192 LEPTDOPTERA. 



present species paired with a male T. stahilis, eggs were 

 obtained which hatched, but the larva subsequently sickened 

 and died. 



The present species appears to be found in all parts of 

 the United Kingdom, and in wooded districts abundantly. 

 Abroad it has a wide range through Northern and Central 

 Europe, Northern Italy, Eastern Spain, Northern and Eastern 

 Turkey, the Ural Mountain district, and the mountainous 

 regions of Central Asia. 



2. T. miniosa, Fah. — Expanse 1^ to U inch. Fore 

 wings reddish-drab with a broad central orange-red band, 

 and beyond it a similar transverse line ; hind wings white, 

 delicately shaded with pink. 



Antennae of the male pectinated with rather long solid 

 ciliated teeth, light red ; palpi densely tufted, but short, 

 except that the apical joint is rather produced, reddish-drab ; 

 head tufted, reddish-brown ; thorax densely and loosely tufted, 

 orange-red, or pale tawny; fascicles small, white; abdomen 

 veiy short, hairy, dirty white ; lateral and anal tufts dense 

 and rather spreading, light red. Fore wings rather narrow, 

 costa faintly curved, apes bluntly rounded; hind margin 

 oblique, very slightly and smoothly curved ; dorsal margin 

 straight; colour reddish-drab or orange-drab, dusted with 

 tawny ; basal line hardly indicated ; first line perpendicular, 

 very slightly sinuous, red-brown, edged with paler ; second 

 line of the same colour, much curved, disposed in crescents 

 between the nervures and bordered outwardly by a line paler 

 than the ground-colour ; the space between these two lines is 

 filled up by a band of rich orange-red or fulvous-red ; sub- 

 terminal line sinuous and indented, orange-red ; orbicular 

 stigma just visible as a pale ring; reniform very narrow, 

 blackish-red with a paler edging ; cilia reddish-drab, tipped 

 with deeper red. Hind wings rather small, rounded, white ; 

 central spot small, dusky-black ; between it and the hind 

 margin are two slender stripes of cloudy pale pink ; extreme 



