2IO LEPIDOPTERA. 



next. Even at early dusk it is hardly to be seen away from 

 these plants. First noticed and recorded in this country in 

 1875, when I took it in Pembrokeshire; but it had simply 

 been overlooked, since specimens were at once found mixed 

 with B. Hccmhucnlis in several collections. Attention being 

 thus drawn to this species, it has since been found locally in 

 Kent, Sussex, Hants, Dorset, and rarely in Norfolk and 

 Suffolk. In Pembrokeshire, where it was first noticed, it 

 proved to be fairly common, but I have no other record for 

 Wales, nor for any other portion of the United Kingdom, 

 j^.broad it is widel}- distributed in Central Europe, and inhabits 

 Northern Spain, Sardinia, Greece, and South Sweden. 



13. B. crocealis, Siih. — Expanse I to nearly 1 inch 

 (21-24 mm.). Pore wings shining rich ochreous-yellow, 

 with two brownish-yellow transverse lines, the second bend- 

 ing and curving gently outwards. Hind wings yellowish- 

 white with faint smok}'' clouding. 



Antennas of the male simple, yellow-brown, the back of 

 the shaft white ; palpi rather long, deeply tufted, pointed ; 

 yellow ; head and thorax orange-yellow ; abdomen slender, 

 yellowish-white with grey dusting, and the anal tuft yellow. 

 Fore wings not elongated ; costa arched ; apex angulated ; 

 hind margin rather perpendicular, but curved off below ; 

 colour rich yellow, tinged along the costa with ochreous, and 

 finely dusted all over with the same ; first line very slender, 

 nearly erect, but curved above the middle, orange-brown ; 

 second line of the same colour, erect from the dorsal margin, 

 but just below the middle bent broadh' outward and then 

 curved up to the costa ; discal spot an orange-brown 

 crescent ; cilia shining greyish-yellow. Hind wings rather 

 long ; apex angulated ; hind margin sinuous ; shining white 

 with smoky clouding, and a faint ill-defined smoky border ; 

 cilia white. Female similar. 



Underside of the fore wings dark smoky-yellow, shining 

 white along the dorsal margin ; the discal spot and second 



