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is a large central spot on the fore-wings, touching the inner line ; and the costa is slightly 

 tinted with yellowish. Expands about I inch. It inhabits Spain and South France in May. 

 The larva is dull pale green, with an interrupted reddish-brown stripe on the back. It feeds 

 on rosemary. 



4. N. Pu!mentaria (Gudn.). — Wings glaucous white, slightly bluish, with numerous small 

 paler striae, covering all the surface of the wings. The transverse lines are white and well 

 marked, the second line straight, slightly waved, and continued on the hind-wings. Size of 

 Fmistinata, Inhabits South Europe and Western Asia ; and there is a succession of broods 

 throughout the year. The larva is pale green, with a dull red stripe on the back ; sometimes 

 bright yellow, or even white, according to the colour of the flowers of the various UmbellifercB 

 on which it feeds. (A''. Meliuaria, Herr.-Schafif., from the Ural, is bright green ; the second 

 line is oblique, white and denticulated, and the first line is incomplete on the fore-wings.) 



*S- ^- Viridata (Linn.). — Wings yellowish-green, fore-wings with the costa narrowly 

 edged with yellowish-white, and two white and slightly-waved transverse lines, the second 

 continued on the hind-wings, which are slightly angulated ; the fringes are unspotted, and 

 the forehead cinnamon-brown. Expands from three-quarters of an inch to ^n inch. Common 

 in Europe, and Northern and Western Asia, in May and June. The larva is green, varied 

 with brownish-red, and with white markings. It feeds on hawthorn in August and September. 



6. N. Porrinata (Zell.). — Closely resembles Viridata, but the costa of the fore-wings is 

 speckled with brown, and is sometimes wholly rusty-brown ; the forehead is greyish-brown, 

 and the abdomen is tipped with yellow. It is scarce in Central Europe in May, July, and 

 August. The larva is flesh-coloured, with a dark line on the back. It feeds on bramble, 

 hazel, &c., in June and September. The moth is figured at PI. 50, Fig. 9. 



7. N. Beryl/aria (Mann), Aureliaria (Mill.). — Wings velvety bluish-green, with only one 

 whitish transverse line, which is straight and oblique, and rather indistinct on the fore-wings, 

 and slender and angulated on the hind-wings. Size of Viridata. Inhabits South Europe and 

 Western Asia in April and May. The larva is dark green, with a yellow line on the back, 

 and feeds on Phillyrea angustifolia during the winter, until the end of March. 



8. N. Herbaria (Hiibn.). — Apple-green, with the central lines white, the inner line fine, and 

 badly defined ; the second line oblique, waved, and continued on the hind-wings, where it is 

 nearly straight, slightly waved, slender, and sharply defined. The costa of the fore-wings is 

 reddish-fulvous, and the abdomen is greenish, ringed with white above, and pure white 

 below. Size of Viridata. Inhabits South Europe in September. 



*9. N. Vej-naria (Hiibn.). — Wings bluish-green, fore-wings with two white oblique transverse 

 lines which are not dentated, the first curved, and the second nearly straight ; hind-wings 

 with a white slightly-curved central line, a slightly-projecting angle in the middle of the hind 

 margin, and unspotted fringes;, the forehead cinnamon-red. Expands from l^ to \\ inches. 

 Inhabits Europe and Northern Asia from May to July. The larva is pale green, with two white 

 lines on the back and on each side. It feeds on Clematis from July to September. The moth is 

 figured at PI. 47, Fig. 5. {N. Impararia, Guen., from South Russia, resembles a small Vernaria, 

 but the hind-wings are whiter, and without markings ; the lines on the fore-wings are indistinct, 

 except as white dots on the nervures ; the basal half of all the fringes is darker grey, and the 

 terminal half is conspicuously white.) 



*io. N. Lactearia (Linn.). — Wings whitish-green, with two white and scarcely waved trans- 

 verse lines, the second acutely angulated on the hind-wings, which form a very prominent angle, 

 and the forehead is greyish-yellow. E.xpands about i inch. Common in Central Europe and 

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