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the base, tip, and inner margin whitish. The centre of 

 the wings is suffused with red, and two transverse lines 

 of darker colour cross them. The larva is blue with a 

 black line on the back and a zigzag yellowish-red stripe 

 on the sides, bordered below with black. It feeds on 

 lichens growing on walls. It is not a British species, 

 but is met with in Southern Europe. 



BRYOPHILA ALGiE (Fabr.). 



This is a small moth, with the same characteristics as 

 to size and form as the last described. The fore-wings 

 are green, varied with brown and blackish in the 

 position of the claviform stigma. It has dark trans- 

 verse lines, and the hind-wings are brownish grey. 

 The larva is bluish-grey, with a grey stripe on the back. 

 It feeds on lichen, and inhabits Central and Southern 

 Europe, and Western Asia, but is a great rarity in 

 England. 



AGROTIS SPINIFERA (Htibn). 



This is a moth somewhat larger than the last-described, 

 with rather a stout body. It is fawn-colour, the ab- 



