252 European Butterflies and Moths. 



Caricaria, is snow-white, with no trace of darker dusting, but with black central and marginal 

 dots ; the fore-wings with five and the rounded hind-wings with three interrupted yellow trans- 

 verse lines. Expands about three-quarters of an inch. It inhabits Thuringia.) 



*72. A. Imimitata (Linn.). — Wings yellowish-white in the male and white in the female, 

 thinly and finely dusted with blackish, with black central dots ; the fore-wings with five and the 

 hind-wings with four brownish-yellow trans\-crse lines, the third and fourth zigzag; hind margin 

 unspotted, or with fine black dots ; hind-wings rounded. Expands about i inch. Common in 

 Europe and Northern Asia in June and July. The larva is transversely wrinkled, yellowish-grey, 

 with two dark lines on the back and a sulphur-yellow stripe on the sides. It feeds on yarrow, 

 plantain, &c., till May. The moth is figured at PI. 47, Fig. 10. 



73. A. Corrivalaria (Kretschm.). — Wings bone-colour, thinly dusted with black, with black 

 central dots and a light subterminal line, bordered with suffused reddish-grey ; the fore-wings 

 with three and the hind-wings with two parallel reddish-grey transverse lines, the outermost 

 dentated ; hind margin dotted with black, and hind-wings angulated. Expands nearly I inch. 

 It is found on damp moors in Eastern Germany and Poland in June and July, sitting on the 

 upper side of the marsh plants. 



74. A. Strigaria (Hiibn.). — Wings dirty bone-colour, thickly dusted with darker, with 

 yellowish-grey and nearly straight transverse lines which are not dentated, and an indistinct 

 subterminal line ; a slender dark marginal line, and unspotted fringes ; black central spots on 

 the slightly angulated hind-wings only. Expands about i inch. Inhabits Central and 

 Southern Europe in May and June. The larva is green, with a darker line on the back, and 

 a double yellow line on the sides. It feeds on birch (.') in autumn. 



*75. A. Strigillaria (Hiibn.).— Wings pale olive-grey, thickly dusted with darker, with black 

 central dots, and a light suffused submarginal line ; the fore-wings with three and the hind- 

 wings with two grey transverse lines, the second dentated and more sharply defined ; the 

 marginal line finely black, and slightly thickened between the nervures ; the fringes rarely 

 with a few black dots, and the hind-wings angulated. Expands from i to i^ inches. 

 Widely distributed in Europe and Northern Asia in June and July. The larva is yellowish- 

 grey, with a dark line on the back, and a white stripe on the sides. It feeds on plantain and 

 Stachys till May. 



76. A. Uinbellaria (Hiibn.). — Very like Strigillaria, but larger, purer white, and less thickly 

 dusted ; the male with no central dot on the fore-wings ; the transverse lines yellowish-grey, the 

 subterminal line more broken into spots, and the fringes marked with fine black dots. Expands 

 about \l inches. Inhabits the south of Central Europe and Northern Asia in June and 

 July. The larva is pale brown, with dark dashes, and a light stripe on the sides. It feeds 

 on vetch, &c., till May. 



*TT. A. Enmtaria (Hiibn.). — Wings whitish, finely dusted with black, with fine black central 

 dots, a grey central shade running towards the tips of the wings, and a row of fine black 

 dots before the narrow grey-shaded subterminal line ; hind-wings angulated. Expands about 

 I inch. Inhabits Southern and Western Europe in June. {A. Flaccidaria, Zell., from South- 

 Eastern Europe and Western Asia, appears to differ from this chiefly in the central dots on 

 the hind-wings being much larger than those on the fore-wings.) 



*78. A. Imitaria (Hiibn.). — Wings reddish-ochreous, with fine black central dots, the fore- 

 wings with three brown transverse lines, the two last converging on the costa, strongly waved, 

 and continued in the hind-wings ; the second line often shaded with rusty-brown outside, the 

 marginal line finely dusky, and the hind-wings strongly angulated. Expands about i inch. 



