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" fairly common " in North Wales. In Ireland it is gener- 

 ally common ; but in Scotland seems to be mainly confined 

 to Berwickshire, Midlothian, Fife, Ayrshire, Arran, Perth- 

 shire, and Aberdeen. Abroad distributed over Central 

 Europe, the temperate parts of Northern Europe, Southern 

 France, Northern Spain, Italy, Asia Minor, Armenia, Siberia, 

 and Tartary. 



Genus 4. STENIA. 



AntennaB simple ; palpi long, projecting, broadly tufted ; 

 neck long ; thorax and abdomen extremely slender, the 

 latter elongated ; fore wings narrow at the base, blunt 

 behind ; hind wings short and broad, with the cell short ; 

 legs remarkably long and slender. 



We have but one species. 



1. S, punctalis, &hiff. — Expanse \ to \ inch (18- 

 23 mm.). Fore wings rather short and blunt ; dull light 

 brown or i-eddish-brown, with two rather darker transverse 

 lines and a white discal dot ; hind wings br.^wnish-white. 

 Abdomen and legs long and thin. 



Antenna of the male long, slender, simple, light brown ; 

 palpi elongated, straight, porrected, light chestnut ; head and 

 thorax reddish-brown ; abdomen long and very evenlj' 

 slender, darker brown, but the edges of the segments 

 faintly paler. Fore wings rather narrow, but short and 

 very blunt ; costa nearly straight ; apex angulated ; hind 

 margin almost perpendicular and very little curved ; anal 

 angle well defined ; colour light reddish-brown ; first and 

 second lines slender, very sinuous, rather darker brown ; 

 discal spot small but elongated, white ; cilia shining, pale 

 brown. Hind wings rather short, rounded behind ; pale 

 smoky-brown with very faint indications of two incomplete 

 darker transverse lines ; cilia coucolorous. Female more 

 yellow-brown, the abdomen much shorter yet very little 

 thicker, otherwise similar. 



