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dusk, and is attracted by sugar, arbutus blossom, and ivy- 

 bloom. It has also been found ali^night sitting on grass. 



The first specimen recorded in this country was captured 

 by Mr. H. Cooke in his garden, in the town of Brighton, in 

 September 1856. It is almost confined to the extreme south 

 coast, and is still comparatively rare, though it has been 

 repeatedly taken in its original locality — Brighton and also 

 in Kent ; at the Isle of Wight, Christchurch, and the New 

 Forest in Hants ; in the Scilly Isles ; and more frequently 

 on the coast of Devon, being in some seasons not very 

 rare near Torquay. This was the case in 1878, although 

 up to 1865 it was unknown in Devon. The only record 

 which I can find away from these southern coast counties 

 is of a single specimen at Finchley, North London. 



Abroad it has a wide distribution in Southern Europe, 

 France, Southern and Eastern Germany, Hungary, Asia 

 Minor, Armenia, and Northern Persia; but it does not 

 seem to be anywhere an abundant species. 



13. L. conigera, Fah. — Expanse \\ to H inch. Fore 

 wings rather pointed, orange-red clouded with brown ; first 

 and second lines and the nervures all neatly but distinctly 

 tawny-red ; upper stigmata visible, the reniform having at 

 the base a clear white elongated spot. Hind wings pale 

 smoky-brown. 



Antennae of the male rather stout, light chestnut, minutely 

 ciliated ; palpi moderately tufted, dark chestnut, apical joint 

 distinct ; erect hairs of the eyes very dense and abundant ; 

 head strongly tufted, dark red ; thorax chestnut-red, smooth, 

 except that a very small, erect, fan-shaped or half-folded 

 tuft is sometimes visible, suggesting the top crest, and 

 the scales at the back are a little drawn together where 

 the back crest, if present, would be situated; fascicles 

 yellowish-white; abdomen whitish brown with a tawny 

 shade, lateral tufts tawny, anal tuft pale ochreous. Fore 

 wings rather pointed; costa- very gently curved throughout j 



