CRAMBID.E— CRA Mil US. 87 



wings ample, rounded behind, smoky-brown, with paler cilia 

 Female similar. 



Underside of the fore wings shining bronzy-brown, with 

 the apex whitish. Hind wings shining smokj' brown. Body 

 and legs whitish-brown. 



On the wing in July and August, sometimes even into 

 September. 



Larva and Pupa unknown. 



Rather a sluggish species. It is common on some of the 

 more extensive heaths, and sits on the stiff hard grasses in 

 the paths and open spots, or occasionally on the heath {Eric(i) 

 itself, but unless the sun is shining warmly is not disposed 

 to fly. In places where large masses of coarse grass are 

 scattered about the heaths it will sit among the thick grass, 

 and then is more easily disturbed and captured. After dusk 

 at night it creeps u^j, and sits on the rushes, stiff grasses, 

 and heather, and from its bright glossy sheen becomes con- 

 spicuous under the light of a lantern. Its natural flight 

 seems to be late at night. Found in the heaths of Surrey^ 

 Hants, Dorset, Devon, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, 

 Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire, Cheshire, Lancashire, 

 near Scarborough, Yorkshire, and Hartlepool, Durham. In 

 Scotland several specimens were recorded as captured at 

 Donald's Wood, near Paisley, by Isiv. J. Dunsmore, some 

 years ago, and these, which are now at Glasgow, are correctly 

 named. This is the ouXj record for Scotland, so far as I 

 know ; there appears to be none for Wales ; and in Ireland 

 only the statement that Bouchard took it at Killarney. 

 There is room here — and reason — for further research. 

 Abroad this species is distributed through Central and 

 Northern Europe, South-west France, Central Italy, Siberia, 

 and some parts of North America. 



*J. C. pascuellus, JAnu. — Expanse 1 inch. Fore wings 

 long and pointed, pale golden-brown, dorsal margin white, 



