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covers and anteiior portion greeii, the abdominal segments 

 pale brown, and the ridges and cremaster red-brown. (From 

 pupae furnished for description by Mr. W. H. Harwood.) 

 In a cocoon of silk and earth. The winter is passed in this 

 state. 



The moth hides during the day among low-growing 

 herbage close to tlie ground, but is so readily disturbed on a 

 snnny afternoon as almost to give the impression of a day- 

 flying species. It however certainly flies at dusk. Its 

 favourite haunts are flowery banks and broken ground about 

 sea-clifis, rough fields and fens ; also open spaces between 

 woods ; and occasionally it may be found in damp spots on 

 the margins of heaths. It is certainly a local species, 

 apparently partial to coast districts, and fond of the warmest 

 corners of the rough ground which it affects. Found m 

 Kent — commonly in the Isle of Sheppey — Sussex, Hants, 

 Dorset, Devon, Berks, Bucks, Gloucestershire, Essex, Suffolk, 

 and the fens of Cambridgeshire ; rare in Norfolk ; absent to 

 all appearance from the Midlands and many of the western 

 districts, again appearing in North Lancashire, Yorkshire, 

 Durham, and Northumberland. In Wales Mr. Vivian has 

 found it at Port Talbot, Glamorgan, and I have taken it — 

 but rarely — in Pembrokeshire. In Scotland it is recorded 

 from Dunkeld, Perthshire ; Braemar, Aberdeenshire ; and 

 Argyle, and the Messrs. Gordon have found it not very un- 

 commonlj' in Wigtownshire. In Ireland it is not scarce in 

 Cork County, Gal way, Sligo, Fermanagh, and Donegal. 

 Abroad widely distributed through Central Europe, Livonia, 

 Finland, and the Central Asian mountain regions. 



11. E. irriguata, Hull. — Expanse f to | inch (IS to 

 22 mm.). Fore wings glossy white ; discal spot black ; basal 

 band dark brown ; costa and hind margin spotted and clouded 

 with the same colour. Hind winsTS white, with brown cloud- 

 ing and a black central dot. 



Antennae of the male slender, simple, ciliated, whitish- 



