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aljdomeii completely exposed. In this position its markings 

 fall beautifully into crossbars of alternate black and white. 

 It is an eleg-aut and very pretty insect. It flies naturally at 

 dusk and into the night, and will come occasionally to a 

 strong light. Almost confined to chalky districts, or those 

 m which there is so much admixture of calcareous soil as to 

 foster the growth of its food plant ; but even then is local, 

 and prefers sheltered spots. In such places found in Kent, 

 Sussex, Surrey, Hants, Dorset, Wilts, Devon, Cornwall, 

 Somerset, Berks, Bucks, Oxfordshire, Middlesex, Essex, and 

 Suffolk ; more scarce and local in Norfolk and Cambridge- 

 shire ; also found in Gloucestershire and llerefordshire, and 

 Mr. H. A\'. Vivian lejiorts it on the coast of Glamorganshii-e. 

 This I think is the extent of its range in these islands, 

 though a casual specimen may perhaps be taken elsewhere 

 in a garden where wild clematis has been planted as an 

 ornamental climber. 



Abroad it is found throughout Central Europe, the northern 

 half of Italy, Southern and Western Kussia, Tartary, the 

 moutainous regions of Central Asia, the Corea, Central and 

 Western China, and Japan. Some specimens from Asiatic 

 localities are sutl'iised with grey, brown, or smoky-brown, and 

 are known under the name of inqiiinaia. 



5. M. uuaugulata, Jfaw. — Expanse 1 to I^ inch. Base 

 of fore wings clouded with black-brown to the central band, 

 which is blacker, and outwardly edged by two long hollow 

 curves, between which is a very definite angle ; outside this 

 is a clear white stripe, followed by a soft cloudy brown hind 

 inargiual I^and. 11 iud wings white, with a double rijjpled 

 smoky-brown border. 



Antenna' of the male simple, ciliated, dark brown ; paljn 

 small but porrected, brown ; eyes black ; head and thorax 

 ninbrcous, dusted and mottled with white, the latter having 

 at the bade a pair of short thick raised dark brown tufts ; 

 abdomen light reddish-brown, barred at the edge of each 



