378 European Butterflies akd Moths. 



*50. L. Fluctiiata (Linn.). — Fore-wings pale grey, waved with darker, with a black central 

 spot ; the base and the costal half of the central area dark grey, the latter bordered by two 

 unequally divided double bands, which converge on the inner margin, and are scarcely lighter 

 than the ground-colour ; hind-wings pale grey ; hind margins dotted with black. Expands 

 from I to 1 1 inches. Common in Europe and Northern and Western Asia from April to 

 August. The larva is brown, with dark X-shaped marks on the back, and a blacker line on 

 the sides. It feeds on cabbage, &c., from June to September. The moth is figured at PI. 48, 



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51. L. Alpicolaria (Herr.-Schafif.) resembles Fhcclicata, lore-wings with the tip more 

 pointed ; bluish-grey, with the end of the basal area, the hinder part of the central area both 

 on the costa and inner margin, and the marginal area greyish-black ; the central area with 

 stronger projections in the middle and below the costa, the double stripes reddish-grey ; the 

 second whitish in the costal half; the subterminal line milk-white, zigzag, and with black 

 longitudinal streaks on both sides below the tip; expands about i^ inches. It inhabits the 

 Austrian Alps in July. The larva is grub-like, whitish or yellowish, with a dark brown head, 

 and very small black warts on the back. It lives in the seed-capsules of various species of 

 Gentian. (L. Gcntiauata, Mill., from the Engadine, is larger, with longer wings ; fore-wings pale 

 grey, slightly washed with red, and with four or five pale dentated lines, which are often dotted 

 on the nervures. The two lines nearest the base are brown ; the elbowed line is the palest ; 

 it runs from the costa to the inner margin, where a large blackish spot stands before it. The 

 tip is marked with a large dark spot, continued on the fringes (which are preceded on all the 

 wings by a row of brown dots) as far as the hinder angle. The hind-wings are whitish ; 

 greyish towards the hind margin. The central dot is small and indistinct ; the body is rather 

 stout, and the antennae are simple and rather slender. It appears in May, and the larva 

 feeds on the seeds of Gentiana punctata till September.) 



*S2. L. Procellata (W. V.). — Wings white, with slender brown waved transverse lines; the 

 fore-wings with the base, the costal half of the central area, and the marginal area rusty-brown, 

 the latter marked with a large white spot in the middle on the black-dotted border. Expands 

 about l^ inches. Inhabits Central Europe and the Altai from May to July. Larva ochreous- 

 brown, the dorsal line expanding into dark spots on segments 6 to 9, before and after which 

 it is reddish and then black; segments 10 to 13 are paler. The larva feeds on Clematis and 

 spindle-tree in August and September. 



53. L. Alaiidaria (Freyer). — Wings white, narrowly blackish towards the hind margin, near 

 which is a white and irregularly interrupted subterminal line ; the fore-wings with a small black 

 basal area and a large costal spot. Expands nearly i| inches. Inhabits the Austrian Alps. 



*54. L. Bicolorata (Hufn.), Rnbiginata (W. V.). — Wings white, without transverse lines, 

 the base and a large spot in the middle of the costa varied with brown and rusty-yellow ; the 

 marginal area suffused with grey, and darker below the tip, with a white subterminal line ; the 

 hind margin concolorous. A blackish variety {P/iaiibata, Curt.) occurs in Britain. Expands 

 about I inch. Inhabits Northern and Central Europe, and Northern Asia, in July and August. 

 The larva is green, with a darker line on the back, and j'ellowish subdorsal lines. It feeds on 

 alder in May and June. 



I. — Fore-zvings gtrcii waved with dusky, witli a broad and rather paler zigsag baud between 

 the base and the central area, and the hinder edge of the latter is strongly curved ; hind-wings 

 grey ; nerinile 5 rising from the front half of the diseoccllular neiimle ; all the ivitigs ivith a 

 dark central spot. 



