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*55. L. Sitcrata (Hufn.), Psittacata (W. V.). — Fore-wings greyish-green, the band before 

 the middle and the marginal area sometimes varied with rusty-red ; the hinder edge of the 

 central area slightly and evenly dentated, and bordered behind by a whitish and equally-divided 

 double stripe on the costa and hind margin ; the subterminal line continuous and scarcely 

 dentated; hind-wings brownish-grey. Expands about i^ inches. Inhabits Europe and Armenia 

 from September to IVIay. The larva is green, with a darker line on the back, a dull yellowish 

 line on the sides, and red anal points ; it is often marked with red spots on the back also. It 

 feeds on lime, rose, &c., in May. 



*56. L. ]\liata (Linn.). — Very like Sitcrata, the fore-wings lighter green, and unmixed with 

 rust-colour ; the hinder edge of the central area more distinctly dentated, with a stronger tooth 

 below the costa, projecting inwards ; the subterminal line consists of whitish spots, bordered 

 behind with dusky; and the hind-wings are pale grey. E.xpands about i^ inches. Inhabits 

 Northern and Central Europe from September to May. The larva is green, with two projecting 

 points, and feeds on birch, alder, and oak in August. 



K. — All the 'cviiigs uniformly and regularly coloured, ivith dark zvaved transverse lines, and a 

 light, slightly zigzag sicbterininal line, t/ie central area of the fore-wings bordered with white lines 

 on both sides, the outermost of zvhich is continued on the hind-wings ; the hind margin is edged 

 by a fine dark line, and ncrvnle 5 of the hind-zuings rises from the front half of the discocellular 

 nervule. 



*S7. L. Bilineata (Linn.), {Yellow Shell). — Wings pale golden-yellow, waved with brown; 

 the central area of the fore-wings edged by two white transverse lines, and projecting in the 

 middle. Expands from i to ij inches. Abundant in Europe and Northern and Western 

 Asia from June to August. The larva is greenish, with a darker line on the back, and white 

 subdorsal and lateral lines. It feeds on grass and other low plants in April and May. The 

 moth is figured at PI. 48, Fig. 6. (Z.. Bistrigata, Tr., from Sardinia, Greece, and Asia Minor, is 

 grey, more or less varied with yellow in Sardinian specimens, and the outer transverse line of 

 the central area of the fore-wings is much more curved and dentated. L. Confusaria, Staud., 

 from Sicily, is of the size of Quadrifasciaria, ochreous-yellow, with the central area tinged with 

 violet below, and bordered with black ; the subterminal line scarcely dentated, very pale, and 

 preceded by two well-marked black dots in the usual place.) 



58. L. Riguata (Hiibn.). — Wings greyish-brown, finely dusted with whitish, and indistinctly 

 waved with darker ; the central area bordered by two white lines, and scarcely projecting 

 behind. Expands about i| inches. Inhabits South Europe and Armenia in spring and autumn. 

 The larva is long, cylindrical, violet-grey, partially washed with pale rose-colour, with a fine 

 brown line on the back, below which is an obscure flesh-coloured line and a whitish one. It 

 feeds on various Rubiacece in August and September. 



L. — Fore-wings black, or dark grey, all the areas coloured alike ; the central area bordered behind 

 by a broad zvhite band, indistinctly divided or dotted with black on the nervurcs, which is continued 

 on the hind-wings. The latter are broadly black on the hind margin, which is intersected by a 

 black line; fringes chequered with black and zvhite ; nervule 5 of the hind-wings rises from the 

 front half of the discocellular nervule in the three first species, and from the hinder half in the others. 



59. L. Lugubrata (Staud.). — Fore-wings dark grey, with a dark transverse line before, and 

 a broader white, indistinctly divided, transverse band beyond the middle, and a well-marked 

 evenly zigzag whitish subterminal line ; hind-wings grey at the base, and the white band 

 much broader than on the fore-wings, especially towards the costa. E.xpands about \\ inches. 

 Inhabits a great part of Europe and Northern and Western Asia in May, June, and August. 



