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■sometimes be found and secured ; at late dusk and through 

 the early portion of the night it flies pretty vigorously, and 

 if a gas-lamp is at hand flutters and flaps wildly round it for 

 some time, but ultimately settles down to sit upon the frame 

 with wings erected over its back. Much attached to waste spots 

 near public roads, or the suburbs of towns, where mallows 

 -are apt to flourish ; also to the edges of sea sandhills and sea 

 cliffs ; common in all the Southern, Eastern, and Western 

 Counties of England and existing, apparently in smaller 

 numbers, throughout the Midlands and Northern Counties. 

 In Wales it must surely be rather scarce, but is recorded 

 from Anglesey by Lord Boston, in Glamorganshire by Mr. 

 H. W. Vivian ; and I took it occasionally at Pembroke. In 

 Scotland it is said to be common in Berwickshire, scarce in 

 the Edinburgh district, and to be found in Ayrshire and 

 occasionally in Perthshire, but Dr. Buchannan White gave 

 its range as e.xtending to the Clyde and to Aberdeenshire. 

 In Ireland I met with it long ago commonly in the suburbs 

 of Dublin, and in great abundance at Howth and Sutton on 

 the neighbouring coast ; also it is known to occur in 

 Wicklow, Cork, Kerry, Lowth, and Sligo. 



Abroad it ranges through France, Holland, Germany, the 

 South of Spain, the North of Italy, Livonia, Finland, 

 Southern Russia, Syria, and Bithynia. 



[E. mseniata, Scop. — In the Entomologists Annual for 

 1855 occurs the following entry : " A specimen of this is in 

 the collection of Mr. C. S. Gregson, who obtained it 

 from Mr. Reeves of Carlisle many years ago. Mr. Reeves 

 told Mr. Gregson himself that he took it on one of the 

 high hills near Barron Wood." In consequence of this 

 statement the species was included as British in Mr. 

 ■Stainton's " Manual."' In the year 186G Mr. W. Brest of Yorlc 

 stated that he took on August 19th of that year, by beating 

 broom, a specimen which had since been found to be of this 

 species. These are, I believe, the only instances in which the 



