42 LEPIDOPTERA. 



Abroad it is widely distributed, and often abundant in 

 Central and Southern Europe, Armenia, Asia Minor, and 

 North America. 



2. D. galii, W. F.— Expanse 2f to 3^ inches. 



Fore wings olive-brown, with a toothed whitish longitudinal 

 stripe ; hind wings pink and whitish, with black base and a 

 black stripe. 



AntennjB olive-brown, whitish towards the tip. Head and 

 thorax olive-brown, with a bright white stripe commencing 

 on the palpi, passing over the eyes and over the base of the 

 wings, to the hinder part of the thorax on each side — the 

 thoracic portion being broad and edged above with black. 

 Abdomen olive-brown, with a faint line of whitish dashes 

 down the middle of the back, and, at the sides of the basal 

 segments, two broad black and two white bars on each side ; 

 hinder abdominal segments also barred at the sides, narrowly, 

 with white. Fore wings with the costal margin nearly 

 straight till near the apex, to which it is gently curved, apex 

 pointed, hind margin slightly curved and very oblique, dorsal 

 margin curved so as to form a hollow before the anal angle. 

 Hind wings rather short, with the apex rounded ; hind margin 

 gently rounded but hollowed before the anal angle ; dorsal 

 margin dilated. Fore wings broadly olive brown along the 

 costal margin, with sharp indentations of the pale central 

 colour, and having also an olive-brown longitudinal stripe, in 

 the form of a very long triangle, based upon the whole 

 central portion of the dorsal margin and tapering thence 

 through the middle of the wing to a sharp point at its apex. 

 Between these olive-brown stripes is a broad longitudinal 

 yellowish-white or pinkish-white stripe extending from near 

 the base of the dorsal margin to the apex of the wing, where 

 it also tapers to a sharp point, on its way giving off two 

 tooth-shaped branches pointing back obliquely towards the 

 costa. Along the hind margin is a rather broad bluish grey 

 stripe edged internally by a darker sinuous line. At the 



