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markings, and extending far beyond the hinder angle of the fore-wings ; the antennae of 

 the male very shortly ciliated. The larvae are rather flattened, and wrinkled on the sides. 

 They construct a loose cocoon on the ground. 



1. A. Lithoxylata (Hiibn.). — Fore-wings with the tip pointed and nearly hooked, and the 

 hind margin curved ; of a lighter or darker ochre-yellow, v;ith seven well-marked slender 

 brown lines, the four first nearly parallel, the fifth straighter and thicker, the sixth more 

 waved, and the seventh double and connected with a brown subapical streak. The hind 

 margin and fringes washed with dark brown. Central dots often visible only on the fore- 

 wings. The hind-wings are narrow and rounded, of the colour of the fore-wings, but without 

 markings, or with one indistinct transverse line. Expands a little more than i inch. 

 Inhabits the mountains of South France and Asia Minor in August. {A. Coluinbata, Metzn., 

 from Turkey and Asia Minor, is of the size and shape of Plagiata, but the fore-wings are 

 rather longer, ochreous-grey, and the hind-wings are brownish. They are traversed by two 

 brown bands, the first nearly straight, and the second composed of three obsolete and 

 slightly-arched lines.) 



2. A. Boisduvaliata (Dup.). — Bluish-grey, fore-wings with four oblique and nearly straight 

 blackish lines, bordered with whitish ; a whitish and scarcely waved submarginal line, and 

 an oblique whitish stripe at the tip ; hind-wings grey. Inhabits South Russia and Asia 

 Minor. 



*3. A. Plagiata (Linn.). — Fore-wings ashy-grey, with the tip divided by a rusty-brown 

 dash, from which a brown line, edged outside with white, often runs to the hinder angle ; and 

 with waved brown lines coalescing into two bands, the first of nearly uniform width, and a 

 little darker in the costal half, the second projecting furthest towards the hind margin below 

 the costa ; nearer the base is a single line, rising from a square black spot on the costa ; hind- 

 wings pale grey. Expands about \\ inches. Common in Europe and Western Asia from 

 June to September. The larva is coppery-brown, with a darker line on the back, and a pale 

 yellow stripe on the side.s. It feeds on St. John's wort from May to July. The moth is 

 figured at PI. 50, Fig. 11. 



4. A. Prceformata (Hiibn.). — Resembles the last species, but larger (expands about 2 inches), 

 the fore-wings are bluer, the first band dark brown as far as the middle, and strongly con- 

 tracted below the costa. Inhabits Central Europe 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 St. John's 

 wort from August to May. 



5. A. Fraudiilentata (Herr.-Schiifif.). — Resembles Plagiata; but the fore-wings are broader, 

 and of a more bluish-grey, with no violet lustre ; below the tip runs a short oblique black 

 dash, instead of a rusty-brown one. All the lines, except the apical dash, rise from three large 

 black spots on the costa. Expands about if inches. Inhabits Bulgaria and Brussa. 



6. A. Simpliciata (Tr.). — Size and shape of Plagiata. Fore-wings bluish ashy grey, with 

 five narrow waved darker grey bands. The two middle ones are always better marked than 

 the others, which are often only indicated by dark dots and marks on the nervurcs. Hind- 

 wings light yellowish grey. Fringes light grey, chequered with dark grey, and preceded by 

 small brown marks on the nervures on the fore-wings, and by a brown line on the hind-wings. 

 Inhabits the mountains of South France, Dalmatia, Greece, and Asia Minor, in July and 

 August ; and the larva feeds on Hypericum vioiitanum. 



* "J. A. Pahulata (Thunb.), Imbutata (Hiibn.). — Fore-wings ashy-grey, varied with rosy in 

 the marginal area above the middle, with two brown transverse stripes, bordered with white 



