•jyo European Butterflies and Moths. 



in a great part of Europe and Siberia in July and Auj^ust. The larva is green or brown, with 

 the 3rd segment thickened, reddish-brown, and spotted with white, and segments 5 to 1 1 with 

 white triangular spots bordered with red. It feeds on gooseberry, currant, sloe, &c., in May 

 and June. 



6. L. Pyropata (Hiibn.). — Fore-wings greyish fawn-colour, with two dentated ochre-ycllow 

 bands bordered with white, the second narrow, but broader in front ; and the marginal area 

 grey ; hind-wings pale grey, with a grey marginal fascia traversed by two whitish angulated 

 lines, and the space at the anal angle ochreous. Expands about i^ inches. Not uncommon 

 in Russia. 



*7. L. Tcslata (Linn.). — Fore-wings yellow, dusted with rusty-red, varied with violet-grey 

 beyond the middle, and with a transverse band before the middle bordered with rusty-red, the 

 central area with shallow projections, and bordered behind by a white line ; the tip divided 

 with white, and the hind margin brownish-red below, the subterminal line indistinct, and the 

 hind-wings greyish-white, darker on the hind margin, and with a light curved line. Expands 

 about i^ inches. Common in Northern and Central Europe, and Northern Asia, from July to 

 September. The larva is straw-coloured, with a dark line on the back, and a whitish line on the 

 sides, bordered above with grey. It feeds on willow and aspen in May and June. 



* S. L. Popnlata (W. V.). — Fore-wings ochre-yellow, the basal and central areas bounded by 

 brown zigzag lines, and varied with violet-brown, the latter with two rounded projections below 

 the iniddle ; the subterminal line yellow, dentated, filled up with darker in front, and the space 

 behind also darker; hind-wings pale yellow, with the hind margin darker; all the fringes 

 spotted with brown. In the variety JMitsanaria (Freyer) the fore-wings are rusty-brown, almost 

 without markings, with the central area dark violet. Expands about i:^ inches. Common in 

 Central and Northern Europe, Northern Asia, and Labrador, in July and August. The larva is 

 pale green, with a reddish-brown line, widened into spots on each segment, on the back. It 

 feeds on sallow and bilberry in May and June. 



*9. L. Associata (Borkh.), ]\Iariiwrata (Hiibn.), Dotata (Guen.). — Fore-wings pale ochre- 

 yellow, with two rusty-brown zigzag transverse lines before, and one behind the middle, the 

 second forming an acute angle ; the subterminal line suffused and filled up with brownish in 

 front ; the tip divided with brownish, and the hind-wings yellowish ; fringes spotted with brown. 

 Expands from i j to i \ inches. Common in Central Europe and Northern Asia in July. The 

 larva is green, with a light stripe on the sides. It feeds on currant in April and May. 



D. — Fore-zuiiigs with the tip pointed ; no tuft of hair beneath in the male ; the central area 

 generally bordered by two simple zvhite lines, but without the double light band of the follozving 

 sections ; the subterminal line whitish, dentated, and not filed up with dusky in cells 4 and 5 as 

 is the ease in the other cells, but frequently absent ; hiiui-ivings pale, almost zvithout markings, 

 and nervule 5 rising either from the middle or the hinder half of the discocellular nervule. 



*io. L. Dotata (Linn.), Pyraliata (W. V.). — Fore-wings ochre-yellow, with three rust}--brown 

 transverse lines, one close to the base, and the other two bounding the narrow central area, 

 which is a little darker, and projects slightly above the middle ; the subterminal line is 

 absent, the fringes arc brownish, and the hind-wings are pale yellow. Expands from i^ to 

 I^ inches. Inhabits Europe and Northern Asia in June and July. The larva is pale green, 

 with a dark line on the back, whitish subdorsal lines, and a yellow stripe on the sides. It 

 feeds on hawthorn in May. 



*ii. L. Fnlvata (Forst.). — Fore-wings yellow, the central area varied with rusty-brown 

 and dark grey, zigzag in front, and strongly projecting in the middle behind ; the tip divided 



