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Tlie DuUcrriy is common lliroiigliout the greater pan of 

 Europe and Northern and \Vestern Asia, and in most parts of 

 England and Wales, extending to the South of Scotland. It is 

 very fond of bushy places, especially in or near woods, preferring 

 to rest on leaves rather than flowers, which is thj hab'.t of many 

 of the ITesperiidiV. 



SUB-FAMILY rAMrillLIN.E. 

 Section C. 



Antenn.^ : Club of varying robustness, always tapering to a 

 fine point, occasionally hooked, in which case the terminal 

 portion is always more than half the length of the remainder 

 of the club. 



Palpi : Second joint upturned, pressed closely against the 

 face ; third joint long, slender, naked, porrect, projecting hori- 

 zontally in front of the face. Cell of fore-wing ranging from 

 just over one-half to just over two-thirds the length of 

 costa. Hind-wing more or less lobate ; vein 5 of hind-wing 

 usually well developed ; vein 5 of fore-wing equi-distant from 

 4 and 6, or slightly nearer to 6. 



Male : Never with a costal fold on fore-wing, but with various 

 other secondary sexual characters, both on wings and legs. 



As far as is known, all the species rest with their wings 

 raised above their backs, frequently settling on the under side 

 of leaves. They are remarkably crepuscular in tlieir habits, 

 being specially active only in the very early morning, and at 

 dusk. The section is confined entirely to the Old World. 



The palpi of this section are very distinct, and readily 

 separate them from nearly all the other genera. The few 

 genera of Jlcsperiituc {Phanus^ Eiithcus^ and alh'cs) which 

 have somewhat similar palpi, vary in the entirely different 

 form of antenncc, in the constant absence of vein 5 of the 

 hind-wing, and in some cases by the presence of the costal fold 

 of the fore-wing. ( Watson,) 



