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Sussex, Dorset, Devon, aud Cornwall — all situate upon the 

 south coast of England. I have thought it well to give 

 details in each case, vrhere obtainable, because we have no 

 opportunity to gain any general knowledge of its habits. 



Abroad it has an extensive range — France, Italy, Austria, 

 and Southern and Western Europe generally ; Bithynia, 

 Syria, all parts of India, and other portions of tropical 

 Asia ; South Africa, Nyassaland, Mashonaland ; the United 

 States of America; Queensland, New South Wales, and 

 other portions of Australia ; and indeed tropical regions 

 generally. 



Genus 12. AQROTERA. 



Antennae simple; palpi short, blunt, triangular; head and 

 thorax rough with raised scales ; abdomen slender, smooth ; 

 fore wings rather narrow, pointed, retuse, scalloped behind ; 

 hind wings long, with undulating hind margin ; the cell 

 narrow, and the cross-bar oblique ; legs rather long. 



We have but one species. 



1. A. nemoralis, Scop. — Expanse f to | inch (18- 

 23 mm.). Fore wings pale purple, darker in the middle ; basal 

 region yellow; cilia chequered. Hind wings pale smoky-brown. 



Antennae simple, ciliated, bronzy-yellow, ringed with 

 brown ; tongue thickly covered in front with scales ; palpi 

 short, up-curved, chocolate-brown ; head rich chocolate ; 

 thorax shining white tinged with orange-yellow, and h a vino- 

 across the middle an orange-brown stripe ; abdomen slender 

 orange-yellow clouded with white near the base, shading 

 into dark brown behind. Fore wings rather narrow, apex 

 sharply angulated ; costa arched ; hind margin sinuous or 

 scalloped ; from the base to the curved first line light yellow 

 with faint orange lines ; rest of the wing pale purple-brown 

 except a yellow line along the costa ; second line just per- 

 ceptible, very irregular, brown ; cilia bright pearly white 

 interrupted by squared brown spots. Hind wings rather 



