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and posterior segments ; skiu rough ami wrinkled, sprinkled 

 with a few whitish hairs. The spots and ground colour vary 

 considerably in intensity of colouring, fllev. H. H. Crewe.) 

 August and the beginning of September, on the unripe 

 seeds and seed capsules of Canrpaniila tracheUimt (nettle- 

 leaved bell-flower). Mr. Crewe found it also, in his own 

 garden, on C. jid'niccvfolia, C. media, C. latifoUa, C. coUina, 

 C. 23cdida, C. carpatica, C. rapunmlus, C. rapunculoidcs, C. 

 ■urticcefolia, and Phiitninia campanuloiiha. 



Pupa. Thorax and wing-covers golden-yellow ; abdomen 

 reddish ; abdominal divisions and tips red. In a slight 

 earthen cocoon. (H. H. C.) 



The winter is passed in this condition. 



This moth seems to be of singularly retiring and obscure 

 habits, and I have not heard of any instance of its being 

 captured at large in this country ; so far as I know all the 

 specimens in collections have been reared from larva\ These 

 are readily found however in the withered blossoms and on the 

 seed capsules of its food-plant, wherever this grows in plenty, 

 nsually in chalk districts. In this manner it has been found 

 in Kent, Sussex, Cornwall, Herts, Bucks, Bedfordshire, Ox- 

 fordshire, Norfolk, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, 

 and Worcestershire; but so far as I know, not in any other 

 part of the United Kingdom. Abroad it is found in Bavaria 

 and Western Germany. 



32. E. vulgata, Ilaa-. — Expanse ;] to ^ inch. (18-22 mm.). 

 Fore wings dull brown, mottled with darker brown trans- 

 verse lines ; discal spot small, black ; subterminal line white, 

 spreading into a distinct spot above the anal angle. Hind 

 wings smoky-brown. 



Antennre of the male simple, ciliated, purplish-brown ; 

 palpi small, brown, tipped with purple-brown ; head pale 

 brown ; neck-ridge and thorax reddish-brown ; abdomen of 

 the same colour, with a row of black dots down each side and 



