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Woi'cestershire. In Wales it has been found in Glamorgan- 

 shire ; and in Ireland Mr. Kane records it from Kenmare, 

 Kerry. So far as can be ascertained, this is the extent 

 of its distribution in these Islands. Abroad it inhabits 

 Germany, Lower Austria, Hungaiy, Southern Russia, and 

 Armenia. 



2. A. spilodactylus, Curt. — Exjianse | to nearly 1 

 inch (21-2-i mm.). Fore wings broad, the anterior tip a 

 little upraised ; white, dusted and clouded with smoky 

 brown before the fissure and on the lobes. Hind wings 

 smoky white. 



Antennas of the male not long, simple, brownish-white ; 

 palpi slender, whitish-brown ; head and thorax creamy 

 white, or faintlj- tinged with brown ; abdomen white 

 streaked with brown. Fore wings broad behind, the tips of 

 the lobes strongly divergent ; costa nearly straight ; the tips 

 bluntly pointed and the lower lobe deflected ; chalky white ; 

 the extreme edge of the costa smoky black, and the basal area 

 rather shaded with smoky bi'owu ; a smoke-coloured streak 

 from each margin, with a similar intermediate spot, form an 

 incomplete angulated band before the fissure ; other smoky 

 dashes run along the nervures, cloud the cilia of each lobe, 

 and indicate a second angulated transverse band ; cilia 

 otherwise white. Hind wings broad, the lobes set well 

 apart, golden brown, the cilia white, much clouded with 

 smoky grey ; legs white. Female similar, stouter. 



Undersides of the wings golden-brown, with white streaks 

 to the middle, thence white with smoky clouding. Body 

 smoky white. 



On the wing in July and August, but Mr. Buckler reared 

 it in September and October, as probably a partial second 

 generation. 



Larva tapering a little from the third segment to the 

 head, and a very little at the three hinder segments ; head 

 rounded, small, whitish-brown, freckled a little on the face 



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