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half an inch. The larva is flesh-coloured, with fine longitudinal lines, and feeds on the flowers 

 of various plants from July to April, but grows very slowly.) 



45. A. Politata (Hiibn.). — Wings shining straw-colour, with a broad and continuous violet- 

 grey submarginal band both above and below, and with distinct black central dots. Fore- 

 wings with three fine waved lines, the outermost bordering the inside of the band ; 

 hind-wings with two lines. Expands about two-thirds of an inch. Inhabits South Europe and 

 Western Asia in June and July. The larva is short, attenuated in front, and rough ; it is of 

 a glaucous green, with a broad pale line on the sides. It feeds on low plants till May. 



*46. A. Bisetata (Hufn.). — Wings straw-colour, brownish-grey on the marginal area, with 

 black central dots, and a light dentated subterminal line ; fore-wings with two dark transverse 

 lines, and hind-wings with one ; the hind margin unmarked, and the fringes finely dotted 

 with black. Expands from three-quarters of an inch to an inch. Common in Europe, and 

 in Northern and Western Asia, in June and Jul}'. The slender greyish-brown larva feeds on 

 withered plants till April. 



47. A, Filicata (Hiibn.). — Wings yellowish-white, with black central dots, and a grey shaded 

 subterminal line ; fore-wings dark grey as far as the middle, with a double transverse line, 

 light insidCj and dark in front ; hind-wings with dark suffused transverse lines ; hind margin 

 and fringes without markings. Expands about three-quarters of an inch. Inhabits South 

 Europe and Western Asia in June and July. 



*48. A. Degencraria (Hiibn.). — Wings greyish-yellow, often suffused with reddish, and 

 brighter red on the costa, with black central dots, and two dark transverse lines, the second 

 angulated below the costa of the fore-wings. The fore-wings have a broad dark central shade 

 often extending to the first line ; there is a slender dark marginal line, but the fringes are 

 unspotted. The variety Rubraria (Stand.) is red, with blackish lines and dots. Expands i inch 

 or over. Inhabits Southern and Western Europe, and Western Asia, in May, July, and August. 

 The larva is yellowish-grey, with oblique black crosses on the back, and the loth segment 

 lighter, with an angular mark. It feeds on low plants. 



49. A. Agrostcmniata (Guen.). — Size and appearance of Degeneraria. Wings delicate, very 

 pale uniform bone-colour, without dark atoms, terminal line, or marginal dots, but with very 

 small central dots. There are only two parallel, scarcely waved, and very indistinct lines 

 towards the hind margin, and the under surface is unicolorous. Inhabits Central France in 

 June and July. The larva feeds in the capsules of Agrosteituna dioica. {A. lucariiaria, Herr.- 

 Schaff., is allied to the last two species ; it is rose-coloured, with the costa of a yellowish 

 clay-colour. The lines are better marked than in Agrostemmata, but less so than in Degeim-aria, 

 and the second line is not angulated on the costa. The terminal line is well marked only 

 below ; and the fore-wings are smoky beneath. Inhabits South Europe in June.) 



*50. A. Inornata (Haw.). — Wings dirty straw-colour, very slightly dusted with darker, 

 with fine black central dots, the fore-wings with three dull dark transverse lines, and the 

 hind-wings with two ; the second line is not interrupted on the fore-wings ; the marginal line 

 is finely dusky, and the fringes are without markings. Expands from i to i^ inches. 

 Inhabits Europe in June and July. The larva is reddish-brown, with dark lozenge-shaped 

 spots on the back. It feeds on low plants till May. 



l\. A. Deversaria (Herr.-Schafif.).— Differs from Inornata in the fringes being dotted with 

 black at their base, and from Aversata by its purer straw-coloured and more shining 

 fore-wings ; the last transverse line on the fore-wings is only slightly angulated below the 

 costa, and the subterminal line is generally more distinct, and more strongly shaded ; the 



