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large black dots. Under and upper sides of the female paler. Expands about three-quarters 

 of an inch. F'ound at Cannes in July. The larva is greyish-ochreous, with indistinct markings, 

 and feeds on various low plants till June. 



*27. A. Sirantinota (Tr.). — Wings pale straw-colour, shading into greyish-green, and dusted 

 with black, with a black central dot ; the fore-wings with three brownish-grey, but ill-defined 

 transverse lines, and the hind-wings with two ; the second and third are not curved at the costa 

 of the fore-wings. The subterminal line is suffused, and slightly shaded with dusky, and the 

 hind margin is unmarked, except by black dots at the base of the fringes. The variety Fologiiearia 

 (Staud.) is greenish-yellow, more strongly dusted with black, and the second and third transverse 

 lines are better defined. Expands about three-quarters of an inch. Inhabits Central Europe in 

 June and July. The larva is slender, pale yellow, with fine dark double lines on the back, 

 and dark lozenge-shaped spots. It feeds on thyme and Chenopodium till May. {A. Graciliata, 

 Mann., from Botzen, is allied to Straminata, but may be distinguished by its silky lustre, paler 

 and less dusted colouring, and the finer black dots on the nei-vures. It flies in July.) 



28. A. Llancipiata (Staud.). — Yellowish-grey, with black central dots, the hind-wings clouded, 

 and three darker lines on the fore-wings and two on the hind-wings ; the first indistinct on 

 the fore-wings and broader on the hind-wings, the second broader and dentated on the hind- 

 wings, and the third line of the fore-wings distinctly dentated. Size of Straminata. Inhabits 

 Andalusia from June to September. {A. Lcngaria, Herr.-Schaff., from Andalusia, Sardinia, 

 and Syria, resembles Virgularia, but the wings are much longer. It appears in June.) 



29. A. SodalicBria (Herr.-Schiiff.). — Wings white, scarcely dusted with darker, with black 

 central dots ; the fore-wings with three finely-dentated blackish transverse lines, thickened on 

 the costa, and the hind-wings with two ; the subterminal line is indicated by the brownish 

 shading, broken into spots, in front ; the hind margin with black dashes between the 

 nervures, and the fringes with black dots at the ends of the nervures. Inhabits Corsica, 

 Carniola, and South-Eastern Europe. 



30. A. Nexata (Hiibn.). — Wings white, with black central dots, and dusted with brown ; 

 fore-wings with the inner line arched, a central shade, an outer slightly waved oblique line, 

 and a white macular submarginal line ; hind-wings with the hind margin brownish, and an 

 indistinct submarginal line. Inhabits Andalusia. 



* 31. A. Virgularia (Hiibn.). — Wings straw-colour, slightly reddish, and finely dusted 

 with brown, with black central dots, a violet-grey central shade, and the curved subterminal 

 line shaded with violet-grey ; the fore-wings with two fine transverse lines, and the hind-wings 

 with one, dotted with black on the nervures ; the marginal line marked with black dashes, 

 and the fringes dotted with black at the ends of the nervures. E.xpands about three-quarters 

 of an inch. Common in Central and Southern Europe, and Western Asia, from May to 

 August. The larva is yellowish-red or dark brown, with blackish lozenge-shaped spots on 

 the back, bordered behind with oblique lines. It feeds on various plants till April, and again 

 in June. The moth and larva are figured at PI. 47, Fig. 7, a, b. {A. Bisckoffaria, Geyer, 

 from Switzerland, has very dark iron-grey fore-wings, the indentations of the transverse line being 

 obliterated. The fringes, and pale markings of the wings, are very conspicuously white. The 

 under side is much lighter than in dark varieties of Virgularia. The marginal dots between the 

 nervures are well marked, and the base of the fringes is interrupted with large black dots.) 



32. A. Ccrvantaria (Mill.). — Warm clay yellow, dusted with brown; fore-wings with four 

 nearly straight lines, the first and the central shade brown, the second black, festooned, and 

 dentated on the outside, and the subterminal line pale, concolorous, with two inner angles, 



