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the aid of a lantern. Its favourite liauntsare at the sea-side, 

 in salt marshes, and the edges of broad drains and ditches ; but 

 it sometimes frequents marshy woods away from the coast, 

 and may occasionally be found in the bo<rgy spots among 

 heaths. This is especially the case in the New Forest, Hants, 

 where it is usually common ; but it is also found, principally 

 on the coast, in Kent, near Gravesend, the Isle of Sheppey, 

 Romney, and Deal; on the other side of the Thames, in 

 Essex; in the Isle of 'Weight; rarely in Sussex; in Dorset 

 not very commonly ; and on the coasts of Suffolk, Norfolk, 

 and South Lincolnshire ; there is a single record at Soham, 

 Cambs; and one in East Cornwall. So far as I know, this is 

 the extent of its range in these islands, but it is so secret and 

 inconspicuous in its habits that it may very possibly be over- 

 looked elsewhere. Abroail it is found in the South of France 

 and of Spain, in Italy, Dalmatia, and Hungary, and in the 

 North of Africa. 



o. T. imitaria, llah. — Expanse 1 to IJ inch. Wings 

 angulated, reddish-white or pale red ; lines slender and 

 sinuous ; central shade a reddish stripe edged by a black line 

 running obliquely across the fore wings, from the costa, and 

 continued directly across the hind. 



Antenna; of the male minutely notched, strongly ciliated, 

 light brown ; palpi small, purple-brown ; tongue long, not 

 concealed ; eyes black-brown ; face purple-black ; top of the 

 head reddish-white ; neck-ridge darker ; thorax and abdomen 

 slender, pale reddish-brown ; lateral and anal tufts well 

 developed. Fore wings rather pointed ; costa gently arched 

 throughout ; apex angulated ; hind margin below it faintly 

 retuse, and thence rather sinuous ; anal angle full ; dorsal 

 margin straight ; colour reddish-white or pale purplish-red, 

 faintly dusted with purple ; first line slender, indistinct, 

 pale purple-brown; second line also slender, but very distinct, 

 undulated, purple-black, placed rather far back ; central stripe 

 broad and conspicuous, very oblique, tawny, sharply edged on 



