32 2 European Butterflies axd Moths. 



dots on tlie ncr\-iires. and a lighter subterminal line widened into spots in the middle ; the 

 under side is marked with a dark central spot and curved stripe, and with whitish marginal 

 spots in the middle and at the tips ; the forehead is dark brown. Expands about i \ inches. 

 Inhabits South-Eastern Europe and Western Asia. 



B. — Antcnnce of tlie males serrated or shortly pectinated beneath; hind tibiic short and 

 strongly thickened ; fore-wings with the tips more rounded, and the hind margin entire, and 

 hind-iuiiigs zoith the hind margin strongly dentatcd ; the forehead is not dnslcy. 



7. G. Glaucinaria (Hiibn.).— Wings dusted with bluish-ashy-grey, with dark central rings, 

 the second line dentated, and darker on the nervures, and a suffused subterminal line ; on the 

 under side the middle is whitish and the iiind margin grey spotted with white ; the antennae 

 of the male are serrated beneath. The variety Pliimbearia (Staud.), from the Rhine, is smaller, 

 darker, dusted with yellowish-grey, and almost without lines. Expands about \\ inches. 

 Common in the mountains of Central and South-Western Europe in July. The larva is yellowish- 

 grey, with brown angular spots on the back, and a white stripe on the sides. It feeds on 

 Polygonum bistorta and dandelion, and that of Plumbearia feeds on Sedum album. 



8. G. Variegata (Dup.). — Wings finely and transversely speckled with brown ; pale grey 

 varied with bluish-grey with a silken lustre, small dark central rings, a dentated transverse 

 line, and a suffused subterminal line ; central area and hind margin dusted with ochre-yellow ; 

 wings white beneath, spotted with grey before the hind margin ; the antenna; of the male 

 are serrated beneath. The variety Cymbalariata (Mill.) is bluish and more unicolorous. 

 Expands about i| inches. Common in South-Central and Southern Europe and Western Asia 

 in May, June, August, and September. The larva is wrinkled, with three pointed pro- 

 minences ; it is fulvous, with a duller double line on the back, and a paler stripe on the 

 sides. It feeds on Asplenium Ruta-muraria from spring to autumn. 



9. G. Mucidata (Hiibn.). — Very like Variegata, but the fore-wings are narrower, with the 

 tips more prominent, the hind margin more oblique and the inner margin shorter, the speckling 

 is coarser and more irregular, and the antenna of the male are pectinated ; it is very variable 

 in size and colour. Common in France, Spain, and Corsica in March, April, August, and 

 September. The larva differs from that of Variegata chiefly by its bifid prominences. It 

 feeds on a great variety of low plants, and constructs its pupa in the crevices of walls. 



C. — Resembles Section B, but tlie hind margin of the hind-zvings is smoothly waved, and 

 rather more strongly excavated above the middle, and the forcl'.ead is brown. 



10. G. Pullata (W. V.). — Wing bluish or yellowish-grey, dusted with darker, occasionally 

 blackish (variety Confertata, Guen.) or very pale and almost whitish (variety Impcctinata, Guen.) 

 with small brown central rings ; the fore-wings slightly waved, with two dentated blackish 

 transverse lines, and the hind-wings with one. The subterminal line is zigzag and su.ffused, 

 and the under side is ash)'-grey, with a strongly-marked pure white cur\'ed line ; the forehead 

 is dark brown. Expands about \\ inches. Common in Central Europe in July. It is reputed 

 British ; but it is uncertain whether the British Pullata is anything more than a dark variety 

 of Obscnrata. The larva is greyish-yellow with a lighter line on the back, below which are 

 broad blackish curved dashes. It feeds on lettuce till June. (C/. Dolosaria, Herr.-Schaff., from 

 Greece and Crete, is dark ashy-grey with central black dots ; the fore-wings have the first, 

 second, and subterminal lines either complete or reduced to dots, the second line, \\ hich is whitish 

 bordered with blackish, is continued on the hind-wings.) 



11. G. Asperaria (Hiibn). — Greyish-brown, with two slender black transverse lines, the first 

 not e.xtending to the costa nor to the hind-wings, the second is straight and oblique, and there 



