192 LKPIDOPTERA. 



Voi'k.sIiii-i\ Westnioivland. ('uniberlaiul, Durham, and Nor- 

 thuinberlaiul. In Wales it surely must abound, but except 

 that of .Mr. X'iviaii, tor Glamorganshire, records are almost 

 absent. In Scotland it seems to be quite scarce in Berwick- 

 shire and in C'lydesdal(> ; abundant throughout the High- 

 lands, and common in Aberdeenshire and Moray; extending 

 to West Ross, but apparently not to any of the Islands. In 

 Ireland 1 have seen it rather commonly in the Wicklow 

 mountain di.strict, and it is known to occur in the County of 

 Cork, in Sligo, Westmeath, Donegal, ami on the coast of 

 Antrim. 



Abroad it, is I'ouml in IJelgiuin. (ialicia. and Livonia, and 

 among tht^ mountains of Germany ami Switzerland: also in 

 the I'ral Mountain district, and the mountainous reirions of 

 Central Asia. 



Genus (i. VENUSIA. 



Antenna' of the male small, slender, shortly pectinated ; 

 palpi minute; head smooth; face convex, broad; thorax 

 smootli; abdomen small and slender; wings of delicate 

 texture anil thinly scaled, smoothly rounded behind. 



We have only one species. 



1. V. cambrica, i'mt.: cambricaria, (/'«.- Expanse 

 1 to li inch, iore wings white with numerous transverse 

 sinuous pale brown lines, those in the middle thickened, and 

 spotted with black. Hind wings white, with faint clouding. 



Antenna) of the male small, pectinated with short, much 

 ciliated, teeth which taper off a little before the apex, shining 

 light brown, barred with pale drab; palpi very small, hardly 

 projecting beyond the head, light brown ; face broadly con- 

 vex, much smoothed, silky brownish-white ; head and neck- 

 ridge very pale brown ; thorax slender and weak, white 

 dusted with pale brown, especially so in front ; abdomen very 

 slender, glossy pale grey-brown, each segment edged with 



