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  BRITISH 
  LEPIDOPTERA. 
  

  

  captures 
  in 
  the 
  Styrian 
  Alps. 
  In 
  1852, 
  stating 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  taken 
  on 
  

   the 
  Sommering 
  on 
  July 
  7th-8th, 
  1842, 
  he 
  redescribed 
  the 
  species 
  

   (Linn. 
  Ent., 
  vi., 
  p. 
  370) 
  as 
  : 
  

  

  " 
  Alis 
  anterioribus 
  ochraceo-fuscescentibus, 
  dorso 
  iissura 
  plagaque 
  lacinia? 
  

   anterioris 
  gilvescentibus, 
  striola 
  media, 
  puncto 
  gemino 
  ante 
  fissuram 
  lituraque 
  

   laciniee 
  anterioris 
  fuscis, 
  ciliis 
  circa 
  apicem 
  albis 
  ; 
  ciliis 
  digiti 
  tertii 
  breviusculis 
  

   («??). 
  This 
  species 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  separated 
  from, 
  mictodactylus 
  and 
  plagiodactylus, 
  the 
  

   most 
  similar 
  species, 
  by 
  the 
  somewhat 
  shorter 
  ]obes 
  of 
  the 
  forewings, 
  the 
  black 
  pair 
  

   of 
  fissural 
  spots 
  being 
  separated 
  by 
  a 
  yellowish 
  space 
  from 
  the 
  fissure, 
  the 
  pale 
  

   yellowish 
  space 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  lobe, 
  the 
  white 
  fringes 
  around 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  

   the 
  same, 
  etc. 
  The 
  fringes 
  also 
  of 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  lobe 
  are 
  white 
  

   round 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  near 
  their 
  bases 
  they 
  are 
  cut 
  by 
  a 
  brown 
  line, 
  which 
  contains 
  a 
  

   black 
  spot 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  lobe." 
  

  

  Zeller 
  places 
  this 
  species 
  between 
  plagiodactylus 
  (F.-R.), 
  Stainton, 
  

   and 
  fuscus, 
  Eetz. 
  In 
  1855, 
  Herri 
  ch-Schaffer 
  described 
  the 
  species 
  

   (Sys. 
  Bearb., 
  v., 
  p. 
  377) 
  in 
  his 
  group 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  "fringes 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  

   base 
  have 
  a 
  sharp, 
  brown, 
  uninterrupted 
  dividing-line." 
  He 
  describes 
  

   the 
  species 
  as 
  : 
  

  

  " 
  Greyish-red 
  or 
  fawn-colour. 
  The 
  following 
  are 
  black-brown 
  ; 
  a 
  dot 
  in 
  the 
  

   central 
  longitudinal 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  forewings, 
  two 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  fissure, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  

   first 
  one 
  extends 
  in 
  an 
  evanescent 
  manner 
  to 
  the 
  costa, 
  a 
  longitudinal 
  stripe 
  on 
  the 
  

   upper 
  lobe 
  divided 
  obliquely 
  by 
  a 
  white 
  dash, 
  or 
  margined 
  outwardly, 
  a 
  white 
  

   longitudinal 
  dash 
  on 
  costa 
  beyond 
  two-thirds. 
  The 
  terminal 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  fringes 
  of 
  

   the 
  upper 
  lobe 
  wholly 
  snow-white, 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  lobe 
  towards 
  its 
  apex. 
  Hind- 
  

   wings 
  coppery. 
  Examples 
  in 
  F.-R. 
  collection." 
  

  

  In 
  1856, 
  Frey 
  quoted 
  (Tin. 
  Pteroph. 
  Schweiz, 
  p. 
  413) 
  Zeller's 
  Latin 
  

   diagnosis 
  from 
  the 
  Linn. 
  Entomologica, 
  of 
  1852, 
  adds 
  " 
  9V"-9'" 
  " 
  and 
  

   records 
  it 
  for 
  " 
  Switzerland 
  (Zurich 
  district)." 
  Freyer, 
  in 
  1858, 
  notes 
  

   (Neuerc 
  Beit., 
  vii., 
  pp. 
  175-6) 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  not 
  previously 
  described 
  and 
  

   figured 
  the 
  insect 
  himself 
  (although 
  Treitschke 
  had 
  done 
  so 
  from 
  his 
  

   notes 
  and 
  specimens 
  captured 
  by 
  him) 
  but 
  that, 
  having 
  found 
  larvae 
  in 
  

   early 
  May, 
  1857, 
  near 
  Augsburg, 
  on 
  Gentiana 
  verna, 
  of 
  various 
  ages, 
  

   he 
  now 
  supplied 
  the 
  omission. 
  He 
  then 
  writes 
  of 
  the 
  larva 
  : 
  " 
  Up 
  to 
  

   the 
  time 
  it 
  is 
  fullfed 
  it 
  remains 
  in 
  the 
  calyx 
  of 
  the 
  flower, 
  feeding 
  

   principally 
  on 
  the 
  seed-capsules, 
  and 
  is 
  rarely 
  found 
  in 
  fresh 
  blooms, 
  

   faded 
  flowers 
  being 
  those 
  usually 
  affected, 
  a 
  habit 
  that 
  greatly 
  facilitates 
  

   its 
  discovery"." 
  The 
  imagines 
  bred 
  from 
  these 
  larvae 
  are 
  described 
  as 
  

   being 
  . 
  — 
  

  

  " 
  Very 
  near 
  to 
  mictodactyla. 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  ashy-grey 
  ; 
  the 
  forewings 
  more 
  

   grey-brown, 
  with 
  four 
  bright 
  grey 
  nervures 
  chequered 
  with 
  brown. 
  The 
  fringes 
  at 
  

   the 
  apices 
  of 
  the 
  forewing 
  are 
  white 
  in 
  the 
  upper, 
  and 
  brown 
  in 
  the 
  lower, 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  fissure, 
  whilst 
  before 
  them 
  are 
  brown 
  streaks 
  and 
  dots. 
  At 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cleft, 
  

   which 
  is 
  fringed 
  with 
  white, 
  are 
  two 
  black-brown 
  dots, 
  which, 
  with 
  the 
  brown 
  dots, 
  

   form 
  a 
  lunule, 
  the 
  ends 
  of 
  which 
  run 
  along 
  the 
  veins 
  towards 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  join 
  a 
  

   distinct 
  brown 
  spot 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  third 
  of 
  the 
  forewing 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  lobe 
  is 
  an 
  

   elongate 
  liver-coloured 
  spot, 
  above 
  and 
  beyond 
  which 
  the 
  costa 
  is 
  dusted 
  with 
  white. 
  

   The 
  hindwings 
  are 
  unicolorous 
  fawn-colour, 
  with 
  fringes 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  hue. 
  The 
  

   whole 
  of 
  the 
  underside 
  is 
  fawn-colour, 
  with 
  only 
  the 
  fringes 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  white, 
  as 
  

   on 
  the 
  upperside. 
  The 
  abdomen 
  is 
  grey-brown, 
  with 
  white 
  lines, 
  and 
  with 
  two 
  

   brown 
  spots 
  on 
  each 
  segment." 
  

  

  ' 
  ::: 
  " 
  After 
  this 
  was 
  written, 
  Frey 
  reported 
  (Lep. 
  der 
  Schweiz, 
  p. 
  430) 
  coprodactyla 
  

   larvas 
  as 
  feeding 
  in 
  flowers 
  of 
  Gentiana 
  verna, 
  and 
  Hofmann 
  independently 
  did 
  the 
  

   same 
  (Die 
  Deutscli. 
  Pteroph., 
  p. 
  89). 
  It 
  is, 
  therefore, 
  possible 
  that 
  Freyer's 
  

   description 
  really 
  did 
  not 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  species 
  he 
  captured 
  at 
  Tegernsee 
  in 
  1828, 
  in 
  

   Gentiana 
  hitea, 
  and 
  which 
  Treitschke 
  named 
  graphodactyla. 
  Certainly, 
  the 
  larval 
  

   habits 
  remind 
  one 
  much 
  of 
  pneumonanthes, 
  and 
  graphodactyla, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  coprodaetyla, 
  

   may 
  feed 
  in 
  G. 
  verna. 
  

  

  