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August and September, on or rather in, the 3eed-heads of 

 Jasione montana (sheep scabious), forming a sort of chamber 

 in the seed-head by eating away the seed flasks, calices and 

 pedicels, and lying snugly in the cavity, or if on the surface 

 always having its head buried in the ilower-head or seed- 

 head, eating out such a cavity. Dr. G. B. LongstafE has 

 conferred a great benefit on me by searching for this larva 

 and sending up a good supply from Somerset and Devon, 

 thereby supplying additional material for its life-history. 



The moth doubtless hides during the day among its food- 

 plant the Sheep scabious, in the dry hilly or sandy spots in 

 which that plant grows, and flies over it at night, but I 

 hardly know of the capture of a single specimen, all, or 

 nearly all, in collections having been reared from larvse 

 collected in the seed-heads. It was first noticed about the 

 year 1878, when Mr. Ficklin of Bristol found larva3 in North 

 Devon, and reared the moths in the following year. After 

 some consideration and inquiry it was named and described 

 by the Rev. H. Harper Crewe, who had for so many years 

 devoted himself to the elucidation of the habits of this 

 difficult genus. It is an exceedingly local sjoecies, but is 

 said to occur on the coast of North Wales, though I was 

 unable to find it in South Wales, where its food -plant is 

 abundant. I have no certain knowledge of its existence 

 elsewhere in Great Britain except in the Counties of Devon 

 and Somerset ; but in Ireland it has been found commonly 

 in the larva state in the County of Kerry about Yalentia, 

 Killarney and Kenmare ; and in that portion of Cork which 

 lies near Dingle and Bantry Bay. In this county, Captain 

 Donovan and his brother have captured it on the wing upon 

 the cliffs, and have found the larva commonly. Abroad it 

 hardly seems yet to have been recognised. 



08. E. tenuiata, if^i.— Expanse | inch (14-lG mm.). 

 Fore wings rather ovate, much rounded at the apex ; pale 

 umbreous, with a reddish tinge along the costa ; transverse 



