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to hide itself again among the wayside weeds ; but if cliilly 

 or windy it drops down to the ground and conceals itself. It 

 flies volutarily at dusk, but gently, and seldom to any distance 

 or to any great height from the ground. Occasionally it 

 may be found in the borders of damp meadows, marshes, 

 and even fens. Formerlj' it was tolerably common in the 

 lanes — probably in every lane — in the outskirts of London, 

 but has been pushed Ijy the irresistible builder farther out 

 into the country. Casual specimens may even now be taken 

 at the outer road-side lamps. Still to be found, and some- 

 times commonly, in all the Southern counties of England, 

 from Kent to Devon and Somerset, also in the Eastern 

 counties, including Camljridgeshire and Huntingdon, but 

 possibly not Lincolusbire ; and in varying numbers in 

 Herts, Northamptoushire, Gloucestershire. Herefordshire, 

 Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Leicestershire, Statibrdshire, 

 Derbyshire, Cheshire, and Yorkshire. In Wales the only 

 record that I can find is of its occurrence rarely in 

 Carmarthenshire ; in Scotland, overleaping a long interval 

 of country, it is found very locally in Aberdeenshire, and 

 has been once taken at Moucrieffe Hill, Perthshire. In 

 Ireland it is recorded from Kerry and Galway, and should 

 surely have a wide range in the South. Abroad it is found 

 throughout Europe except the extreme North and South ; 

 also iu Bithynia, Armenia, Siberia, Tartary, Northern 

 India, China, and Japan. 



Genus (i. ANIA. 



Antenna? simple; palpi minute; head smooth; thorax and 

 abdomen weak and very slender, smooth ; fore wings 

 pointed, retuse, and having a faintly double angle at the 

 middle of the hind margin ; hind wings thin, rather small, 

 scalloped and angulated behind. 



We have but one species. 



