TRIFJD.-E. }^S 



includes central Europe, the temperate portions of Northern 

 Europe, and North Italy. 



6. H. oleracea, Z. — Expanse 1^ to If inch. Fore wings 

 dull- purple-red with an orange spot in the reniform stigma, 

 and a clear white subterminal line, in the middle of which is 

 a long W; hind wings grey-brown. I 



Antennae of the male simple, minutely ciliated, blackish- 

 red, basal portion whitish in front ; palpi broadly tufted, 

 dark purple-brown; head and thorax deep dark purple-red 

 or liver-colour, the latter strongly crested • at the top and 

 back, the tips of the crests and the extreme edge of the 

 collar tinged with bluish-grey; fascicles dirty white; abdo- 

 men dusky whitish-brown with a purplish tinge, its dorsal 

 ridge ornamented with four or five small oblique crests; 

 lateral and anal tufts more tinged with purple. Fore wings 

 of moderate breadth ; costa gently curved ; apex angulated ; 

 hind margin rather full, gently curved and not very oblique ; 

 dorsal margin straight to near the base, where it curves rather 

 strongly in;, colour brownish liver-red or purple-red; basal 

 and first lines hardly perceptible or indicated by obscure 

 whitish scales, similar whitish scales being scattered along 

 the rather blacker nervures ; second line just perceptible, 

 double, darker purple-brown ; subterminal line slender but 

 sharply conspicuous, wliite, very straight from near the apex 

 of the wing to the anal angle, except that in the middle it 

 forms a sudden, long, slender W, of which the points invade 

 the cilia; orbicular stigma faintly indicated by a slender 

 white ring ; reniform stigma obscure but containing a distinct 

 roundish orange spot, above and below which is a small 

 blackish cloud ; claviform stigma an indistinct purple-black 

 spot ; costa beyond the middle dotted with white ; cilia of 

 the general colour but faintly tinged with yellow along the 

 base. Hind wings grey-brown, whiter toward the base ; 

 nervures dark brown ; central spot' elongated, blackish ; cilia 

 white. Female quite similar. 



