PVRAUSTID.-E—norVS. 187- 



bronzy-browu clouding, but with the markings as above, the 

 cilia rather whiter. Body and legs bronzy-brown. 



There is a little variation in the depth of the ground colour 

 and of the markings; occasional sj^ecimens being almost 

 straw-yellow, with the lines faint. Specimens from the 

 Continent are often decidedly larger in expanse, as well as 

 paler in colour. 



On the wing in the latter part of July and in August. 

 Abroad there is said to be a second generation in September. 



Larva apparently not certainly known. It is hardly 

 possible that the statement of Moschler, that he " has found 

 the larva on nettle ( Urtiea urois) and bred the moth " is 

 correct. There must surely be some confusion as to species. 

 Kagonot says " the larva has been supposed to feed on 

 bedstraw (Galium verum), and certainly the imago affects 

 dry pasture fields where this plant is common ; no doubt the 

 larva is polyphagous." 



Pupa ajai^rently unknown. 



The moth is found on open downs, especially chalk downs, 

 and dry hill slopes, and with us is excessively local ; some- 

 times to be found in numbers in very restricted sjiots, where 

 the country for miles appears to be all equally suitable. In 

 such favoured places it may be found commonly near Folke- 

 stone, Faversham, and other parts of Kent ; on the 

 Downs about Brighton and Lewes, Sussex ; at Freshwater 

 and Ventnor, Isle of Wight, and elsewhere on the Hants 

 coast ; and on the coasts of Dorset and Cornwall. This I 

 think is the extent of its range in these Islands. Abroad it 

 is common in Central and Southern Europe, including 

 Corsica ; and is found in South Sweden, Livonia, Hyrcania, 

 Pontus, Armenia, and Tartary. 



3. B. pandalis, Hiih. — Expanse 1 to 1| inch. Fore 

 wings glossy pale yellow with rather darker nervures, three 



