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England, including the outskirts of London, and to Suffolk, 

 (Cambridgeshire, Oxt'ordaliire, (/iloucestershire and Hereford- 

 shire, but possibly excluding ('ornwall and Somersetshire; 

 in Cheshire, Lancashire and Cumberland it is scarce; thirty 

 years ago it was taken by 31 r. J. E. Robson in Durham, but 

 has not, I think, been seen there since. In Wales it seems 

 to be well distriljuted, since it is recorded from North Wales, 

 and from fllamorganshire, while in Pembrokeshire it has 

 been found at Saundersfoot as well as at Pembroke. In 

 Scotland it is confined to the south, having been taken at 

 Ardrossau and Kircudbright, as well as in East Lothian, by 

 Mr. Wm. Evans. In Ireland very little observed, recorded 

 only from Dublin, Louth and Londonderry. Abroad its 

 range seems to be restricted to Southern France, Central and 

 Southern Germany, Switzerland, Hungary, Northern Italy, 

 and Corsica. 



7. B. tseniata, Hlcph. — -Expanse '\ to f inch (18 to 22 

 mm.). Fore wings pale brownish ochreous, faintly clouded 

 with yellow-brown ; basal blotch and central baud both 

 narrow^ black-brown. Hind wings greyish- white. 



Autennaj of the male simple, thickly ciliated, shining 

 brownish-white ; palpi not very small, pointed, black-brown ; 

 face pale brown, the middle portion occupied by a thick 

 upright forked black streak; head and neck-ridge light 

 brown; thorax umbreous ; abdomen shining pale brown, each 

 segment barred on its hinder portion with black, and having 

 a minute black raised crest ; lateral and anal tufts spread- 

 ing. Fore wings rather pointed ; costa very flatly arched ; 

 apex sharply angulated ; hind margin oblicjue and nearly 

 straight ; dorsal margin a little filled out ; pale brownish- 

 ochreous, or pale fawn-colour shaded with white ; basal line 

 rather curved, thick, deep black enclosing a small black- 

 brown basal blotch ; first and second lines both rather near 

 to the middle of the wing, somewhat indented, and more 

 approaching to parallel than i>^ :it all usual in this group. 



