214 LEPIDOPTERA. 



oval, one behind it small and round ; raised dots green at 

 the top, bearing a fine h.iir. (Condensed from -Mr. Buckler's 

 •description.) 



September and October, on Ewpatorinm cannabinum (hemp 

 agrimony), Stack i/s pahtstris (woundwort), burdock, straw- 

 berry and other plants; noticed abroad on a thistle {CirMiuii 

 palustre) and on Aster amcllus. Feeding on their leaves and 

 living on the undersides. 



Pl'PA about five-sixteenths of an inch in length ; eyes 

 prominent ; thorax well developed ; wing-, leg-, and an- 

 tenna-cases long ; cremaster small, pointed, furnished with 

 two curled-topped spines crossing each other ; four rows of 

 minute warts with single hairs pointing forwards are visible 

 down the back of the thorax and abdomen ; the surface of 

 the head, thorax, and wing-covers, and the last ring of the 

 abdomen are brilliantly glossy : the other segments dull ; 

 ■colour black, save in the segmental divisions, which are shining 

 brown. In a cocoon formed of a portion of a leaf cut out and 

 drawn round, and lined with silk. (W. Buckler.) 



The moth hides during the day in hedges and bushes, 

 particularly in sallow-bushes growing in marshy places, and 

 does not seem to attach itself to any particular food- plant. At 

 dusk it flies freely, and in autumn is exceedingly fond of the 

 iuice of blackberries, sitting upon them at night to feed, but 

 dashing wildly at the light when approached with a lantern. 



The uncertainty in its times of appearance, and in its 

 abundance, seems to call for some further remark. The sea- 

 coast is perhaps its favourite resort, but even there the same 

 uncertainty prevails. In my own recollection this insect had 

 been so uncommon at all times of the year, for a number of 

 years, that when in 1865 it suddenly appeared in abundance 

 flying out of every hedge in answer to the beating-stick, it 

 was welcomed as afibrding a good opportunity for filling my 

 own series and lielping my friends. This occurred in the 



