292 European Dutteri-lies and Moths. 



the base and on the costa ; central dot black and rather long, nervures yellowish, the transverse 

 lines generally quite indistinct, the subterminal line white, zigzag, and spotted with brownish- 

 grey on both sides above the hinder angle ; hind-wings whitish. Expands about three-quarters 

 of an inch. Inhabits Central and Southern Europe in April and May. The larva is very 

 slender, cylindrical, and yellowish-green or bluish-green, with a double row of red triangular 

 spots on the back. It feeds on oak, and more rarely on beech, in May and June. 



*8. E. Iiisigniata (Hubn.). — Fore-wings pale ashy-grey, with a large black central streak, 

 and four large dark brown costal spots, the first of which is continued in a band nearly as 

 far as the inner margin ; and with three transverse bands, which are a little lighter, and finely 

 edged with dusky. The first and third band are also finely divided with dusky, and the 

 subterminal line is absent. Hind-wings paler grey, traversed by two double waved reddish 

 lines. Expands nearly i inch. Inhabits Central and Southern Europe in April and May. 

 The larva is green, with red spots on the back and a yellow stripe on the sides. It lives on 

 fruit-trees, such as sloe, cherry, and apple, in June. {E. Carpophagata, Ramb., from Andalusia, 

 is grey, fore-wings with six black spots on the costa ; from the four inner ones run black lines, 

 the third and fourth curved outwards, spotted on the nervures and continued on the hind- 

 wings ; the two basal ones are not continued. Hind-wings with two slender basal lines, con- 

 tinued on the inner margin of the fore-wings between the two basal lines ; a dash at the end 

 of the cell, and a slender line between the two outer lines ; all the fringes spotted with black.) 



* 9. E. VcHosata (Fabr.). — Fore-wings reddish ashy-grey, with two waved whitish transverse 

 bands, bordered by black transverse lines, and intersected by a fine black line, and also with two 

 black transverse lines, one near the base and the other in the middle ; the subterminal line is 

 absent, but the nervures on the hind margin are black ; hind-wings paler, with the markings less 

 distinct. Palpi only half as long as the head. Expands from | to i inch. Common in a 

 great part of Europe and Western Asia in May and June. The larva is greenish, with a 

 brown stripe on the back, and a black head. It feeds in the seed-capsules of Silcne and Lychnis 

 in July. 



10. E. Silcnicolata (Mab.).— Smaller than Venosata ; iron-grey, with the markings much 

 less distinct ; the submarginal band is scarcely dentated on the upper part, and has only 

 one long tooth on the lower part, on the branches of the submedian nervure. Palpi black, 

 very pointed, and as long as the head. It occurs in Corsica in May and June. Larva white 

 or greenish, with five reddish lines. The larva feeds on Silcne paradoxa in June and July. 



11. E. Alliaria (Staud.). — Rather dark grey, sometimes with a very slight violet shade; 

 fore-wings with many fine black transverse lines, and sometimes with a black central dot ; the 

 subterminal line white, zigzag, and more distinct ; hind-wings grey, with darker lines towards 

 the inner and hind margins. Inhabits Hungary in June and July. The larva is whitish, with a 

 yellow head, and feeds on the seeds of Alliiun flavuin in August and September. (Quoted by 

 Steudel as the same as Egcnaria, No. 52.) 



* 12. E. Subnotata (Hiibn.). — Fore-wings broad, pale greyish ochre-yellow, indistinctly 

 waved with dusky, and with a dull brown central spot, the double bands indistinct, and whitish 

 on the costa, the first strongly angulated and the second nearly straight ; the subterminal line 

 uniformly pale, bordered with grey behind, and slightly so in front, rather strongly angulated 

 below the middle, and angulated above the hinder angle ; hind-wings pale grey, darker on the 

 hind margin. Expands nearly i inch. Inhabits Central Europe in June and July. The larva 

 is green, with dark lozenge-shaped spots on the back, and a dark green line on the sides. It 

 feeds on the seeds of Chcnopodiuni from August to November. 



