26o THE MOTHS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



to occur in Kent, Surrey, Suffolk, Gloucester, Somersetshire, 

 Worcestershire, and Herefordshire. Barrett also mentions one 

 specimen at Gower, South Wales. 



The Beautiful Arches {Eumichtis {Hadena) satnrd). 



Of this species (Plate 131, Fig. 5) probably less than a 

 dozen specimens have been taken in England, and apparently 

 none in any other part of the British Isles. It is very similar 

 to some of the darker forms of E. adusta^ specimens of which 

 have often been mistaken for examples of the present species 

 and recorded as such. The wings are rather more ample ; the 

 reniform and orbicular stigmata are reddish, with a blackish 

 cloud under them, and the space between the second and sub- 

 marginal lines towards the inner margin is also reddish. The 

 hind wings are dark in both sexes. The caterpillar, which is 

 said to feed in July and August on hop, honey-suckle, and 

 cherry, among other plants, is pinkish brown, darker above ; 

 the dusky-pink central line on the back is interrupted and 

 indistinct, and on each side of it is a series of oblique greyish 

 but not clearly defined streaks ; the line low down on the sides 

 is yellow-green. The moths flies in June, July, and August. 



Abroad the species occurs in Central and Northern Europe 

 (except the most northern parts, and perhaps Western France) ; 

 eastward the range extends to Amurland. 



The Dark Brocade {Enmichtis {Hadmd) adusta). 



The sexes of this moth are figured on Plate 121, Figs. 3 $, 

 4 9 • The ground colour is grey-brown in some examples of 

 this species, whilst in others, especially in the north of England 

 and in Scotland, the colour ranges through rich reddish brown, 

 blackish brown to almost black. In the lighter coloured forms 

 the markings are usually clear and distinct, but in the darker 



