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Somerset. Yet it seems probable that in western districts, 

 where also the plant is common, the moth may only require 

 looking for. It has been found at Neath, South Wales. 

 In Scotland it seems to be scarce, but apparently it was in 

 this country that it was first observed in these islands, since 

 the earliest capture seems to have been near Falkirk in 1845, 

 recorded by Mr. H. T. Stainton in 184G. Three examples 

 were taken by Sir Thomas Moncrieffe at Moncrieffe Hill, 

 Perthshire, at long intervals ; and Dr. Buchanan White 

 records it in the Clyde district. It should, however, be 

 borne in mind that the darker northern form of H. micacca 

 has sometimes been mistaken for it ; indeed, Mr. E. Birchall's 

 statement of its occurrence in Ireland, where it is not as yet 

 known, seems to have been based on such an error. 



Abroad it has been observed in widely separated localities, 

 Southern Germany, the mountainous regions of Central 

 Asia, and throughout the Northern United States from the 

 Atlantic to the Pacific — Illinois, Colorado, and elsewhere — 

 but known under the names of immanis and obliqiLa.x 



Genus 47. GOBTYNA. 



Antennae ciliated, a white tuft at the base ; eyes naked, 

 with prostrate back lashes ; head prominently tufted ; thorax 

 smooth but with a conspicuous top crest ; abdomen stout and 

 long, having but one flattened crest ; fore wings pointed, 

 broad, rather truncate ; hind wings angulated at the apex ; 

 vein 5 slender, arising from below the middle of the cross- 

 bar. 



We have but a single species. 



1. G. flavago, Esi).; ochracea, Staml. Cat. — Expanse, 

 li to 1| inch. Fore wings broad, pointed, orange-yellow, 

 much frosted with fine purple lines and ornamented with 

 two dark purple bands. Hind wings yellowish-white, clouded 

 with pale smoky-brown, 



Antennge of the male simple, stout, rather short, ciliated 



