BANKIA. 93 



Noctua argentula, Esper, Schmett. iv. (2) i, p. 559, Taf. 163, 



fig. 3 (1792 ?). 



Noctua olivea, Hiibner, Eur. Schmett. iv. fig. 292 (1799?). 

 Erastria argentula^ Treitschke, Schmett. Eur. v. (3), p. 255 



(1826) ; Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 278 (1881). 

 Erastria bankiana, Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. p. 1 17 (1830). 

 Bankia bankiana, Buckler, Larvae of Brit. Lepid. vi. p. 94, 



pi. 101, figs. 4, 4a (1895). 



The Silver-barred Moth. 



The Silver-barred Moth is found in Central Europe, and in 

 Asia Minor and Siberia. It expands about an inch. 



The head and thorax are olive-green varied with white. 

 The collar is golden yellow. The antennae are rusty brown, 

 and the legs and abdomen brownish-grey, the latter with a 

 yellowish anal tuft. 



The fore- wings are dark olive-green, approaching brown, 

 with two oblique silvery transverse lines, the first of which has 

 a silvery hook representing the orbicular stigma, and the 

 second a slight prominence representing the reniform stigma, 

 In front of the fringes is a straight silvery line, and a small 

 dull comma-like mark may be seen near the apex of the wings. 

 The hind-wings are grey. 



The larva feeds on various grasses, especially annual 



