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this plant. Mr. N. M. Richardson has found it, in confine- 

 ment, willing to eat Galium apariuc. 



The winter is passed by the larva of this later generation in 

 its dead-leaf habitation on the ground, and the pupa state is 

 assumed in the spring. 



Pupa slender, bright red ; the antenna and wing-cases 

 reaching far down the abdomen and ending in a projecting 

 knob. In a silken web attached to some neighbouring 

 object. (Rev. J. Hellins.) 



The moth hides during the day among its food-plant, in 

 hedges, along the edges of rocks, or among bushes, and may 

 be disturbed by the beating-stick, when it shows itself to be 

 sufficientlj^ active. Sometimes, where the cover is thin, it 

 will creep into the crevices of rocks. Its time of natural 

 flight is at dusk, and it will then visit the blossoms of 

 clematis, or of ivy or heather. Most frequent upon the coast, 

 but accompanying its food-plant inland, especially upon cal- 

 careous soils. In such situations found in the Isle of Wight ; 

 commonly in the Isles of Portland and Purbeck, and near 

 Lyme Regis lu Dorset ; on Durdham Downs, Clifton and 

 elsewhere in Somerset ; on the north and south coasts of 

 Devon ; in Cornwall and Gloucestershire. It seems to occur 

 all along the South coast of Wales, and has been found in 

 the Northern portion at Llandudno. Except that a report 

 of its occurrence on the North-west coast of Ireland may 

 prove to be correct, this seems to be the extent of its range 

 in these Islands. Abroad it extends through Southern 

 Europe to Portugal, and is found in the South of Switzer- 

 land, in Bithj'nia and the Canaries. 



9. B. repandalis, Schiff. — Expanse | inch (22 mm.). 

 Fore wings yellowish-white with three or four obscure slender 

 pale j^ellow-brown transverse lines or narrow stripes. Hind 

 wings white with similar stripes. 



Antennas of the male simple, whitish-brown ; palpi thick, 



