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Lakva cyliutlrical, rather taperiug to the hinder end ; head 

 glossj' reddish-brown ; dorsal plate similar, unusually narrow ; 

 body pale grey, rather more brownish-grey on the anterior 

 portion ; the internal vessels and parts of the body show- 

 dark brownish-grey through the transparent skin ; raised 

 dots glossy but hardly darker, each with a central brown 

 dot, bearing a line hair ; anal plate light brown ; spiracles 

 minute, black: undersurface and prolegs light ochreous 

 grey with a pink tinge, legs reddish-brown. (W. Buckler — 

 condensed.) 



September to June, on mosses growing upon old walls 

 and rocks — Barhvia nmralis, Tortula intermedia, and T. 

 iiuiralu , feeding on the inner substance, residing in a silk- 

 lined tube or gallery within the tuft of moss. 



Pita y'V of an inch long ; wing covers long ; ends of the 

 leg covers a little free from the abdomen ; anal tip rather 

 bluntly rounded off ; glossy light brown, dark brown at the 

 tip. (AV. Buckler.^' In the tube occu2jied by the larva. 



The moth sits upon old stone walls, or rocks, or hides in 

 thatch, or dense trees such as hollies or yews, during the 

 day, but flies in the evening, and will come at night to a 

 strong light. Apparently never plentiful in any one spot, 

 though very widely distributed; formerly to be found in the 

 suburbs of London, from which it has disappeared : still fairlv 

 frecjuent in suitable spots in Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Hants, 

 Dorset, Wilts, Herts, Bedfordshire, Gloucestershire, Here- 

 fordshire, Worcestershire, Leicestershire, Cambridgeshire, 

 Suffolk, Norfolk, Cheshire, Lancashire and We.stmoreland ; 

 in Wales in Brecknockshire, and near Tenby in Pembroke- 

 shire ; in Scotland near Edinburgh, and in Perthshire and 

 Aberdeenshire; but I find no record for Ireland. Abroad it 

 is known throughout Central and Norf-hern Europe, Southern 

 Prance, Italy, Dalmatia, and Asia Min)r. 



