320 European Butterflies and Moths. 



thickly and darkly towards the hind margins ; the hind-wings beneath not darkor than the 

 fore -wings, and with no white longitudinal rays. Expands about i^ inches. Inhabits many 

 parts of Central Europe, except the north-west, in May and June. The larva is green, with 

 white lines on the back and sides, and feeds on broom in August and September. 



*7. F. Brunncata (Thunb.). — Wings reddish ochre-yellow, dusted with brownish-red, with 

 unicolorous fringes; the fore-wings with four and the hind-wings with two indistinct brown 

 transverse lines. Expands about i inch. In this and the following species the females 

 are rather smaller than the males. Widely distributed in Central Europe and Northern Asia, 

 from May to July ; in Britain it occurs at Rannoch. The larva is violet-red, with white 

 lines on the back, and a yellow stripe on the sides. It feeds on bilberry from May to 

 July, according to the locality. 



8. F. Fasciolaria (Hiibn.). — Wings pale yellow, suffused with brownish in the male, and 

 with spotted fringes ; the fore-wings with four and the hind-wings with three broad olive- 

 brown transverse lines, which are often partially connected ; hind-wings rather long. Expands 

 about I inch. Widely distributed in Eastern Europe and the Altai in May, July, and 

 August. The larva feeds on Artemisia canipcstris from June to September. 



* 9. F. Carbonaria (Clerck). — Wings white, speckled with blackish, and with chequered 

 fringes ; the fore-wings with four and the hind-wings with three black parallel stripes. 

 Expands from -| inch to i inch. Inhabits the mountains of Northern and Central Europe 

 (including those of Scotland) in April and May. 



10. F. Fanmla (Esp.), Concordaria (Hiibn.). — Fore-wings yellowish-white, often entirely 

 suffused with brown, with four brown transverse stripes, the two last close together ; hind- 

 wings orange, with two stripes above, and with white longitudinal rays beneath. Expands 

 about 1 1 inches. Occurs in many parts of Central Europe, especially the south-west, from 

 April to June ; and there is a second brood in August in the south. The larva is greenish- 

 yellow, with a darker line on the back, and paler lines, and a row of black spots on the 

 sides. It feeds on different species of Genista in spring and October, and constructs its pupa 

 in moss. 



11. F. Ghircaria (W. V.). — Wings pale ochrcous, speckled with brown, with chequered 

 fringes ; the fore-wings with three and the hind-wings with two ill-defined olive-brown 

 transverse stripes. Expands about i inch. Local, but widely distributed in Central and 

 Southern Europe and Western Asia in April, May, and July, frequenting meadows, and 

 openings in dry woods. The larva feeds on Latliyrus prateiisis in June, August, and September. 



* 12. F. Clatlirata (Linn.). — Wings white, more or less suffused with yellow, with dark 

 brown ncrvures and chequered fringes ; the fore-wings with four and the hind-wings with 

 three dark brown transverse stripes. Expands I inch or over. Common on heaths in 

 Europe, and Northern and Western Asia, from May to August. The larv-a is bluish-green, 

 with a slender darker line on the back, and a white stripe on the sides. It feeds on 

 different kinds of clover in May, June, August, and September. The moth is figured at 

 PI. 45, Fig. II. 



GENUS XLV — GNOPHOS (TR.). 



Slender, the wings broad, of a paler or darker unicolorous grey, occasionally shading 

 into green, and dusted with darker, with dark central rings, and dentated transverse lines, 

 generally rather indistinct, or broken into dots. There are two on the fore-wings, and one 

 on the hind-wings, as well as a zigzag, but almost always wholly suffused subterminal line. 



