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the present species seems to have taken place in the Fen 

 districts. It appears, however, to have made good its settle- 

 ment at Folkestone, where specimens in small numbers are 

 taken yearly ; and has made its way to Deal, Ashford, the 

 Isle of Sheppey, and even West Wickham near London, all 

 in the same county ; across the Thames to Shoeburyness, 

 Essex ; to St. Leonard's, Lewes, Chicliester, and especially 

 Brighton, Sussex ; the Isle of Wight ; and to Exeter and 

 elsewhere in South Devon, where it has been taken by Mr. 

 F. 0. Woodforde and others, and is hardly to be considered 

 very rare. I am not aware of its occurrence in any other 

 localities in these Islands. 



Abroad its range extends over a large portion of Central 

 and Southern Europe, Armenia, and Asia Minor. 



15. L. lithargyria, Es^. — Expanse \\ inch. Fore 

 wings reddish-drab, clouded with tawny ; first and second 

 lines indicated in black dots ; reniform stigma yellowish- 

 white, whiter at the base. Hind wings dark smoky-brown. 



Antennae of the male short, simple, but thickly ciliated, 

 pale brown ; palpi rather short, closely tufted, deep choco- 

 late, apical joint rather thick ; head densely tufted with long 

 yellowish-red scales ; collar rather erect, yellowish-red ; 

 remainder of the thorax pale red ; fascicles white ; abdomen 

 whitish-brown, occasionally with one or two minute red tufts 

 on the dorsal ridge of the basal segments ; lateral and anal 

 tufts tinged with purplish-red. Fore wings blunt, broader 

 than in the last species ; costa faintly rounded ; apex angu- 

 lated ; hind margin below it straight and very little oblique 

 till near the anal angle, where it is curved off; dorsal margin 

 straight; colour reddish-drab, more or less suffused or clouded 

 with tawny-red ; first line merely suggested by faint dusky 

 black dots or broken streaks between the subcostal and sub- 

 dorsal nervures ; second line a complete series of black dots 

 on the nervures ; reniform stigma obscurely visible as an un- 

 margined yellow crescent, joined at its base to a more notice- 



