CRAMBID.-E— CRAM BUS. gi 



Wyre Forest, Worcestershire ; but this appears to be the 

 extent of its range in these Islands. Abroad it is found in 

 the marshes of Central Europe and Livonia. 



11. C. latistrius, Hmv. — Expanse 1 inch. Fore wings 

 rather narrow, soft yellow-brown ; longitudinal stripe even 

 in width, pearly white, extending unbroken, and without 

 branch, from the base to the hind marginal cilia. Hind wings 

 smoky white. 



Antennte of the male simple, dull brown ; palpi very 

 sti'aight and prominent, brown mixed with white ; head and 

 front of thorax white ; remainder of thorax pale bronzy- 

 brown ; abdomen ashy-white ; fore wings elongated, narrow- 

 blunt behind; costa slightly arched; a])ex sqnarely angu- 

 lated ; hind margin shoi-t, gently rounded ; colour golden- 

 brown, shading paler on the dorsal margin ; longitudinal 

 stripe pearlj'-white, rather narrow and very even in width, 

 continued throughout from the base to the cilia ; edged a 

 little with black along its upper margin and more faintly so 

 below ; no transverse line ; extreme hind margin dotted with 

 black ; cilia shining smoky brown, except that portion which 

 continues the white stripe. Hind wings ample ; the apex a 

 little produced, and the hind margin sinuous ; smoky white, 

 more smoky brown along the front edge; cilia white. Female 

 similar, a very little smaller. 



Undersides of the fore wings shining pale yellow-browu 

 much clouded in the middle with smoke-colour. Hind wings 

 shining smoky white. Body and legs brownish-white. 



On the wing from the end of July till September. 



Larva and Pupa undescribed, but Mr. Buckler has figured 

 the cocoon from which he reared a specimen. It is long and 

 rather narrow, formed of silk completely covered with grains 

 of sand. 



Usually a heath-frequenting species, hiding during the 

 day among heather, but sitting at night on small sedges and 



