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more or less tinged with green. In a cocoon of silk and 

 earth, in the ground. (H. H. C.) 



The winter is passed in this condition, and it is not unusual 

 for pupa3 to lie over two winters. 



The moth hides among its food-plant in the woods, but is 

 not readily disturbed in the day-time. At late dusk it flies 

 over and settles on the blossoms of the golden-rod, and some- 

 times visits those of ragwort and heather ; but is not very 

 commonly seen, and appears to be tolerably local. I have 

 records of its presence in Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Dorset, 

 Devon, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, and North 

 Lancashire. In Wales Mr. H. W. Vivian found it at Porth- 

 kerry, Glamorganshire, and I met with it sparingly in woods 

 around Pembroke. It also occurs rarely in Scotland ; the 

 Rev. C. T. Cruttwell obtained it in Perthshire, and Mr. 

 Reid reports it in Aberdeenshire. In Ireland it has been 

 taken on the coast near Dublin, in Wicklow, Louth, West- 

 meath, Galway, and even Derry. Abroad it seems to have 

 but a small range, in Belgium and Central and Western 

 Germany. 



34. E. absintliiata, L. — Expanse f to 1 inch. Fore 

 wings broad, blunt, glossy, pale purjjlish-brown ; transverse 

 lines hardly perceptible ; discal spot black ; on each side of 

 it is a black spot on the costa ; a white spot lies above the 

 anal angle. Hind wings smoky-brown. 



Antenna3 of the male simple, ciliated, dull brown; palpi 

 small, black-brown; head and thorax reddish-brown ; abdo- 

 men more purple-brown, and almost devoid of dorsal tufts ; 

 anal tuft much compressed. Fore wings rather ample ; costa 

 gently curved, more strongly so toward the apex, which is 

 bluntly rounded, almost angulated ; hind margin fully 

 rounded; dorsal margin full and strongly ciliated; colour 

 shining light purple-brown or red-brown ; discal spot large 

 and black ; nervures very minutely dotted with black ; costa 

 faintly but repeatedly barred with sinoky-black and having 



