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abundant in Westmoreland ; but in the east, though common 

 i'l Essex, hardly recorded beyond Suffolk ; ajaparently very 

 little known in the Midland Counties, the only records being 

 in Derbyshire, but found also in Yorkshire. In Wales, 

 where it must surely abound, the only records seem to be from 

 Glamorganshire, Pembrokeshire, Carnarvon and Flint ; in 

 Scotland widely distributed about Edinburgh and in Fife ; in 

 Wigtownshire, Ayrshire, Perthshire, Aberdeenshire, Inverness, 

 and Ross ; indeed. Dr. Buchanan AVhite gives its range as 

 from the Solway to the Hebrides, and from the Tay to 

 Moray and the Orkneys. Apparently abundant on hills and 

 mountain heaths and in \vooded valleys all over Ireland. 



Abroad it is widely distributed in Southern Europe, in- 

 finding Spain and Portugal, great part of Western Europe, 

 Germany, Hungary, Switzerland, and Livonia; also in 

 Bithynia, Pontus, Syria, and Egypt, and abundant in 

 Morocco. 



Family 5. CENOCHROMID^. 



Antennffi simple ; palpi small ; head rather rough ; thorax 

 not crested ; abdomen smooth ; fore wings broad and rather 

 •short ; hind wings broad, vein 5 fully developed and arising 

 at or below the middle of the cross-bar ; vein 8 separate from 

 vein 7, but closely approximating to it before the middle of 

 the cell. 



Genus 1. TAN AGRA. 



AntennjB of the male simple, rather thick ; palpi minute ; 

 head and thorax rather rough ; abdomen smooth ; fore wings 

 short, broad, and rounded, very smooth ; hind wings elongated, 

 broad and rounded behind. 



We have but one species. 



1. T. chserophyllata, L. ; atrata, Staud.Cat. — Expanse 

 1 to 1^ inch. Wholly smokj'-black, except the apical margin 

 •of the fore wings, which is pure white. 



