58 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY 



They are called " Sallows," either from their yellow colour, 

 or because some of their larvae feed on sallow catkins. The 

 moths appear in September. 



THE BARRED SALLOW. XANTHIA ICTERITIA. 



Noctua fulvago, Linnaeus (nee Clerck), Faun. Suec. p. 312 



(1761). 



Noctua icteritia, Hufnagel, Berlin. Mag. iii. p. 296, no. 43 



(1767). 

 Noctua cerago, Denis & Schiffermiiller, Syst. Verz. Schmett. 



Wien. p. 86, no. 9 (1776); Hiibner, Eur. Schmett. iv. 



figs. 144, 145, 190(1804?) 

 Xanthia cerago, Treitschke, Schmett. Eur. v. (2) p. 370 



(1825); Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. iii. p. 64 (1829) ; 



Buckler, Larvae of Brit. Lepid. v. p. 73, pi. 84, figs. 5-5 c 



(1893)- 

 Xanthia gilvago, Stephens (nee. Den. & Schiff.), op. cit. iii. 



p. 65 (1829). 

 Xanthia fulvago, Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 182 



(1880). 



This Moth is common in Northern and Central Europe, and 

 in Northern Asia. It expands from an inch and a quarter to 

 an inch and a half. 



The fore-wings are Canary-yellow with several ferruginous 

 spots of different sizes. The transverse lines are broken up 

 into spots and streaks. In front of the position of the first 

 line there are two or three ferruginous spots. The centre of 

 the wing is crossed by a broad band, fading on the inner side, 

 and composed of three rows of reddish and rusty spots. In 

 the largest external spot are three yellow dots near the costa. 

 In the middle of the band, on the sub-costal nervure, is a small 

 dark-brown spot, usually centred with yellowish. This belongs 

 to the reniform stigma, which is generally indistinctly marked. 



