368 I:rKor/:.tx Butterfliks axd Jlforns. 



wings in the central area also, with many parallel and strongly-waved brown transverse lines, 

 and a white regularly-dcntatcd subtcrminal line ; hind margin unmarked. Expands from l\ to 

 li inciics. Common in ICurope and Northern Asia in June, resting on the trunks of trees in 

 \\in)ds. Tiic larva is dark grc}', with a double white line on the back, duller-coloured subdorsal 

 lines, and a broad dirty white strijje on the sides. It feeds on sallow in September and October. 

 The moth is figured at PI. 48, Fig. 4. 



C. — Scotosia (Steph.). — Hind-iviiigs moderately sigzag or deittated, and ivith no appendage on 

 tlie inner margin in the male. 



*6. 5. Rhaninata (W. V.). — Wings rusty-brown, with many greyish-brown and scarcely- 

 dentatcd transverse lines, a suffused whitish subtcrminal line, and a black marginal line ; fore- 

 wings with the tip divided with black, and the dark brown central area bordered by two 

 light lines, the last of which runs from the inner margin almost to the tip, before which it is 

 acutel}' angulated. Size of Undnlata. Common in a great part of Europe in June and July. 

 The larva is dark brown, chequered with j-ellow and white on the sides, and with oblique 

 reddish dashes ; or green, \\ith a white stripe on the sides, bordered below with dark reddish- 

 brown. It feeds on sloe and buckthorn in May. 



*7. S. Vctidata (\V. V.). — Wings brownish-grey, with suffused darker and paler transverse 

 lines, which are more distinct and more strongly waved on the costa, and light nervures dotted 

 with dusky ; the central area of the fore-wings is bordered by a light waved line behind, which 

 projects only slightly outwards below the costa ; the marginal line is narrowly black, and 

 interrupted. Expands from i to l^ inches. Common in Central Europe and Siberia in June 

 and July. The larva is bluish-grey, with two white lines on the back, and a pale yellow stripe 

 on the sides, spotted with black. It feeds on buckthorn, between leaves spun into a cone, in 

 May and June. 



GENUS XIV. — COLLIX (gu£N.). 



The only species, *C. Sparsaria (Hiibn.), resembles a Eupithecia, but may be distinguished 

 by the dentated hind-wings, which are more deeply excavated below the tips. The wings are 

 grey, with many dark wavy transverse lines, a white zigzag subtcrminal line, and the nervures 

 dotted with black and white ; the fore-wings have a black central dot, and are spotted with 

 black on the costa. E.xpands about i inch. Common in a great part of Europe in June 

 and July. The larxa is pale green, with five white lines on the back, and a broad j'ellow 

 stripe on the sides. It feeds on Lysintacliia vulgaris in August and September, 



GENUS XV. — LARENTIA (TR.). 



Small or moderate-sized moths, the fore-wings varying in shape, colour, and markings. 

 The central area is often dark, and is generally bordered by two lighter bands, usually divided 

 with dusky ; and the basal and central areas are traversed by darker transverse lines ; the sub- 

 terminal line is generally distinct, and composed of connected lunules concave on the inside. 

 The hind-wings are rounded, marked and coloured like the fore-wings, or paler, and with fewer 

 markings. The larvse are without prominences, and undergo their transformations on or in 

 the ground, or in a cocoon. This large genus contains most of the species known as " Carpets." 

 By many authors it is divided into numerous small genera; in the present work it is only 

 divided into sections. 



