LARENTID.-E—MELANIPPE. loi 



does not seem to Hy of its own accord until early dusk. At 

 night it may be attracted by a strong light. Always a 

 rather local species, yet common in its favourite haunts, and 

 iound pretty freely in Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Hants, Dorset, 

 J )evon, Cornwall, Somerset, Wilts, Bei-ks. Middlesex, Herts, the 

 Eastern Counties, Gloucestershire, Buckinghamshire, Oxford- 

 shire, and Herefordshire. Further north it becomes much 

 more local, but is found in one or two places in Staflbrdshire. 

 in Yorkshire, and Cumberland. In Wales it is recorded from 

 Glamorganshire, and I have myself found it on the coast of 

 Pembrokeshire. I find no record in Scotland ; and in Ireland 

 it appears to be very scarce, but found in Cork, Kiue's C'ounty, 

 and Galway. 



Abroad it has an extensive range through Central Europe, 

 the Northern half of Italy, Corsica, Dalmatia, Finland. 

 Bithynia, Tartary, the Corea, Yesso, and Japan, retaining its 

 characteristic appearance throughout. 



4. M. subtristata, llair.; sociata, Stmitl. Cut.: 

 biriviata, !<tn. — Expanse 1 to 1^ inch, fore wings white, 

 but this ground colour almost concealed by broad grey 

 rippled clouding at the base and hind marginal area, and 

 a broad blacker central band, beyond which is a grey 

 line. Hind wings white, the base to the middle clouded 

 with grey lines, the hind mar-gin with a divided darker grey 

 band. 



Antenna; of the male rather short and thick, simple, 

 almost naked, dull brown ; palpi of the same colour, short ; 

 eyes dark brown ; head dull brown dusted with white ; 

 thorax quite similar; abdomen pale brown, barred with black ; 

 anal tuft compressed and pointed. Fore wings moderately 

 broad, costa gently arched; apex bluntly angulateil : hind 

 margin rather obli((ue, gently curved; dorsal margin a little 

 filled out; colour creamy-white, pure white, or l)rownish- 

 white; basal blotch grey-brown, edged with a black line, 

 and closely followed by clouded smoky-black lines and 



