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oblique lines, and purple or violet-brown spots on the middle segments, and white lines, often 

 spotted with purplish-brown, on the other segments. It feeds on wormwood in June and 

 October. {E. Taviarisciata, Freyer, from the south of Central Europe, differs from Inuotata 

 by its very dark colour, which shades into leaden-grey. The larva feeds on Myricaria gcniiaitica.) 

 *33. E. Fraxinata (Crewe), — Very like Inuotata, the fore-wings more uniform brownish-grey, 

 the double stripes and costal spots still less distinct ; the white W on the fore-wings, and 

 the whole subterminal line on the hind-wings, very indistinct. Inhabits Central Europe in 

 June and July. The larva is dark green, yellowish in the incisions, with an indistinct dark 

 green or purplish line on the back, which expands into a broad dark purplish spot before the 

 tail. It feeds on ash, sloe, and hawthorn in August and September. [E. Tribunaria, Herr.- 

 Schaff., from the Caucasus and Armenia, is pale grey ; the fore-wings rather long, and the 

 costa straight; there are three waved lines, and a short one between the second and third, but 

 no central dot, and the hind margin is broadly grey ; hind-wings more brownish. E. Exten- 

 saria, Freyer, from Russia and Northern and Western Asia, is yellowish-grey, the fore-wings 

 long and pointed, with three nearly straight whitish bands, the first and second angulated, 

 and the third bifurcated, and connected with the submarginal line.) 



34. E. Impurata (Hiibn.). — Wings whitish-grey, fore-wings broad, with the tip rather long, 

 and traversed by many angulated and dentated grey lines ; the first pale band and the lines 

 nearer the base are rather confused, and the space following is filled up with grey, and forms 

 a projecting angle in the cell ; the large black oblong central dot stands upon it. The second 

 and third pale bands are more distinct than the first, and are separated by the second line, 

 which is much angulated, and ends in a square black spot on the costa ; and they are also 

 bisected by a fine grey line. The marginal area, on which the indistinct subterminal line 

 stands, is filled up with grey. The hind-wings are broad and rounded, and are covered with 

 grey lines ; the central dot is small. Fringes whitish, slightly spotted with grey. Expands 

 about three-quarters of an inch. Inhabits the south of Central Europe from June to August ; 

 it is generally met with resting on rocks. The larva feeds on some Caryophyllaceous plant. 



35. E. Modicaria (Hiibn.). — Fore-wings moderately broad and pointed, everywhere light 

 bluish-grey, with a black central spot, and the nervures slightly yellowish, the three double 

 stripes sharply defined, whitish, and divided with dusky, the last near the hind margin, marked 

 with dark dots in front, and obtusely angulated below the costa, where it is bordered with 

 dark on both sides ; the subterminal line very indistinct. Hind-wings bluish-grey, with a 

 double whitish band. Expands nearly i inch. Inhabits the south of France and Germany 

 in July. The larva is pale brownish-yellow, with a darker line on the back, widened in the 

 middle of the segments, and a black dot near it. It feeds on Campanula in August. [E. 

 Nepetata, Mab., is probably a dark variety from Corsica ; the larva feeds on the flowers of 

 Calainentha mpcta. E. Cossnrata, Mill., which inhabits the island of Pantellaria in May, 

 resembles the last two species, but instead of five or six transverse lines, there is one 

 broad continuous and much waved line, a little paler than the ground-colour, and edged within 

 by round black dots on the nervures. Central dots scarcely visible ; the subterminal line very 

 slender, white, and zigzag.) 



36. E. Mayeri (Mann.). — Fore-wings rather narrow and pointed, dark grey, with no central 

 dot, the nervures broadly suffused with yellowish, the double stripes unequally divided ; in 

 the two first only the front half, and in the third the broader hinder half, is whitish ; the 

 third is distinctly zigzag, and curved outwards below the costa ; the subterminal line is in- 

 distinct, finely whitish, and sharply zigzag only beneath the costa, and slightly bordered with 



