328 European Butterflies and Moths. 



instead of paler, and the second line is sharply zigzag ; on the hind-wings there is only one 

 regularly zigzag black line besides the slender subterminal line, which is often broken into 

 spots on all the wings ; the female is paler than the male, with more brown lines on the hind- 

 wings. Expands about i inch.) 



1 1. B. Occitanaria (Uup.). — Wings reddish-white, more or less shaded with brown ; the 

 fore-wings have two black irregular transverse lines, the first forms a 7 on the costa and is 

 then arched, the second is tridentate at the top and then slightly concave ; there are four 

 other indistinct brownish lines, and the pale subterminal line runs between the two last ; 

 hind-wings with two brown lines, only well marked on the inner margin ; a central dot on all 

 the wings, most distinct below. Expands nearly li inches. Inhabits South France and Spain 

 in August and September. The larva varies from clay-colour to dark brown, with a dark 

 line on the back and a whitish one on the sides. It feeds on oak and thyme till March or 

 April. {B. Bastclicaria, Chav., found in Corsica in July, is dull grey; fore-wings with three 

 brown lines, the first double, as far as the discoidal spot, and the subterminal line thick, but 

 often interrupted. Hind-wings dentated, with a large central spot, and a dentated curved brown 

 line, bordered inside with black.) 



12. B. Pen'ersaria (Boisd.). — Resembles Rlwinboidaria in pattern, but the wings are much 

 paler, reddish -ashy-grey, darker on the subterminal line, very slightly and sparingly dusted 

 with darker, the transverse lines bordered with light, the first interrupted in front and the 

 second running from the middle of the inner margin almost tothe costa in a nearly straight 

 line, but less set back at this point, and like the light subterminal line, scarcely dentated. 

 Expands about \\ inches. It inhabits Soiath-Eastern Europe in June, and the larva feeds on 

 juniper. 



13. B. Buxicolaria (Mab.). — Wings yellowish-grey, velvety, the first line is red and oblique, 

 and rises from a spot on the costa, the central shade is reddish but scarcely marked, the 

 second line is very oblique, black, macular, accompanied by a dark reddish shade, and curved 

 outwards at the top towards the subterminal line, as in Rlioniboidaria. The subterminal line 

 is whitish, bordered by a dark red shade on both sides ; under side shining yellowish-grey, 

 with black central spots but no lines ; there is a dark reddish border, with two paler spaces 

 on the fore-wings, and one on the hind-wings. Expands nearly \\ inches. It inhabits the 

 slopes of Mount Alaric in the Department of Aude in July and August, and the pale yellow 

 larva feeds on Bnxtts sciiipervirens in February and March. 



* 14. B. Rlwinboidaria (W. V.). — Wings varied with whitish and brownish-grey, dusted with 

 darker, with a blackish central shade, and the second line black, slightly dentated, and thickened 

 on the nervures ; it runs to the middle of the inner margin on the fore-wings, where it closely 

 approaches the central shade, and is placed further outwards on the hind-wings ; the subterminal 

 line is whitish and strongly dentated, and there is a large black spot in the middle of the 

 fore-wings before the central shade. Expands from \\ to if inches. Common in Central 

 Europe and Northern and Western Asia from May to August. The larva is gre>ish-brown, 

 with dusky lozenge-shaped spots on the back, striped with yellow and black, and a darker 

 waved line on the sides. It feeds on oak, sloe, and fruit trees from September to May. 



*I5. B. Consortaria (Fabr.).— Wings ashy-grey, dusted with darker, with a dark central 

 ring, and a light subterminal line strongly zigzag, and shaded with dusky on both sides; 

 the second line is black, sharply dentated, and bordered with brownish on the outside. It 

 runs to the middle of the inner margin on the fore-wings, and begins further back on the 

 hind-wings, which arc strongly waved. There is no mark at the tip of the fore-wings on 



