424 LEPIDOPTERA. 



July and August in a confused web, on oak. 

 Pupa somewhat slender, red-brown. (Heyden.) 



A single specimen, somewhat damaged, captured by Mr. 

 Bernard Piffard in the New Forest, Hants, toward the end 

 of June I'JOI, was sent up at the end of that season for 

 identification. Mr. Piffard informs me that he saw, but did 

 not secure, another specimen at the same place in the present 

 season (1902). Another, taken also in the New Forest, by 

 Mr. C. Gulliver, is in the collection of Mr. C. W. Dale. 

 These are the only British specimens of which I hav'e anj- 

 knowledge. Abroad its distribution seems to extend to 

 France, Holland, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Livonia, and 

 Central Italy. 



Genus 4. SALEBRIA. 



Antennae, in the male, with the basal joint thick and 

 ridged above, the second joint still more broadly expanded, 

 having a ridge on the upper side, and being somewhat bent 

 back ; palpi broad, blunt, ascending ; fore wings moderately 

 narrow, elongated, blunt; hind wings ample, the cell broad. 

 Legs not very long. 



We have six species. 



A. Fore wings dark purplish-gi-ey, base light red. 



S. hostilis. 

 A^. Fore wings bright or dull purple-red. 



B. A black bar across the middle of the wing. S.formosn. 

 W. Obscure slender white threads irregularly crossing the 



wing. S. dbductcUa. 



A?. Fore wings glossy black. 



C. First line oblique, obscurely white, no tufts. S.fusca. 

 G-. First line perpendicular, preceded by a tufted bar of 



upraised black scales. &• betulce. 



A*. Forewings light crimson, shading to yellow. 



;S'. caj-nella. 



