244 LEPIDOPTERA. 



barred with smoky black ; legs yellow above, smoky black 

 beneath. 



Ou the wing in June and the beginning of July ; and in 

 the South a partial second generation in August. 



Larva apparently still undescribed. Eagonot says : 

 ■' Schrank found the larva on Sarothcunnus scoparius but 

 did not describe it. Herr A. Gartner found it at the end of 

 June spun up in a \ea{ oi Atriplex paf2ola, the moth appearing 

 early in August. Herr r. Nolcken has bred it from a hand- 

 some larva feeding on Cirsiam arvcnsc, and gives a good 

 description." This description is as follows : " Pale green 

 with three black warts ou each segment. Head pale brownish 

 dappled with darker nut-brown." But from the well-kuown 

 habits of the moth it is diJSicult to believe that it feeds on 

 thistle or on orache, while broom is altogether absent from 

 the clover fields in which it so constantly lives. I feel little 

 doubt that it will be found upon clover. 



The moth, as just stated, is constantly found in clover 

 fields, sitting among the clover (and apparently uj^on no 

 other plants) by day, flying up vigorously if disturbed, and 

 mounting much higher in the air than is usual in the 

 Pi/ralidce, travelling to some distance, yet settling again 

 among the clover. Also to be found ou downs, hillsides, and 

 rough fields where trefoils abound. At night it will fly to a 

 strong light, even to a gas-lamp along a road, and I have 

 taken it at the sugar used as a bait for Noctuce. Although 

 I have met with it commonly in various districts, this has 

 never occurred among broom or thistles, but only as just 

 described. It was formerly found in the suburbs of London, 

 but has apparently retired or been expelled ; it is still 

 moderately common throughout the South of England and 

 the Eastern counties to Norfolk, reaching also Cambridge- 

 shire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Here- 

 fordshire, and Worcestershire. In Wales I have found it 

 commonly in Pembrokeshire, but have no reliable records, 



