344 European Butterflies and Moths. 



obtuse, and shaded with brown on the inside ; all the lines, except the inner line, are 

 continued on the hind-wings. Fringes long, concolorous, and preceded by a row of square 

 black dots. Expands about three-quarters of an inch. Inhabits South France and Spain 

 in May and July. The larva is long, rigid, clay-coloured, with indistinct markings, and 

 feeds on low plants till April. Appears to differ from Transmutata (No. 54) by the 

 marginal dots. {A. Asellaria, Herr.-Schaff., from the South Tyrol and Corsica, is reddish- 

 grey, with three waved blackish lines, the third shaded outside, and with black central dots. 

 A. Colonaria, Herr.-Schaff., resembles Strammata, but is redder, with a black marginal line, and 

 unspotted fringes. Its locality is uncertain.) 



*33. A. Contiguaria (Hiibn.). — Wings violet-grey, yellowish in front, the costa itself 

 narrowly bordered with coal-black ; coarsely dusted with brown and with black central dots, 

 two dentated dark brown transverse lines, thickened towards the costa of the fore-wings, and 

 the subterminal line irregularly zigzag, and spotted with dusky in front ; the hind margin 

 and fringes as in Virgidaria, and the hind tibiae of the female with four spurs. A very pale 

 brownish-grey variety (Typicata, Gu6n.) is found in South France. Expands about three- 

 quarters of an inch. Local in Central Europe in July. The larva is flattened, and pointed 

 in front, with fine transverse wrinkles, the back greyish-yellow, and the belly dark brown ; 

 a dark green line on the back, broad double greyish yellow angles on the sides, and a double 

 dark brown central line on the belly. It feeds on Sediim album in autumn and spring. 



* 34. A. Hcrbariata (Fabr.). — Wings ochreous, dusted with brown, with an indistinct brown 

 central spot, and a broad subterminal line, projecting in two rounded curves in the middle, 

 and broad and macular in front ; fore-wings with three brown transverse lines, not dotted 

 with black, and darkened between the two first lines ; hind-wings with two transverse lines, 

 the marginal line indistinctly dark between the nervurcs, and the base of the fringes spotted with 

 dark brown at the ends of the nervures. E.xpands about two-thirds of an inch. Inhabits Central 

 and Southern Europe in July. The larva feeds on dry plants till June. {A. Siibsatiirata, Guen., 

 from South France, is larger and darker than Herbariata, speckled with greyish-brown, the outer 

 line nearly black, and almost straight at the costa, and the marginal black dots very distinct ; 

 the central dot of the hind-wings only distinctly visible below. A. Incomptaria, Boisd., from 

 South France, is whitish fulvous, slightly speckled with darker, with four much waved parallel 

 brown lines, and a brown dash at the tip of the fore-wings ; the under side is without markings. 

 Smaller than Aloniliata. It appears in June. A. Cahiuetaria, Staud., found in pine forests in 

 Spain in May, is pale grey, with a central black dot, and two dark lines, nearly parallel to the 

 hind margin, on the hind-wings ; on the fore-wings, the first line forms a sharp angle outwards 

 on the costa, and the second line forms an M outwards in the middle.) 



35. A. Coiisolidala (Led.).— Shape and size of Contiguaria, but the pattern resembles 

 that of Immutata ; the collar is not darkened, and the fringes are marked beyond the 

 marginal line with a row of coarse black dots. In the male, the antenna; are dentated and 

 very shortly ciliated, and there is a tuft of long hair on the hind tibiae, and the tarsi are 

 extremely short. It occurs at Naxos and Brussa. {A. Pecharia, Staud., from Hungary and 

 Sarepta, is dull grey, with the central dots and transverse lines almost obliterated, but with 

 marginal black dots.) 



36. A. Elongaria (Ramb.). — Fore-wings long and narrow; hind-wings rounded. Wings 

 pale grey, slightly tinged with reddish, irregularly dusted with a few black atoms; a black 

 dot in the middle of each wing. Between this point and the hind margin there are four 

 reddi.sh-brown rays on the fore-wings, and three on the hind-wings, and one or two extend 



