1 6 LEPIDOl'TKKA. 



insect has been reported to be taken in these islands. The- 

 first-named specimen is in the collection of ilr. Sydney 

 Webb, but I am not aware what has become of the other. 

 No further evidence of the existence of the species in these 

 islands has been forthcoming, and the conclusion seems 

 inevitable that the specimens in question, if taken here, 

 must have been in some way introduced. However this may 

 be I feel certain that the insect has no claim to be considered 

 a British species. It could not well be overlooked, since it 

 is a striking and conspicuous insect, almost as large as E. 

 ccrvinatu, but more like E. 'mcnsuraria, except that the 

 outer edge of the central band of its fore -wings has a very 

 strong angle, almost a rectangle. It is a common species in 

 most parts of Central Europe.] 



•k E. mensuraria, Si'hijf. ; limitata, Sluud Cat. — 

 Expanse \\ incli. Fore wings rich pale yellow-brown or 

 purplish-brown with a broad red-brown central band. 

 darkest at its margins, and enclosing a minute round 

 discal dot. Hind wings smoky white. 



Antennas of the male pectinated with short oblique 

 ciliated teeth, brown, the shaft whitish-brown ; palpi rather 

 prominent, puqjle-browii ; face strongly tufted with raised 

 scales, purple-brown ; head of the same colour ; thorax 

 yellow-brown ; abdomen rather long, light brown, barred 

 faintly with white ; lateral and anal tufts distinct, the 

 latter dark brown. Fore wings broad ; the costa gently 

 rounded, more arched at the base and apex, which last is 

 bluntly angulated ; hind margin below it perpendicular, 

 then expanded and rounded off ; dorsal margin also rather 

 full ; colour rich pale yellow-brown ; basal line an indistinct 

 curved purplish-brown stripe ; first line also a gently curved 

 red-brown stripe shaded off outwardly ; second line more 

 oblique and waved, forming the outer edge of a l)road, rich 

 red-brown stripe : these two stripes form the margins of a 

 broad central band, often almost uniform in colour, but 



