334 European Butterfltes and Moths. 



GENUS LVITI. — ANTHOMETRA (BOISD.). 



Small moths, with the wings oblong, concolorous, and entire. The antennae of the males 

 are strongly pectinated, the palpi are short and slender, and the hind tibiae are furnished with 

 one pair of spurs. 



1. J\. Pluinularia (Boisd.). — Fore-wings with the tip produced, but not pointed ; hind-wings 

 narrow and rounded ; all the wings reddish cinnamon-brown, sometimes nearly black, with 

 the fringes bl.ickish, and two waved parallel lines (often obliterated) a little darker than the 

 ground-colour, the second bordered with lighter behind ; tip of the abdomen fulvous. The 

 female is smaller and paler, with the lines very indistinct ; the abdomen is thicker, and wholly 

 yellowish fulvous. Expands about three-quarters of an inch. It is found in Spain and the 

 Pyrenees, flying over a tliorny species of Gcitisla, on which the larva is supposed to feed. 



2. A. (?) Houwcliromata (Mab.). — Fore-wings dark shining brown, with the hind margin grey, 

 and covered with many shining yellowish scales. Hind-wings paler, silky, with the hind margins 

 paler. Under side similar, suffused with fulvous on the costa. E.xpands nearly i inch. Inhabits 

 Corsica in May, and the larva probably feeds on Genista Corsica. 



GENUS LIX. — EGEA (DUP.). 



The male is of the size and shape of Pygniaua Fiiscn, but the fore-wings are rather longer 

 and more pointed. The antenna: are shortly ciliated, and the hind tibiae have two pairs of spurs. 

 The female is apterous. The only European species, E. Pravata (Hiibn.), is dirty white, with 

 central spots ; a dark brown curved line runs from the tip to the base of the fore-wings, behind 

 which the ground-colour is dirty brown, intersected by the white nervures ; the hind-wings have 

 a curved line beyond the middle. The moth flies over gras.sy hills in early spring, in Lapland, 

 the Ural, and Northern Asia. 



GENUS LX. — EREMIA (HERR.-SCHAFF.). 



Resembles Egea, but the hind margin of the fore-wings is more convex, the antennae of the 

 male have long slender pectinations, and the female is winged, but heavy and inactive. 



1. E. Cttlniinaria (Eversm.). — Fore-wings white, with two transverse lines, the second nearly 

 straight, with a narrow stripe of the ground-colour behind, followed by a brownish shaded band, 

 in which the nervures are scaled with black, and behind it they are brown ; the fringes are 

 broad and white, and spotted with brown on the nervures. The hind-wings are grey, with a 

 paler transverse stripe beyond the middle. Inhabits South-Eastern Russia and Asia Minor. 



2. E. Cacuminaria (Ramb.). — Wings greyish-brown slightly dusted with black, the second 

 line formed of black oblong spots, followed with paler ; a black line broken into spots precedes 

 the fringes. The inner line is represented on the fore-wings by three obscure spots; and 

 there are two smaller ones at the end of the cell. E.xpands nearly i inch. Inhabits Spain. 



GENUS LXI. — PSEUDOTERPNA (HUBN.). 



Rather stout, fore-wings moderately broad, with the hind margin nearly straight ; hind- 

 wings narrow, truncated behind, with the costa and inner margin of equal length ; the antennae 

 of the male shortly pectinated, and the hind tibije with two pairs of spurs. The larvae are 

 slender, with ten legs, a bifid head, and two anal points ; they undergo their transformations 

 in a slight cocoon. 



