396 European Butterflies akd Moths. 



*29. E. Siibfiilvata (Haw.). — Fore-wings ru.sty-brown, dark grey on tlie costa and liind 

 margin, with a distinct black central spot, the transverse stripes very indistinct, and the sub- 

 terminal line uniformly white and zigzag ; hind-wings dark grey, and the abdomen brownish- 

 grey. Inhabits Central Europe and the Altai. The larva is chocolate-brown, with dark brown 

 lozenge-shaped spots on the back. It feeds on the flowers of the yarrow and of other plants 

 in August and September. {E. Leutiscata, Mab., from Corsica, is pale reddish, with most of 

 the markings inconspicuous or absent ; there are two more distinct lines ; the fir.st before the 

 central spot is waved, and thicker on the costa ; beyond this is a row of short marks on the 

 nervures. The second line runs from the costa through the oblong black central spot, and is 

 waved ; there are two darker spots, marked with whitish outside, towards the hinder angle, 

 representing the subterminal line. Hind-wings reddish, with a small central dot ; greyish- 

 brown towards the costa.) 



30. E. Scopariata (Ramb.). — Wings narrow, the fore-wings lanceolate, dusted with grey, 

 and with all the nervures spotted with black and grey, especially on the last band, where 

 they appear like rows of black spots. Lines and bands indistinct, waved, and not always 

 extending to the costa. There is also a small black central spot, placed above an irregular 

 white space, which sometimes forms a band, and descends to the last third of the wing ; 

 and a second white space before the second line, extending to the dark shade, on 

 which the subterminal line stands, which is white and dentated but straight and rather 

 enlarged at the inner margin, though seldom well defined. Hind-wings ashy-grey, with 

 some black dashes on the inner margin only. Fringes grey, spotted with brown, and pre- 

 ceded by a black thread interrupted by the nervures. Expands from f to I inch. Inhabits 

 South-Western Europe in April, May, July, and August. The larva is rather long, brownish- 

 green, with white stripes on the back and sides, the dorsal stripe intersected by a broad 

 scarlet streak. It feeds on Erica scoparia and arborea from October to February, and again 

 in June. 



*3i. E. Nanata (Hiibn.). — Fore-wings narrow and pointed, greyish-brown varied with whitish, 

 and less frequently uniform green, with a blackish central dot placed behind a white spot, 

 and the tip divided by a whitish dash, the three double stripes whitish, and strongly angulated 

 below the costa, the subterminal line white, dentated, and widened into a spot above the 

 hinder angle, the nervures yellowish in the marginal area, and the hind-wings grey, with a 

 white double stripe and subterminal line. Expands about three-quarters of an inch. Common 

 on heaths in Central Europe in May. The larva is rosy, with a dark stripe on the back, and 

 dark transverse and oblique stripes. It feeds on heath from July to September. (E. Hyper- 

 boreata, Staud., from Lapland, is ashy-grey, with much less distinct greyish-white transverse 

 lines than in Nanata ; the wings are generally shorter, and the nervures are scarcely tinged with 

 rust-colour.) 



32. E. Imiotata (Hufn.). — Fore-wings narrow and pointed, brownish-grey, with a black 

 central dot, and small dark spots on the costa, the double stripes indistinct and a little lighter, 

 the second twice angulated below the costa, the subterminal line whitish and slightly dentated, 

 with a white W below the costa, purer white above the inner margin, but not thickened, the 

 nervures partially dotted with black, and the median nervure yellowish at the end, as well 

 as nervules 3 and 4 ; hind-wings pale grey, darker on the hind margin, and with a whitish 

 subterminal line. Expands about three-quarters of an inch. Common in Central and Southern 

 Europe, and in Northern and Western Asia, in May and July. Its occurrence in Britain is 

 doubtful, as the hinotata of British authors is Fraxinata. The larva is green, with white 



