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parallel lines beyond ; there is an angular projection in the middle of the hind margin. Hind- 

 wings paler, with the lines less distinct, and the greater part of the fringes reddish-brown. 

 Expands about i inch. It is found at Sarepta and in Armenia. 



GENUS LXXII. — ZONOSOMA (LED.). 



Small moths, the fore-wings with the tips pointed, and the hind margin entire and curved; 

 whitish or yellowish, dusted with darker, with two dark transverse lines often broken into dots, 

 a more distinct central shade, and generally a white central spot, surrounded with dusky ; the 

 antennas of the males strongly pectinated, and the tips bare. The larvae are slender and twig- 

 like, with a triangular head. They feed on trees in June and July, and again in autumn, and 

 the moths appear in May, July, and August. The pupse are attached by the tail and by a thread 

 round the body, much like those of the Papilionidcs. The moths expand a little more or less than 

 I inch. 



*I. Z. Pcndiilaria (Linn.). — Wings white, finely and sparingly dusted with grey, with two 

 transverse rows of long black dots ; the central rings are of equal size ; reddish-brown on the 

 fore-wings and black on the hind-wings ; fringes very distinctly dotted with black. Common in 

 Central Europe and Siberia. The larva is green or yellow, with yellow longitudinal lines, a 

 brown head, and a rusty-brown oval fold. It feeds on oak, alder, &c. 



*2. Z. Oi'bicularia (Hiibn.). — Wings pale grey, thickly dusted with brown, with a suffused 

 dentated central shade, followed by a transverse row of black dots. The central rings are filled 

 up with white ; on the fore-wings they are smaller and brownish-red, and on the hind-wings dark 

 brown ; the fringes are dotted with black. Inhabits Central Europe, but not very common. The 

 larva is yellowish-green, with three yellowish lines on the back, and a yellow dotted strioe on 

 the sides ; head reddish. It feeds on willow and alder. 



*3. Z. Aiimdata (Schulze), Omicronaria (W. V.). — Wings straw-colour, with large dark brown 

 central rings, two adjacent dark brown and strongly dentated transverse lines beyond the 

 middle, and another before the middle ; fringes dotted with black. Common in Central Europe. 

 The larva is green, with three yellow lines on the back and a duller line on the sides, and a 

 white head. It feeds on birch, maple, &c. 



4. Z. Albiocellaria (Hiibn.). — Resembles Annnlata, but a little larger; the wings bright yellow, 

 clouded with brown on the central area ; the rings larger and paler, white within ; the second 

 line more broken into dots, and the hind margin not dotted. Inhabits South Europe and Siberia 

 The larva is supposed to feed on maple. 



5. Z. Pupillaria (Hiibn.). — Wings greyish-yellow or ochreous-yellow, very finely and indis- 

 tinctly transversely speckled with purplish or brown, with a small brownish central spot, scarcely, 

 if at all, centred with white in the type, a row of black dots beyond the middle, and often with 

 a zigzag dull red central shade also ; fringes bright yellow or reddish ; the fore-wings with the 

 tips pointed, and almost hooked. A variable species ; varieties with the central spots distinctly 

 centred with white are not uncommon. Inhabits South Europe, Western Asia, and North Africa. 

 The larva is very variable ; apple-green, citron-yellow, dull green, brown, or reddish. It feeds on 

 cistus, arbutus, myrtle, &c. 



*6. Z. Porata (Fabr.). — Wings ochreous, speckled with brick-red and brown, and more or 

 less blotched with grey in the marginal area, with black central rings with white pupils on the 

 hind-wings, and black or red rings on the fore-wings ; beyond them is a row of black dots, and 

 the hind margins are dotted with black. The brown central shade passes over the ring on the 



