currant in spring and autumn. The moth is 

 figured at PI. 45, Fig. 10. (T. Fuscaria^ Hiibn., supposed to occur in Lapland, is brownish, with 

 pale fringes dotted with black ; the fore-wings are bordered with grey, with a yellowish spot 

 on the costa before the tip, bordered with black outside ; hind-wings grey, with the base paler.) 



