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Sussex, Surrey, Hants, Dorset, Devon, Somerset, Gloucester- 

 shire, Berks, Herefordshire, Staffordshire; locally in Cheshire, 

 Lancashire, Yorkshire, Westmoreland, Cumberland, and 

 rarely in Durham. In Scotland also very locally from Ber- 

 wickshire to Moray and from the Solway district to Perth- 

 shire. In Wales I find no record, and in Ireland it is rare — 

 recorded at Dublin, in Kerry, and even in Londonderry — yet 

 there is a possibility of confusion with the previous species. 

 Abroad it is found in Sweden, and has a considerable range 

 in Central and Southern Europe, and in Asia Minor. 



24. A. degeneraria, Eali. — Expanse 1 inch. Wings 

 all very pale buff with an olive tinge ; before the middle of 

 the fore wings is a broad reddish-purple transverse band, 

 more faintly continued on the hind wings ; central spot, 

 small, black. 



Antenna; of the male simple, ciliated, light reddish-brown; 

 palpi small, closely curved up, pale chestnut ; eyes black ; 

 face smooth, rich purple-brown, sharply cut off from the top 

 of the head, which is white and squared, by a transverse 

 channel ; thorax and abdomen smooth, pale purplish-drab ; 

 anal tuft short, oehreous. Fore wings elongated, faintly 

 acuminate ; costa but slightly arched at the base, almost 

 hollowed in the middle, strongly rounded towards the apex, 

 which is slightly produced though rounded ; hind margin 

 oblique, scarcely curved except toward the anal angle ; dorsal 

 margin nearly straight ; colour pale olive-drab, or greyish- 

 drab ; costa shaded with purple-red ; first and central lines 

 slender, sinuous, purple-brown, enclosing a broad pale reddish- 

 purple band, in which is a small black discal spot or crescent; 

 second line very slender, sinuous, rather drawn in toward the 

 costa. purple-brown ; hind margin edged with a dark brown 

 line, cilia yellowish-drab. Hind wings of the same ground 

 colour, the base sometimes tinged with puq^le ; central spot 

 black ; before it is a shaded purple transverse stripe ; beyond 

 it two faint slender brown lines ; hind margin edged by 



