248 LEPIDOPTERA. 



a thin cocoon of earth and tough silk under the surface of 

 the ground. 



The moth hides during the day in any dark corner, indoors 

 or out, but usually on the ground among grass or herbage. 

 It comes eagerly to sugar at dusk and to any kind of sweet, 

 and various flowers, such as that of thistle, and later in the 

 night to light. It loves gardens everywhere, even in London, 

 and any waste weedy grounds, also is very partial to the 

 sloping banks of rivers and to weedy hedge-banks. Found 

 all over England, and in most districts plentifully, also 

 throughout South Wales to Pembrokeshire, but probably 

 not in the more mountainous districts ; commonly in all 

 parts of Ireland, and in Scotland to Moray and West 

 Eoss, but apparently not noticed in the Islands. Abroad 

 its range is wide : over the temperate portions of Northern 

 Europe, Central Europe, Northern Italy, Southern Spain, 

 Southern Russia, Eastern Siberia, Asia Minor, and the 

 mountain regions of Central Asia. 



Genus 61. AMPHIPYRA 



Antennte simple, naked ; palpi thin, curved up ; eyes 

 naked, with prostrate back lashes ; thorax broad, smooth, 

 rather flattened ; abdomen also broad and a little flattened, 

 without crests ; fore wings broad and ample, bluntly rounded 

 behind, very smooth as though greasy ; hind wings broad, 

 cross-bar hardly perceptible ; v. 5 slender. 



Laev^ thick and smooth, on herbaceous plants. 



PUP^ subterranean. 



We have but two species, readily distinguished. 



A. Fore wings having a shining greasy appearance. 



B. Fore wings with distinct transverse lines ; hind wings 



coppery. A. ijyramidea. 



B-. Fore wings without transverse lines, hind wings smoky- 

 brown or smoky-white. A. tnxgopogonis. 



