iss LEi'inorrERA 



FlPA smooth and cylindrical, ta])ering off gradually to the 

 tail, which ends in a spike with a tine forked spine ; the skin 

 very glossy; the colour pale golden brown, darker toward 

 the tail. (Rev. .1. llellins.) In a slight cocuon in the 

 earth. 



'I'lie habits of the moth are very similar to tliose of the 

 last sjiecies e.xcept thnt it is more sluggish : when sitting 

 ujjon the same rocks it will remain undisturbed when evei-y 

 L. 1(1 dot a has dashed off in alarm. It frequents ravines and 

 watei'courses also, and creeps into the crevices of the rocks, 

 hiding among the Asplriiiinn ririilr which grows there. Yet 

 w'hen aroused it will fly swiftly away, to another rocky con- 

 cealment. Its natural flight is, as in other species, at dusk 

 and at night. There are one or two records of its occurrence 

 in l']nglaiid. and it may very probably have some permaiu'iit 

 localities as yet unnoticed, high upon our northern mount;iins 

 or those of \\'ales. Mr. farter, of Manchester, obtained a 

 single speciiuen in .August \^7i> on Malli;im Moors, York- 

 sliiri' ; and ^Ir. K. \V. 11. Hlagg is said to have taken one iu 

 the Dovedale district of Derbyshire. In Scotland, though 

 very local and usually confined to the higher jiarts of the 

 hills, it is found freely in Perthshire, Argyleshire, West J{oss 

 and iSutherlandshire ; also on some of tlie hills of the Forth 

 district, that of the Clyde, and in the Hebrides and Orkneys, 

 though in these Isles it is apparently scarce. In Ireland it 

 has been taken in .Vnti'itn, and the higher hills of that country 

 will doubtless pay for further e-\aniination. 



Abroad it is found couunoidy in the .Mjis. and in the 

 mountains of ("alicia. Norwax', and Ijapl; 



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:>. L. olivata, Schiff. — Expanse 1| to 1} inch. Fore 

 wings pale green (commonly faded to yellow-green) ; central 

 band dark brown or greenish-lirown followed by a white 

 8tri])e ; in the hind marginal region are several elongated 

 black spots placed in a line. Ilind wings dark smoky-grey. 



