178 LEPJDOPTERA. 



Apparently abundant in wooded districts throughout Eng- 

 land and Wales ; common in Scotland to Moray in the east 

 and Argyle in the west, and plentiful all over Ireland. 

 Abroad it is common in all parts of the continent of Europe 

 except the extreme north and south, and in Syria, Armenia, 

 and the western portions of Asia Minor. 



16. L. turca, L. — Expanse If to 2 inches. Fore wings 

 broad, brick-red, with two distinct dark transverse lines, and 

 a central white spot. Hind wings smoky-black, edged and 

 shaded with purple. 



Antennae of the male stout, most minutely ciliated, dark 

 red; palpi short, broadly tufted, chocolate-red, apical joint 

 short and thick ; erect hairs on the eyes short and abun- 

 dant, red-brown ; head densely and evenly tufted with deep 

 chocolate-red scales ; thorax similar but of a rather lighter 

 colour, smooth except that at the back of the collar is a 

 minute central taller tuft ; fascicles yellowish-red ; abdomen 

 bright chocolate, the basal segments covered with rather 

 paler hair-scales ; anal tuft also paler ; lateral tufts spread- 

 ing, dark red. Fore wings broad and ample ; costa arched 

 at the base, then nearly straight almost to the apex, which 

 is angulated ; hind margin gently curved, but very little 

 oblique ; dorsal margin rather full toward the base ; colour 

 rich dark red, almost brick-red, dusted with red-brown ; first 

 line conspicuous, red-brown, rather elbowed on the median 

 nervure, but very perpendicular ; second line distinct, rather 

 oblique and direct, but a little waved near the dorsal margin, 

 red-brown or black-brown; reniform stigma extremely narrow 

 — a mere erect black streak — edged inwardly with pale 

 broAvn and attached at its base to a white spot ; extreme hind 

 margin spotted with black ; cilia purplish-red. Hind wings 

 rather large, rounded, smoky-black, broadly streaked from 

 the base with purple-red; lighter red along the dorsal 

 margin ; hind margin and cilia purple-red, separated by an 

 interrupted black-brown line. Female larger, sometimes 



