lOS LEriDOP IF.RA. 



(Ill each side with grey and encloses a grey shade ; sjiiracular 

 line blackish at each extremity, often indistinct ; spiracles 

 black ; subdorsal lines often rather dark grey at each 

 extremity, and the dorsal line is frequently represented Ijy 

 a row of grey spots, one on each segment. (Chas. Fenn.) 



Augusr till ]\Iarcli or April : hybernating when one-third 

 grown, l)ut feeding a little throughout tlie winter in mild 

 weather ; on bedstraw, groundsel, primrose, blind-nettle, and 

 other low-growing plants; very sluggish, feeding at night, 

 curling up the anterior segments when disturbed. 



I'l'I'.v rather elongate, eyes prominent, anal segment rather 

 blunt and provided with two hooked Itristles placed closely 

 together ; pale mahogany-red, back and segmental divisions 

 darker. In a thin oval cocoon of grains of sand spun together 

 with silk, on or immediately beneath the surface of the 

 ground. fC. Fenn.) 



Tlie moth frequents lanes in the neighbourhood of woods 

 and the edges of narrow coppices, sitting sometimes during 

 the day on the trunks of ash and other trees, more freejuently 

 hiding in large thick bushes of hawthorn, and well-grown 

 hedges; out of which it dashes wildly if disturbed, rushing 

 away to seek a similar shelter. Jt has been known to hide 

 under an old thatch. Local and of rather uncertain occurrence, 

 but found sometimes rather commonly in Surrey, Kent, Hants, 

 Berks, J^ucks, ITerts. Essex, Suffolk, and Cambridgeshire; 

 more commonly in the west of Norfolk ; rarely in (iloucester- 

 shire and Herefordshire, and the Uev. (•'. H. Kayner records 

 a single siiecimen in Mid-Lincolnshire. Apparently this is 

 the extent of its range in these islands. Abroad it is found 

 throughout Central Furope. the temjierate regions of Norther'u 

 I'lurope, Northern Italy, Ixoumania. the Ural mountain region, 

 I'lastern Siberia, Tartary. and Japan with ^'esso. 



y. C. pectinitai'ia, /V< W. ; iniaria, ^tn. ; viridaria, 

 Sli'ud. Ciii. — Expanse 1 to Ij inch. Fore wings rather pale 



