92 LEPIDOPTERA. 



the Mourne ilountains iu Down — probably iu bogs and on 

 moors everywhere. 



Abroad it inhabits Central Europe and the greater portion 

 of Northern Europe, including Iceland and Lapland, the North 

 of Italy, the South of Spain, and Dalmatia ; varying at least- 

 to var. caUtinnria in the more northern countries. 



23. E. plumbeolata, i/«?'-.— E.xpanse § to | inch 

 (15-19 mm.). Fore wings rather silky, whitish grey-brown 

 crossed by numerous browner lines ; no discal spot. Hind 

 wings very similar. 



Antennae of the male simple, ciliated, glossy pale brown ; 

 palpi extremely small, dark brown ; head and thorax pale 

 grey-brown ; abdomen paler, more glossy, minutely tufted on 

 the dorsal ridge ; anal tuft closely compressed. Fore wings 

 rather ovate ; costa evenly, but very little, arched ; apex 

 bluntly rounded ; hind margin fully curved ; dorsal margin 

 stout, and also a little rounded ; surface very silky, pale ashy- 

 brown ; discal spot absent ; markings all pale brown and faint, 

 — basal line very slender ; first line also slender but faintly 

 duplicated, followed by a suggestion of a central band of plain 

 ground colour, darkened toward the costa hut often con- 

 stricted in the middle ; bej'ond is a series of closely fitting 

 parallel browner and paler rippled lines, of which the faintly 

 darker middle one may represent the ordinarj^ second line ; 

 hind marginal region broadly shaded with the colour of the 

 lines, but this is much broken up by the very irregular sub- 

 terminal paler line ; cilia shining pale grey-brown dashed 

 with paler. Hind wings rounded behind and rather small ; 

 colour as in the fore wings, or a very little paler, and in a 

 similar manner crossed by very obscure rippled lines ; no 

 central spot ; cilia concolorous. Female closely similar. 



Underside of the fore wings shining, very pale greyish- 

 brown ; discal spot just perceptible, black ; costa faintly 

 barred with smoky clouds, divided by whiter shades. Hind 

 wings greyish-white powdered with brown ; central spot a 



