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on the back, and a dark line on the sides. It feeds on barberry in June and autumn. The moth 

 is figured at PI. 48, Fig 10. 



*45. L. Rubidata (W. V.). — Fore-wings reddish-grey, the base and central area dark grey, 

 the latter pale grey behind below the middle, and with four rounded projections, and bordered 

 on both sides by two fine white lines; hind-wings pale grey. Expands from i to \\ inches. 

 Common in Central Europe and Northern Asia from May to July. The larva is grey, with a 

 blackish line on the back before and behind, and with blackish angular dashes between. It feeds 

 on bedstraw in August and September. 



*46. L. Cucullata (Hufn.), Sinuata (W. V.). — Fore-wings with the basal third dark brown, 

 divided by a reddish-brown band bordered with whitish lines ; beyond this they are white, varied 

 with grey and rusty-brown in the marginal area ; the central area forms two rounded projections 

 below the middle, and is bordered behind by a white line edged with dusky, before which there 

 is a dark brown band on the costa ; hind-wings whitish, with the hind margin grey. Expands 

 from I to \\ inches. Inhabits Central Europe and the Altai in June. The larva is greenish- 

 brown, with a broad yellow stripe on the back, and a yellowish line on the sides. It feeds on 

 bedstraw in July and August. 



*47. L. Qiiadrifasciaria (CI.). — Fore-wings grey, slightly tinged with rusty-brown, and 

 obscurely waved with dusky ; the central area blackish, bordered behind with a whitish line, 

 and with a rounded projection above the middle ; the subterminal line suffused ; hind-wings 

 brownish-grey, with an indistinct light transverse line ; the antennie of the male pectinated. 

 E.xpands from i to i;^ inches. The larva is pale grey, with a darker line on the back adjoining 

 black zigzag streaks, and a blackish stripe on the sides, bordered with whitish below. It feeds 

 on low plants in spring and autumn. {L. Coitspectaria, Mann, from Sicily and Madeira, closely 

 resembles this, but the hind-wings are less rounded at the anal angle, and the antenna; of the 

 male are much more strongly pectinated. The fore-wings are of a dull smoky coppery-brown, 

 marked as in Qiiadrifasciaria, but the central band is paler in the middle, and the subterminal 

 line is white, shaded with dusky on the inside, and better defined ; fringes slightly chequered ; 

 hind-wings paler and duller than the fore-wings, with faint traces of a darker subterminal line 

 on the inner margin.) 



48. L. Scriptnraria (W. V.). — Wings pale grey, with many waved brownish lines, the central 

 area of the fore-wings not darker, and with a double projection in the middle ; the double 

 stripes scarcely lighter, and divided with grey. Expands about \\ inches. It is found in the 

 Alps in July. (Z. Kalischata, Stand., from Malaga and Algeria, is allied to this, but with fewer 

 lines, especially on the hind-wings, and the marginal line is composed of disconnected lunules, 

 concave on the inside. The male is pale grey, and the white portions of the female are 

 suffused with rosy ; the antenns of the former are shortly ciliated, but very thick.) 



49. L. Molluginata (Hiibn.). — Wings grey, the fore-wings with dark waved transverse lines, 

 and the central area brownish on the sides, slightly projecting in the middle, and bordered by 

 two whitish equally divided double streaks ; the subterminal line is bordered with darker in 

 front, and there is a whitish dash at the tip. Expands about \\ inches. Common in Central 

 Europe, except the north-west, in May, June, and August. The larva is clay-coloured, with a 

 black line on the back, below which are whitish dashes, and a greyish-brown stripe on the sides. 

 It feeds on bedstraw in June and September. 



H. — The costal half of the central area of the fore-wings wholly or partly darker, and thus 

 forming a large costal spot ; the subterminal line whitish, and dentated towards the base ; nervitle 

 5 of the hind-wings rising from the front half of the discocellular ncrvule. 

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