S4 LEPIDOPTERA. 



open heaths, hiding more among shrubs than in the heather ; 

 also found in the open parts of woods, and about their 

 margins ; in lanes and hedges in wooded or heathy districts ; 

 and even on the cliffs of the sea shore. It seems to be some- 

 what solitary in its habits, tiirniriK up casually, and even fre- 

 quently, liut rarely in any numljers. Formerly to be found in 

 the outer suburbs of l^ondon, but now apparently quite absent 

 from them ; found not uucoininonly, in the manner already 

 stated, in Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Hants, Berks, Oxfordshire. 

 Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk; more rarely in Dorset, Devon, 

 Cornwall, and Wilts; more frequently in Somerset, (Glouces- 

 tershire, Herefordshire, in the Malvern district of Worcester- 

 shire ; in Lancashire and Cheshire ; almost absent from the 

 Midland Counties, Init has been taken in Dovedale, Derby- 

 shire ; very rare in Cambridgeshire, and known to occur in one 

 locality in Durham. ]Mr. J. E. JJobson points out that this 

 localit}', wliich is near Hartlepool, is f|uite isolated, scores of 

 miles from any otlier station of the species ; yet here it luay be 

 taken on railway banks, liallast hills and sea banks in hundrc^ds. 

 Probably widely distributed in Wales since it is recorded in 

 the North, and I found in I'embrokeshire. In Scotland 

 Dr. E. Buchanan White noted it as to be found in the Solway 

 district. In Ireland it has been taken near Dublin, and 

 W^aterford. Abroad its range extends through France, 

 Germany, Italy, Corsica, Sardinia, Turkey, the Balkan 

 States, Hitliynia, and Asia j\linor. 



v.). A. immutata, L. — Expanse 1 inch. All the wings 

 broad and rounded ; white, faintly shaded with grey, and 

 usually more so with soft pale ochreous ; a minute, siiarp 

 black dot in the middle of each wing is most distinct in the 

 hind ; there are four or five rippled, parallel, faintly ochreous 

 transverse stripes on each, the outer three being rather 

 crowded together. 



Antenna) of the male simple, finely ciliated, yellowisli- 

 brown, but the back, toward the base, white; palpi short, 



