I02 LEPIDOPTERA 



of no other localities in the United Kingdom ; but abroad it 

 is found in Central and Southern Germany, Hungary, the 

 South of Spain, and indeed the greater portion of Southern 

 Europe, including Cyprus, and in the west of Asia Minor. 



2. T. fulva, Huh. — Expanse 1 inch. Thorax stout, 

 abdomen short, fore wings short, rather pointed, drab, 

 whitish-drab, red-drab or red-brown ; nervures, the median 

 especially, darker brown ; hind wings smoky-brown. 



Antennse of the male thick, simple but densely ciliated 

 with fine bristles, pale brown ; palpi small, but loosely tufted 

 with rather long scales, pale brown, apical joint rather large 

 and also tufted : head fully tufted with drab scales which 

 point forward ; thorax rather broad, loosely covered with 

 long drab or reddish-drab scales ; fascicles white ; abdomen 

 of moderate thickness, pale drab dusted with brown ; lateral 

 and anal tufts large. Fore wings short ; costa nearly straight 

 but a little arched at the base ; apex angulated and rather 

 pointed ; hind margin slightly obli((ue and curved gently off 

 below the middle ; dorsal margin almost straight, distinctly 

 ciliated with long yellowish-white scales ; colour pale drab, 

 pale ochreous, pale ochreous-brown, or pale red-brown in 

 various shades ; nervures, the median especially, dusted with 

 black-brown ; second line suggested by four or five black dots 

 placed upon nervures ; other usual markings absent ; hind 

 margin dusted with black, especially at the tips of the 

 nervures ; cilia whitish-buff, faintly flushed with pink. Hind 

 wings pale smoky-brown, shading off to white at the base ; 

 cilia white. Female usually of a whiter drab, with the 

 median nervure more distinctly dark; body rather stouter 

 with the anal tuft small. 



Underside of the fore wings pale drab, abundantly dusted 

 with pale purplish-brown ; nervures darker ; hind wings 

 very similar ; body and legs whitish-drab. 



As already shown, tliere is great variation in the ground 

 colour, but the more generally distributed foi'm is that which 



