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Formerly common in the meadows immediately around 

 London, but from them it has now almost totally disappeared. 

 Otherwise found in suitable localities, and sometimes abun- 

 dantly, throughout the southern half of England, except 

 perhaps Cornwall, whence I have no record of its presence ; 

 also in the East to Lincolnshire, Durham, and Northumber- 

 land ; in the Midland counties it is found locally in Derby- 

 shire, Staffordshire, and Warwickshire, and in Yorkshire is 

 sometimes plentiful ; this also is the case in Cheshire and in 

 a less degree in Lancashire and Cumberland. In Wales it is 

 recorded at Swansea, and I found it in Carmarthenshire and 

 Pembrokeshire, so it is probably widely distributed in the 

 valleys of the Principality. In Scotland it is not usually 

 common, but is found near Hawick, Renfrew, Edinburgh, 

 in Dumbartonshire, Arran, Kincardineshire, Perthshire, and 

 rather frequently in Aberdeenshire. In Ireland it is very 

 widely distributed, and often plentiful, extending from 

 Waterford in the south, to the Giant's Causeway in the 

 north. Abroad its range seems to be restricted to Central 

 Europe and Finland. 



Genius 66. LAPHYGMA. 



Antenn£e ciliated ; eyes naked, without lashes ; thorax 

 narrow, smooth ; abdomen slender, with one distinct dorsal 

 crest, fore wings narrow, very so at the base ; hind wings 

 ample, semitransparent ; cross-bar bent, excessively slender ; 

 vein 5 only just perceptible, wings folded very closely to the 

 body ; female similar. 



We have but one species, 



1. L. exigua, Huh. — Expanse 1^ inch. Thorax narrow ; 

 abdomen slender ; fore wings narrow, dark grey-brown 

 marbled with paler ; stigmata distinct, the orbicular round 

 and yellow ; hind wings pearly-white. 



Antennas of the male simple, cylindrical, minutely ciliated. 



