200 LEPIDOPTERA. 



very greatly increased in numbers and in range within the 

 last thirty or forty years. Now common in Cheshire, 

 Lancashire, and some parts of Yorkshire, but apparently 

 rare in Durham and not plentiful in Northumberland and 

 Cumberland. Common in Glamorganshire and pi-obably in 

 woods throui^iiout South Wales ; certainly occurring in 

 Pembrokeshire. As regards North Wales I have no in- 

 formation. Found in most parts of the South of Scotland, 

 in the woods of the Edinburgh distiict, l*erthshire, and 

 Moray. From Ireland strong confirmation is received of 

 the opinion that it has been quite recently extending its 

 range. Mr. Kane says that for many years he collected 

 in that country without meeting with more than isolated 

 examples of this species, but that now it is plentiful in 

 very restricted localities in Wicklow and Galway, and has 

 been taken rarely in other localities in Wicklow, Kerry, 

 Dublin, and Sligo. Colonel Partridge has found it farther 

 north at Enuiskilleu. 



Abroad it is a more southern species, its range being 

 apparently restricted to Central Europe, the greater portion 

 of Southern Europe, South Sweden, and Livonia. 



4. T. stabilis, Vicmir/. — Expanse 1] to U inch. Fore 

 wings drab or reddish-drab ; upper stigmata very large 

 but merely outlined ; a straight pale yellow line before the 

 hind margin. Hind wings pale smoky-brown. 



Antenna) of the male pectinated with short solid ciliated 

 teeth, light brown ; palpi short, broadly tufted, black-brown 

 outside, brownish-white within ; apical joint porrected ; hairs 

 on the eyes rather distinct, black; head strongly tufted, 

 especially so on the top, pale purplish-brown ; thorax similar, 

 the shoulder-lappets covered with very long scales ; fascicles 

 white, almost concealed ; abdomen very light purplish-brown, 

 lateral tufts spreading, anal tuft much expanded. Fore 

 wings rather pointed ; costa very slightly curved ; apex 

 angulated ; hind margin very gently and smoothly curved ; 



