262 LEPJDOPTERA. 



perpendicular and but little rounded off below ; dorsal margin 

 filled out ; colour very pale drab, shining, dusted with yellow- 

 brown ; first line rather erect but faint, carved and composed 

 of brown dusting ; second line a little more distinct, sinuous, 

 not very oblique, j-ellow-brown ; beyond it is a parallel shade 

 of yellow-brown atoms ; cilia yellowish-white. Hind wings 

 broad, rounded behind, the apex bluntly angulated ; shining 

 pale yellowish-drab, dusted with brown, and having a faint 

 central brown transverse line ; cilia yellowish-white. Female 

 similar, or sometimes having the brown transverse lines more 

 distinct and broadened into faint stripes. 



Undersides of all the wings shining pale yellow-drab, with 

 the faint markings of the upper side repeated. Body and legs 

 yellow-drab. 



On the wing in June and July. It has been reared indoors, 

 abroad, in a second generation, in September. 



Larva. Ground colour grey with violet-red stripes ; six 

 black, white-rimmed warts on each segment; head marbled, 

 dark and light brown ; thoracic segment black, divided down 

 the middle, where it is paler ; anal segment pale brown. 

 (Herr H. Disque.) 



May and June, and a second generation in August and the 

 beginning of September; on Mciitlm hirsuta, M. aquatica, 

 and Lyeojnis europeus. 



Several attempts have been made here to rear this species 

 from the egg, bat from some unexplained cause all have 

 failed; in each case the larvfe have died while quite young 

 and without assuming distinctive markings. 



PiPA undescribed. 



The moth frequents marshy places, and on the Continent 

 is well known to be readily disturbed by day, in such places, 

 from among the tall reeds, sedges, and marsh plants. In 

 this country opportunities for observing it have been 

 limited. It was erroneously recorded as British by J. F. 



