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is no longer the case, though it may still be found in suitable 

 spots in Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Hants with the Isle of Wight, 

 Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Monmouthshire, 

 Herefordshire, Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, and Northampton- 

 shire. Except that Major Robertson reports it, in AVales, 

 from Pembrokeshire, this seems to be the extent of its 

 recorded range in these Islands. Abroad it is found in 

 most parts of Central Europe, with Denmark, Livonia, Italy, 

 and Northern Spain ; also in Tartary and Japan. 



Genus 7. SPILODES. 



Antenna simple ; palpi small ; head rough, face prone, 

 tufted ; thorax not very slender ; abdomen not very long, 

 tapering to the tip ; fore wings moderately elongated, pointed, 

 cell narrow ; hind wings ample, cross-bar curved, cell short ; 

 legs slender, not long. 



We have five species, not difficult of recognition. 



A. Fore wings dark brown, with a yellow submarginal line. 



(S'. sticticalis. 

 A'. Fore wings sulphur white, with rather darkernervures. 



S. palealis. 

 A?. Fore wings bright yellow, with black markings on the 



underside. S. ciacfalis. 



A*. All the wings pearly yellow-white, with pale grey 



markings. ,S. verficoJis. 



A^. All the wings white, with leaden-black borders and 



markings. S. urticalis. 



1. S. sticticalis, L. — Expanse f to 1 inch (21-25 mm.). 

 Fore wings dark olive-brown ; a white spot in the discal cell, 

 and a straight yellow line before the hind margin. Hind wings 

 smoky brown ; cilia all glossy. 



Antennae long, simple, shining, dark brown ; palpi small, 

 rather drooping, black-brown, white inside ; head and thorax 



