374 European Butterflies and Moths. 



the sides, bordered with (rrccnish-brown above. It feeds on bedstraw from May to July. 

 (L. Oxybiata, Mill, is allied to Galiata, but smaller; the central area of the fore-wings, and the 

 hind-wings, are darker ; the former is broader, wholly brownish-black, nearly straight on both 

 sides, and followed outside by a broad parallel, continuous, and perfectly white band ; antennae 

 simple. It occurs at Cannes in October.) 



*27. L. Rivata (Hiibn.). — Fore-wings grey, the central area dark grey on the inside, and 

 brownish on the sides ; it projects slightly in the middle, and on the costa and inner margin, 

 and forms small angles on nervules 2, 3, and 4 ; the two double bands are white, with an 

 indistinct line in the middle ; and the second is broad. The marginal area is grey on all the 

 wings, rusty-brown in cells 4 and 5, and interrupted with whitish beneath, the subterminal line 

 is white and dcntated ; hind-wings white, with three dark central lines. Expands from i to 

 1 1 inches. Inhabits Europe and Northern Asia in June and July. The larva is yellowish- 

 brown, with a dark stripe on the back of the first and last segments, between which are angular 

 marks, open behind ; and a whitish stripe on the sides. It feeds on bedstraw in autumn. 



*28. L. Unangidata (Haw.). — Differs from Rivata in the first double band, of which only 

 the hinder half is visible as a narrow strongly-curved white stripe, and the central area forms 

 only one angle behind above the middle, and curves gradually to the margins both above and 

 below. Expands about i inch. It inhabits Central Europe from May to August. 



*2Q). L. Sociata (Borkh.).— Fore -wings grey, the central area brown, with an almost rectangular 

 projection above the middle, the two double bands white, with a distinct dark line in the middle, 

 the second broad, but less so than in Rivata, the subterminal line filled up with blackish in 

 cells 4 and 5, and the marginal area not interrupted with blackish below ; hind-wings grey, 

 with a double whitish stripe and subterminal line. Expands i inch or over. Common in 

 the greater part of Europe and Northern Asia from May to July. The larva is brownish-grey, 

 with blackish longitudinal lines in front, and with blackish angles filled up with white after the 

 3rd segment. It feeds on bedstraw in July and August. 



*30. L. Moiitanata (W. V.). — Wings white, fore-wings with the central area rusty-brown, 

 intersected by brown lines, projecting in the middle and constricted or interrupted below, 

 the subterminal line shaded with grey in front, the transverse bands ill-defined, broadly white, 

 and scarcely divided with dusky ; hind-wings with indistinct transverse lines. The variety 

 Fusconiarginata (Staud.) has broad brown hind margins, and the variety Lapponica (Stand.) is 

 smaller, paler, and with the central band almost obsolete. Expands from i to \\ inches. 

 Common in Europe and Northern Asia from May to August. The larva is pale yellowish- 

 grey, with a darker line on the back, and a white one on the sides. It feeds on low plants 

 from autumn to May. 



31. L. Iiicursata (Hiibn.). — Fore-wings pale grey, suffused with yellowish, and finely dusted 

 with blackish, the central area bounded by two broad blackish transverse stripes, expanded on 

 the costa, and with a double projection ; the double bands a little lighter than the ground-colour, 

 and the second unequally divided by a dull line ; the subterminal line shaded with grey, and 

 widened below the middle ; hind-wings whitish, with three darker transverse lines, and the 

 antennae of the male pectinated. Expands about i\ inches. Inhabits Northern and Alpine 

 Europe in May and June ; it also occurs in Labrador. 



*32. L. Fernigata (Clerck). — Very variable; fore-wings ashy-grey, yellowish-grey, or 

 yellowish, the base and the central area (which varies in breath) dark grey or brownish-red, and 

 often intersected with lines (variety Spadicearia, W. V.) ; the central area has a double projection, 

 and is bordered with a white line on each side, consisting of the narrow lighter half of the 



