292 I.F.PfPi^PTEKA. 



sima, and otlu>r species — also upon yarden roses; feeding at 

 night. 



The winter is passed in the egg state. 



i'lTA al)Oiit three-fitchths of an inch long: the colour 

 almost uniforndy dull-green. Amongst the leaves of its s))rig 

 of rose. ((_;. T. I'orritt.) 



The moth sits closely under a leaf in the daytime, with 

 the fore wings covering the hind, and closely appressed to 

 the leaf, while the abdomen is gracefully curved up, with its 

 long anal tuft sharply erect. Altogether a most exquisitely 

 pretty object ! At this time it is very sluggish, preferring to 

 fall down among the herbage if disturbed, rather than to fly. 

 The male flies naturally, however, at sunset, and may be 

 seen, sometimes in numbers, at that time, while it is still full 

 daylight, beating backwards and forwards over gardens, or 

 hedges, or especially over the large beds of burnet-rose on 

 coast sandhills, in search of the far mora sluggish female — 

 which, however, also flies later in the dusk. Common 

 throughout England and probably AVales, certaiidy abundant 

 on the coasts of South Wales. In Scotland it is to be found 

 in gardens up to JJraemar in Aberdeenshire, and in the west 

 to Clydesdale; also in the Orkneys. In Ireland it is local, 

 but in some parts abundant, recorded from Dublin, \\'ater- 

 ford, Galway, Westmeath, Down (in plenty), Tyrone, Armagh 

 and Derry. Its range abroad is through Central Europe, 

 tJentral and Northern Italy, the Balkan States, Armenia, and 

 the mountainous regions of Central Asia. 



13. C. pyraliata, Burl:; dotata, Sfand. Cat. — E.x- 

 panse 1] inch. Fore wings elongated and pointed, pale 

 yellow ; basal, first, and second lines slender, oblique, hardly 

 angulated, yellow-brown ; a faint brownish streak runs in 

 from the apex. Hind wings yellowish-white. 



Antenna; of the male simple, faintly notched, ciliated, 



