PH \ -CITID. i:—E i '/A )J>HERA . 29. 



segment as far as the transverse wrinkle ; raised dots and 

 their hairs very minute ; ocellated spot, on each side of the 

 third and twelfth segments, ringed with chestnut-brown, 

 and having a flesh-coloured centre with a longer hair j 

 spiracles small and round, ringed with brown ; legs shining 

 chestnut-brown. (W. Buckler — condensed.) 



May to July — but the full period of feeding appears to be 

 unknown — on ash (Fraxinus ejrclsior), feeding on the inner 

 bark of the trunk, where it is healthy and growing, and not 

 in decayed bark. 



Pl'PA rather slender, the abdomen tapering off gradually 

 to a rounded tip without any projections ; colour glossy 

 light reddish-brown or brownish-ochreous on the wing- 

 covers; darker on the thorax iind abdomen. In a semi- 

 transparent cocoon of white silk in a chamber of the ash- 

 bark among the frass of the mine. 



This moth emerges from pupa about (3 or 7 r.ii., and raay 

 then be found sitting upon the bark of ash trunks. At dusk 

 it flies about the trees, and most likely takes refuge in the 

 branches and upper parts, since it is not often to be found 

 on the trunks in the day time. At night it will come 

 occasionally to the sugar used to attract Noctncr ; and is even 

 more readilj^ attracted by a strong light, such as a gas-lamp. 

 In London it was formerly plentiful around the Zoological 

 Gardens, in the Regent's Park ; and may still be found in 

 the various parks, and also in the suburbs. Probably often 

 overlooked, but known to occur in Kent, Surrey, Sussex, 

 Dorset, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Herts, Cambridgeshire^ 

 Norfolk, Suffolk, Herefordshire, Derbyshire, Cheshire, and 

 Yorkshire. Abroad it seems to be scarce, but is found in 

 some parts of Central Europe, Southern France, Sicily, and 

 Denmark. 



2. E. cinerosella, Zcll. ; artemesiella, Stn. Manual. 

 — Expanse f to 1 inch (18-24 mm.). Fore wings elongated. 



