314 LEPIDOPTERA. 



has been found in greatest abundance is undoubtedly the 

 New Forest, Hants, though only in isolated seasons ; it 

 inhabits other woods in that county, and in Berks, Devon, 

 and Gloucestershire ; and is taken almost every year in 

 Epping Forest and other Essex woods. One specimen is 

 recorded from Tuddenham, Suffolk, and others at St. Ives, 

 Hunts, Northamptonshire, and Herefordshire. This appears 

 to be tlie extent of its range in these Islands. Abroad it 

 is found throughout Central, Southern, and Eastern Europe, 

 Northern Italy, Spain, and Livonia. 



Genus 72. CALYMNIA. 



Antenna) simple, ciliated ; eyes naked, without lashes ; 

 palpi ascending ; thorax rounded, rather small, tufted at the 

 back ; abdomen short, small, tapering, not crested ; fore wings 

 short, broad, almost truncate, hind margin very full, faintly 

 crenulated ; hind wings broad and rather short ; cross-bar 

 faint ; vein 5 hardly perceptible. 



Larv^ smooth, tapering in front, and with the head small ; 

 flattened beneath. Among united leaves of trees. 



PuP^ dusted with bloom, pointed and conical, in a cocoon 

 iu or on the ground or among leaves. 



We have four species, readily distinguished. 



A . Fore wings ochreous-brown, pale grey-brown, or 

 reddish-ochreous. C. trapezina. 



A-. Fore wings rich purple-brown ; a bluish-grey mark 

 near the apex. C. 2yyralina. 



A?. Fore wings glowing chocolate-red ; two large snow- 

 white spots on the costa. C. dij/inis. 



A*. Fore wings dull chestnut-brown, hinder portion of hind 

 wings black. C. affinis. 



1. C. trapezina, L. — Expanse IJ to Ih inch. Fore 

 wings ochreous-brown, reddish-ochreous, or grey-brown ; 



