52 LEPIDOFTERA. 



dusk it flies rather gently and comes freely to sugar, lioney- 

 dew, and the blossoms of privet. Although specially attached 

 to woods and well-timbered districts, it is perfectly at home 

 in gardens and shrubberies, even in the suburbs of London, 

 being quite common in my own garden. Very plentiful in 

 the South of England, and to be found in moderate numbers 

 throughout the country and Wales, in some parts abundantly. 

 This also is the case in Scotland, where it is abundant in 

 Koss-shire and Moray and generally distributed to Argyle 

 and the Orkneys. Possibly it has increased in numbers in 

 recent years, since Sir Thomas MoncriefFe records that it was 

 not noticed at Moncrieffe Hill till 1 873, but after this increased 

 annually in numbers. In Ireland it seems to be generally 

 common. Abroad it has a very wide range ; the temperate 

 portions of Northern Europe, Central Europe, Italy, Southern 

 Eussia, Armenia, Eastern Siberia, the mountainous regions 

 of Central Asia ; in Japan rather darker in colour ; in India 

 slightly larger and with the markings toward the base of 

 the fore wings rather more distinct ; then called semifascia, 

 Walker. Also in Canada and throughout the United States^ 

 probably in two generations, since it is on the wing from May 

 or June till August. 



Genus 44. PHLOGOPHORA. 



Antennae ciliated ; eyes naked, with short prostrate back 

 lashes ; collar apparently triple, very erect ; thorax with a 

 very large back crest; abdomen with three conspicuous 

 crests; fore wings much elongated and with a very long, 

 oblique, scalloped and excavated hind margin ; vein 5 of hind 

 wings extremely faint, arising just below the middle of the 

 cross-bar. 



We have only one species. 



1. P. meticulosa, L. — Expanse If to 2 inches. Fore 

 wings long, with the hind margin broadly excavated, pale 

 pinkish brown ; the whole middle area occujoied by a broad 



