386 EuRoriiAX Butterflies and Moths. 



the hind margin, with two straight dark brown stripes bordered behind with rusty-brown, 

 and indistinct darl<: transverse Uncs ; hind-wings pale grey, dusted with darker on the hind 

 margin. Expands about \\ inches. Widely distributed in Northern and Central Europe 

 from July to September. 



Q. — Fore-wings broad, brown or grey, indistinctly waved with darker ; the central area bordeird 

 behind only by a white and evenly-divided band, which is irregular and strongly dentated towards the 

 base, with a strong projection in cells 2 or t, and belozv the costa ; the front transverse stripe scarcely 

 indicated, the snbtcriniual line pure white and strongly zigzag on the costa, beneath zvhich it is duller 

 and dentated ; the tip indistinctly, if at all, divided ; the marginal line interrupted on and often 

 betiveen the nervures ; hind-zuings paler, with a light double stripe, and nervide 5 rising from the 

 hinder half of the discoccllular nei-vide. 



*92. L. Fnmosata (Hein.), Turbaria (Steph.). — Fore-wings dark rusty-brown, the double 

 band broad, more or less suffused with brownish in the hinder half, especially in the male, the 

 central area with a strong and sometimes divided projection in cell 2 ; hind-wings broadly whitish 

 in the middle, and brownish at the base and hind margin, the two shades not sharply separated. 

 Expands from I to 1} inches. Inhabits Northern and North-Central Europe in June and 

 July. 



* 93. L. Affinitata (Steph.). — Resembles Fumosata, but the double white band of the fore- 

 wings is narrower, and pure white only in the basal half; hind-wings darker brownish-grey, with 

 a rather lighter and distinctly defined double band beyond the middle. Size of Fumosata. 

 Inhabits Northern and Central Europe from May to July. The larva is dirty white, with a black 

 head and plate behind. It feeds in the seed-capsules of Lychnis from July to September. 



*94. Z. Alchemillata (Linn.). — Fore-wings pale rusty-brown, with two white divided spots 

 on the inner margin, at the base and before the middle, the double band narrow, pure white, 

 and sharply divided, the central area with narrow projections in cells 2 and 3, which form a 

 stronger and often separated spot in cell 3, the subterminal line with blackish streaks behind, 

 between the nervures ; hind-wings as in Affinitata, but with a narrower double band. E.xpands 

 about three-quarters of an inch. Common in Europe and Northern and Western Asia in June 

 and July. The larva is yellowish-green, with two reddish lines on the back, and a dark brown 

 head and anal fold ; it feeds on the flowers and seeds of Galeopsis tetraltit, dead-nettle, &c., in 

 August and September. 



95. L. Hydrata (Tr.). — Fore -wings brownish-grey, indistinctly waved with darker, the central 

 area projecting in cell 2, the double band whitish on the front half only, the tip divided by a 

 rather conspicuous dash ; and the hind-wings pale grey, with the transverse band entirely suffused. 

 Expands about three-quarters of an inch. Inhabits the south of Central Europe in May and 

 June. The larva is thick and worm-like, pale reddish-yellow, with a sliglit line on the back, 

 brick-red subdorsal stripes, and a reddish stripe on the sides ; the head, a plate behind, and 

 the anal fold brown. It feeds in the capsules of Silene nutans in July. (Z. Lugdunaria, 

 Hern- Schiiff , from France and Hungary, has greenish-brown fore-wings, with white dots on 

 the nervures, a white subapical spot, and the upper half of the second line edged outside with 

 white. There are two black transverse lines nearer the base, and many short black dashes 

 on the costa. Hind-wings dark brown, with a pale central line.) 



R. — Small and delicate moths ; fore-zvings with the central area a little darker, and edged 

 on both sides by a light band divided with dusky, and more or less projecting in the middle behind ; 

 the subterminal line dentated, equally light evcry'vlicre, and scarcely or not at all filled iip zcith 

 darker in cells 4 and 5, and the tip not divided ivith dusky, or only slightly so ; hind-wings paler, ivith 



