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The moth doubtless hides during the day among its food 

 plant, but is rarely seen at that time, and perhaps never 

 induced then to fly. Its natural flight at dusk seems to be 

 also feeldom observed, and nearly all the specimens in collec- 

 tions have been reared in confinement. Probably this may 

 arise from the great ease with which it is fed up and so 

 obtained ; there can be no reason to suppose that it could 

 not be collected by watching the patches of its food plant at 

 late dusk, but it would then be very obscure upon the wing. 



It very closely resembles E. pulchellata,hnt is smaller, and 

 its markings are darker and more sharply defined, the central 

 band being very perfect. 



Apparently common throughout the Southern half of 

 England with the Eastern and Western Counties, with 

 possibly the exception of Cornwall, yet this is more probably 

 an absence of observation. It is less common in the Mid- 

 lands, but extends to Cheshire and Yorkshire. Doubtless 

 also throughout Wales, since it has been found at Dolgelly 

 and Colwyn Bay, and I met with it pretty commonly in 

 Pembrokeshire. In Scotland there is a single record — at 

 Inverurie, Aberdeenshire — which, I think, requires confir- 

 mation. Dr. White did not know it as a Scottish species. 

 The single record in Ireland — at Howth, Dublin, by Mr. 

 Petherstonhaugh — may refer to a specimen accidentally 

 introduced. 



Abroad it has a far more considerable range than the last 

 species, through Central Europe, Spain, Northern Italy, 

 Corsica, Livonia, some part of Finland, and South-east 

 Russia. 



7. E. centaureata, Schiff. ; oblongata, Stand. Cat. — 

 Expanse ^ to 1 inch. Fore wings chalky-white ; discal spot 

 black in a large blue-grey costal blotch. Hind wings white 

 with grey shading. 



Antennae of the male slender, simple, minutely ciliated, 

 brown ; palpi short aud blaut, black-brown ; head and face 



