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*24. E. Scabiosata (Borkh.), Pipcmta (Steph.). — Fore-wings moderately broad, with the 

 tips rounded ; whitish, dark grey on the costa and in the marginal area, with yellowish nervures- 

 and a small and indistinct central dot, the double stripes bordered and intersected by sharply 

 defined grey lines, the second forming an angle inside, below the costa, the subterminal line 

 finely white, evenly and strongly dentatcd ; hind-wings white, waved with grey. Expands a 

 little over three-quarters of an inch. Local in Central Europe and the Altai in May and 

 June. The larva is green, varied with reddish, with an indistinctly darker line on the back, and 

 fine subdorsal lines. It feeds on the petals and stamens of a great variety of wild flowers> 

 in August and September. 



25. E. Denticulata (Freyer). — Fore-wings broad and pointed, }-ellowish-white, with the 

 basal area, the costa, and the narrow marginal area bluish-grey ; a black central dot ; the tip 

 divided by a whitish dash, and the double stripes (except the middle one) intersected by 

 brownish-yellow and sometimes very dull lines, the second interrupted below the costa, and 

 with a small black tooth in front ; the subterminal line obtusely zigzag, and the hind-wings 

 whitish, with grey transverse lines. E.xpands nearly i inch. Inhabits South-West Germany, 

 and Austria, in May and June. Larva brownish-yellow, with three darker lines on the back 

 and the intermediate space clouded, and with a fine dark longitudinal line on the sides, marked 

 with a conspicuous black dot in the middle of each segment. It feeds on the flowers of 

 Ononis repcns, and in the seed-capsules of CaJiipanida rotundifolia, in August and September. 



26. E. ]\Itllefoliata (Riissl.). — Fore-wings pointed in the male, pale grey, speckled with 

 brownish-yellow, especially on the nervures ; in the female they are rounder and dark bluish- 

 grey ; the markings are the same as in Scabiosata, but unmixed with white. Expands about 

 I inch. It inhabits France, Germany, and Corsica from May to July. The larva is rather stout, 

 dull yellowish-white suffused with brown, with a dark curve on the sides of the middle 

 segments. It feeds on yarrow in September. {E. Biornata, Christoph, from Sarepta, has pale 

 grey fore-wings, dull grey at the base and in the middle, dusted with dark atoms, and marked 

 with a central black dot, and four transverse lines ; hind-wings pale grey. Expands nearly 

 I inch. It appears in July, and the larva is supposed to feed on a species of Artemisia) 



27. E. Santolinata (Mab.). — Uniform yellowish-grey, with the lines black and strongly 

 marked, the second line much angulated and strongly shaded, and the subterminal line interrupted 

 and very thick. The central spot is very large, and stands between two central angulated lines, 

 strongly marked on the costa. Hind-wings nearly uniform, but with a paler band in the middle, 

 and the inner margin with traces of lines. Size of Succentiiriata. Inhabits South France in 

 May. The larva resembles that of MiHefoliata, but is blacker and longer. It feeds on santoline 

 from June to October. 



*28. E. Succentiiriata (Linn.). — Fore-wings white, bluish-grey on the costa, inner margin, 

 and in the marginal area, with rusty-brown nervures, the double stripes white, the first strongly 

 interrupted below the costa, and the second with a sharp point projecting inwards, the central 

 dot large and black, the subterminal line white and zigzag, and a little expanded above the 

 hinder angle ; hind-wings grey, and the abdomen brownish-grey, with the tip white. In some 

 varieties the ground-colour is brownish-grey, with a rusty-yellow dash below the central dot, 

 extending beyond the second double stripe. Expands from f to i inch. Inhabits Europe 

 and Northern Asia from May to August. The larva is paler or darker clay-colour, with 

 black lozenge-shaped markings on the back, which are connected by short dark longitudinal 

 dashes ; and with a pale grey line on the sides. It feeds on the flowers of the wormwood 

 from August to October. 



