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*2. H. Abruptaria (Thiinb.). — Ochreous, varied with brown, the front half of the oblique 

 second hne on the fore-wings, and the black dentated transverse line on the hind-wings, bordered 

 outside with dark brown bands. Expands about \\ inches. Common in many parts of 

 Western Europe from April to September ; in the North it appears to be single-brooded. The 

 larva is yellowisTi-grey, sometimes washed with flesh-colour and bluish. It feeds on broom, 

 jasmine, &c. {H. Fractarict, Staud., from Andalusia, is white, dusted with grey, with two thick 

 black transverse lines which approach each other in the middle, and enclose a large black spot in 

 front. The basal area, the front of the medial area, and a broad black shade on the outside 

 of the second line are dark, the latter shade running into the hind margin before the tip. Hind- 

 wings much less dentated than in H. Abruptaria, also with a black line near the hind margin, 

 broadly shaded on the outside.) 



GENUS XLVII. — NYCHIODE.S (LED.). 



Antennfe of the male strongly pectinated to the tips, and those of the female shortly but 

 distinctly pectinated ; body stout, and obtuse at the extremity. The wings are broad, thick, 

 and regularly dentated, with long fringes. The larva is short, thick, and without protuberances, 

 and forms its pupa in the ground. The commonest species, N. Lividaria (Hiibn.), has iron-grey 

 wings, washed with pale flesh-colour on the disc ; the two central lines black and slender, the 

 first line arched and waved, and the second curved round the discoidal cell of the fore-wings, 

 and continued across the hind-wings ; bej-ond it is a band formed of whitish atoms. The 

 fringes are concolorous, preceded by a festooned black line. Expands nearly 2 inches. Inhabits 

 South-Western Europe, Turkey, and Western Asia in July. A whitish variety, Andalusiaria 

 (Mill.), has been taken in the mountains of Spain. The larva is grey, varied with blackish and 

 reddish, with the back ashy, and a pale line on the sides, crossed by oblique black streaks, on 

 which stand the stigmata ; the head is small, black, and quadrangular, and the collar is orange. 

 It lives on sloe in France, and on Erica arborescens in Spain. It hybernates, and feeds till May 

 or June, but cannot be reared successfully in-doors. N. Amygdalaria (Herr.-Schafif.) is grej-ish- 

 white, partly clouded with dark grey, with two slightly-waved blackish lines, the second line 

 partly double on the fore-wings, and forming an acute angle, and the costa of the fore-wings 

 with some black marks. It inhabits Turkey and Asia Minor. 



GENUS Xl.VIII. — SVNOPSIA (HUEN.). 



Resembles Boannia ; the fore-wings are moderately broad, with the tips rounded, and the 

 hind margin long and waved ; the hind-wings are dentated, with a rather larger excavation 

 above the middle, and the costa and inner margin are of nearly equal length. The larvc'e are 

 slender, with pointed elevations on the back, and two anal points. 



I. Jf. Sociaria (Hiibn.). — Wings pale grey, varied and speckled with brown ; the fore-wings 

 with two transverse lines, between which the ground-colour is rather paler ; the second line 

 projects considerably before the tips in a double angle ; and the transverse line on the hind- 

 wings also projects considerably outwards on the costa. Expands nearly 2 inches. Common in 

 Southern and South-Central Europe, and in Northern and Western Asia, in August and Sep- 

 tember. It is a rather variable species. The larva is grey, with a black stripe on the sides 

 bordered below with white, and is chequered with brown and whitish on the last segments. It 

 feeds on broom, sea-buckthorn, &c., in May and June. {S. Pliceoleiicaria, Led., from Sarepta, 

 Turkc)', and the Altai, has white fore-wings, varied with blackish, with two black dentated lines. 



