324 European Butterflies and Moths. 



marginal dots ; the first line on the fore-wings is often indistinct, and the forehead is dark 

 brown. Expands about ij inches. Inhabits the mountains of Norway, Silesia, the Alps, 

 and the Altai in July. 



17. G. Andcreggiaria (Lah.). — Wings smootli and sliining, grey, with a greenish lustre, 

 a small dark central spot, two whitish costal spots, and the second line very sligiitly 

 dcntated, and narrowly bordered with whitish behind ; the fringes unspotted, and the fore- 

 liead scarcely darker. Expands about 2 inches. Inhabits the Alps of the Valais and 

 Piedmont. 



G. — Tlie anteii7iCB of the male pectinated, the hind tibicB not thickened, the hind margins of all 

 the wings entire, and the wi7igs of the female rudimentary. 



18. G. Zelleraria (Freyer). — Wings pale a.shy-grey, with the transverse lines wholly sufiiised, 

 and only indicated on tlie costa by some rather darker spots, and with dull central spots ; the 

 under side is whitish, with a grey border ; the wings of the female are rather longer than the 

 body, and the fore-wings are rounded. The male expands about 2 inches, and the female a 

 little more than i inch. It inhabits the Alps in June and July. 



19. G. Ccelibaria (Herr.-Schiiff.). — Wings ashy-grey or bluish-grey, dusted with darker; yellowish 

 on the costa and on the nervures, with large blackish central spots, and a dark grey dentated 

 second line^ bordered behind with lighter ; both the transverse lines rise from large dark costal 

 spots, and the hind margin is not dotted. The wings of the female are half as long as the body, 

 and the fore -wings are pointed, with two dark grey transverse lines; the second continues on 

 the hind-wings. The male expands about \\ inches, and the female about half an inch. Inhabits 

 the Southern Alps in Jul)-. 



20. G. Operaria (Hiibn.). — Wings pale ashy-grey, finely dusted with darker, with a grey 

 central spot, a suffused subterminal line, and black marginal dots, the fore-wings with two grey 

 dentated transverse lines, which are darker on the nervures, and the hind-wings with one ; the 

 female has very short rudiments of wings. The male e.xpands about i^ inches. Inhabits the 

 mountains of Austria and Silesia in July, and the larva feeds on Campanula. 



GENUS .\LVI. — HEMEROPHILA (.STErH.). 



Rather stout, the wings ochreous, with two nearlj- straight oblique and slightlj'-waved 

 lines ; the first runs from the costa near the base to be}-ond the middle of the wings, and the 

 second runs parallel to it, from or before the middle of the inner margin to the hind margin 

 below the tip, accompanied by a more or less distinct oblique brown .shade ; the hind- 

 wings transversely striated, and with i. black line which runs transversely through the 

 wing beyond the middle ; the subtLiminal line is only indicated by some light zigzags 

 below the tip of the fore-wings, and the costa of the hind-wings is rather longer than the 

 inner margin. 



I. H. Nyctemeraria (Geyer). • — Fore-wings ochreous, with the costa broadly paler, and a 

 broad dark brown oblique band running from the inner margin before the middle to the hind 

 margin below the tip ; hind-wings pale ochreous, with a black transverse line, which is not 

 dentated. Expands about if inches. Inhabits South France and the Valais in Ma)- and 

 August ; the larva is clay-coloured or brownish, washed with bluish beneath. It feeds on broom, 

 juniper, &c., in March and April. (//. Barcinonaria, Chav., found at Barcelona in Ma}-, is uniform 

 brown, with two slender black lines and a small central dot on the fore-wings, and one line on 

 the hind-wings.) • 



