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obscure, in others that along the median nervure ahnost 

 forms a black longitudinal dividing line, and in some of these 

 the edging of the subdorsal nervure is also very dark. 

 In the collection of Mr. S. J. Capper is one beautifully 

 streaked with purple-pink, it was taken in the New 

 Forest. 



On the wing in July and August. 



Larva. — Head porrected, of the same width as the second 

 segment ; body obese, cylindrical, tapering toward the 

 anterior extremity ; head smooth, pale brown reticulated 

 with darker, with two dark lines down the face ; Ijody pale 

 wainscot-brown ; dorsal line double, narrow, indistinct, black, 

 enclosing a pale dorsal vessel ; subdorsal lines more distinct, 

 double, black or smoky-black, darkest outwardly; the space 

 between the dorsal and subdorsal lines delicately reticulated 

 with fine smoky lines ; that outside the latter tinged with 

 yellow and distinct ; below this is a succession of four longi- 

 tudinal lines or stripes consisting of minute dark markings, 

 the upper two slender and brown, the lower two grey-black ; 

 in the lowest are placed the spiracles, which are black ; 

 below these is a pale stripe, and the undersurface is tinged 

 with grey ; raised dots black ; legs pale brown. 



September (?) to June, on reed {Arundo j^hragmites), and 

 probably on other marsh grasses, feeding externally upon 

 the leaves, at night, hiding during the day close to the 

 grounvl. 



Pupa apparently undescribed, red-brown, in the earth. 



Tlie moth hides during the day among the dead grass 

 leaves, to which it bears a most accurate resemblance. At 

 dusk it flies and comes to sugar, especially when placed upon 

 the lai^ge grasses in its favourite haunts; also to the blossoms 

 of water sweet-grass (Glyceria fluitans). Found only in 

 wet places, and most frequently in the edges of large fens, 

 but not rare in boggy hollows on heaths, or in the marshy 



