'-^'S European Butterflies and Moths. 



I inch. Inhabits Southern and Western Europe, Africa, and Southern and Western Asia, from 

 July to October. The larva is green, with a paler line on the back, and a yellowish line on 

 the sides ; spiracles reddish. It feeds on chamomile and other low plants in September. 



2. 5. Anthopliilaria (Hiibn.). — Very variable ; fore-wings yellow or reddish, with a reddish 

 and less oblique stripe running from the costa before the tip ; hind-wings blackish, with a 

 more or less distinct yellow central stripe ; sometimes whitish, with darker markings (variety 

 Sttbsacraria^'iXdM^..). Inhabits South Russia and Greece. {S. Coiisecraria, Ramb., from Andalusia, 

 is probably another variety, with reddish fore-wings with a white central spot, broadly yellow 

 at the base, and with the slightly oblique red stripe bordered outside with yellow ; fringes 

 yellowish in the male, hind-wings whitish.) 



GENUS V. — LYTHRIA (HUBN.). 



Small and rather stout moths, the fore-wings narrow, with the hind margin short and 

 entire ; yellow, with red or brown bands ; hind-wings bright yellow, and the antennas of the 

 males with long pectinations. The larvae are long and cylindrical, with a flat head, and 

 undergo their transformations in a slight cocoon. 



*i. L. Piirpiiraria (Linn.). — Fore-wings greenish ochre-yellow, rarely uniform olive-green, 

 or quite red (variety Sanguinai'ia, Dup.) ; the fore-wings with two purplish-red transverse stripes, 

 which are often incomplete, the second broader or divided on the costa ; hind-wings orange, 

 slightly dusted with black at the base. Expands about i inch. Common in most parts 

 of Europe and Western Asia from May to August ; rare in England. The larva is reddish- 

 brown, with two dark lines on the back, and a white one on the sides. It feeds on dock, 

 &c., from May to autumn. The moth is figured at PI. 47, Fig. 15. {L. Porpliyraria, Herr.- 

 Schaff, from South Russia, is probably another variety ; the fore-wings are purple, with the 

 inner margin and under surface yellow, and the hind-wings are yellow above and rosy below.) 



2. L. Plujuularia (Freyer). — May be distinguished from Pitrpuraria by the pale yellow 

 fore-wings, the purplish-brown bands, of which the second is narrower in front, and by the 

 base of the hind-wings being thickly dusted with black. There is also a blackish line 

 before the hind margin of the latter. Expands about three-quarters of an inch. It is found 

 in the Upper Engadine from June to August. 



GENUS VI. — SIONA (DUP.). 



All the wings are long and entire, the hind margin of the fore-wings long and curved, and 

 nervure 8 of the hind-wings runs close to the subcostal nervure, without being completely 

 united with it ; the antennre are not dentated. The commonest species, L. Decussata (W. V.), 

 has whitish, or (in variety Fortificata, Tr.) smoky-brown wings, with the nervures brownish- 

 grey, two strongly-curved brownish or reddish-grey transverse lines, and the fringes spotted 

 with dusky. Expands about \\ inches It is found throughout Austria in June. {A. Nubilaria, 

 Hubn., from South Russia, the Altai, and Armenia, has whitish wings thickly dusted with 

 fawn-colour, and a brownish marginal line ; the fore-wings have also a blackish central spot, 

 and a waved white line beyond it.) 



GENUS VII. — ANAITIS (BOISD.) 



Size variable, all the wings entire and rather long; the fore-wings with the hind margin 

 long, grey, with two or three double brown transverse lines ; hind-wings narrow, without 



