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actually i>;. At dusk it Hies more geutl_y, and has been known 

 to come to light and to the attraction of heather-bloom. 

 Especially common on chalk-hills, and on sea cliffs and 

 broken ground, but to be found throughout England, Wales, 

 and Ireland, thoug-h not common in the Enirlish Midlands 

 nor in some parts of Ireland. Jn Scotland it is found on the 

 moors, as well as the hills, throughout the country to the 

 Hebrides and Orkneys. Abroad, all over the Continent of 

 Europe e.xcept the extreme north, common in Turkey and in 

 Corsica; also in Asia Minor, Armenia, the North-west 

 Himalaynhs. .\ffghanistan. and Japan. 



(lenu^ 21;. CABSIA. 



Antenna; long, simple; pal|)i ]iointed; head rough, the 

 scales projecting but not to a point ; thorax rough ; abdomen 

 very slender, having a frosted ap[)earauce ; fore wings trigo- 

 nate but blunt, very narrow at the base ; hind wings elongate, 

 narrow, rounded behind, vein 1 extremely short ; veins 7 and 

 8 joined together to the end of the cell. 



We have liut one S|)ecies. 



1. C. imbutata, ///'".; paludata, tS/and. Cut. — Ex- 

 j)anse 1 to 1 i inch. Fore \\ ings pale blue-grey ; in the 

 middle are two well defined brown stripes, often joined 

 toward the ilorsal margin; the second twice angulated out- 

 wardl}', and followed bv a bri-lit red cloud ; cilia spotted ; 

 hind wings pale smoky-brown. 



Anteun;c of the male sinipli', minutrly ciliated, dark 

 brown, barred at the Ijack with white; paljii jjorrected, pro- 

 minent, black- brown ; face covered witii rough scales which 

 project over the palpi, black, clouded in the middle with 

 white; head, neck-ridge, and thorax white, streaked and 

 dusted with black; abdomen very slender, blackish-grey, 

 much dusted with yellowi'-li-white scales; lateral tufts dis- 



