LARENTIlhE—EUBOUA. 9 



August till April or May, on broom {Cytims scojxirius) 

 furze or gorse ( Ulcc europaus) and according to Hof niann on 

 ■Genista ; hybernating when very small and feeding up in 

 the spring. 



Pita shining reddish-brown, the wing-covers with darker 

 veins. Not further described. In a silken cocoon among 

 rubbish or the twigs of the food-plant. 



The moth hides during the day iu furze bushes, or among 

 long grass, or thick herbage, near the ground, but is readily 

 disturbed by the beating stick, or by a passing footstep, 

 when it will fly to some distance before again hiding itself ; 

 it then settles head downwards among grass or some similar 

 shelter. Its natural flight is at dusk, and also at night, 

 when it will come to a strong light. It is common on 

 heaths, cliff's, downs, moors, mosses, and even fields where 

 any furze is allowed to grow among the rough herbage, and 

 in such situations is to be found throughout England, though 

 less commonly in the IMidlaud Counties, and throughout 

 Wales, and most parts of Ireland. In Scotland it is common 

 in Wigtownshire, Dumbartonshire and elsewhere, so far as 

 the Clyde A'alley, iu the west ; in Eoxburghshire and Perth- 

 shire and extends in the east to Moray, which seems to be its 

 northern boundary. Abroad common throughout Central 

 Europe, Central and Northern Italy, Corsica, Roumania, 

 ^Southern Russia, Bithynia, and Pontus. 



2. E. bipunctaria, Schiff. — Expanse l\ to li inch. 

 Fore wings broad, whitish-grey, much ripf)led with darker 

 grey fine scolloped lines and dots ; central band darker grey. 

 Hind wings smoky- white. 



Anteunw of the male densely pectinated with short oblique 

 teeth, thickly ciliated but lying very close to the shaft, 

 brownish-grey ; palpi porrected and pointed but rather 

 •conical, purplish-grey ; face full and oblique, and with the 



