iiS l.EPIDOPTERA. 



pale yellow. Hind wiugs smoky wiiite. Body and legs 

 p.ile brouzy-brown. 



Usually not variable, but occasional specimens have the 

 whole space from the base to the central line smoothly 

 golden-brown, with the nervures faintly darker. 



On the wing at the end of ilay and in .1 une. 



Larva and I'upa unknown. 



This species is so exceedingly rare with us that nothing 

 appears to be known as to its habits, llagonot says that, 

 abroad, it inhabits dry fields and pasture lands. The locali- 

 ties given by Mr. Stainton in his Manual are Brighton, 

 Lewes, Alkham, and Bristol. A specimen taken by ^Mr. 

 Hemmings on the downs near Brighton is also recorded in the 

 Entomologist's Annua/ for 1855. Another was taken by the 

 late Mr. Joseph Sidebotham at Folkestone in 1860. In 1868 

 another was obtained at the same place, and two more at 

 Sheerness. These seem to be all the definite records here of 

 the occurrence of this species, and, with the single exception 

 near Bristol, these are all on or near the coasts of Kent aud 

 •Sussex. Three specimens are still to be seen, in the collec- 

 tion of the late Mr. Frederick Bond, in the possession of Mr. 

 Sydney Webb, and one in that of the late Mr. Henry 

 Doubleday in Bethnal Green Museum. Abroad it is found 

 throughout the greater part of Central and Southern Europe, 

 Asia Minor, Persia, Syria and Northern Africa. 



26. C. culmellus, Z.— Expanse J to J inch (15-19 mm.). 

 Fore wings narrow, but short and blunt, ochreous or pale 

 yelJow-drab, with brown or smoky clouding along the costal 

 half. Hind wings smoky white. 



Antennse of the male slender, simple, pale drab ; palpi 

 long and very slender, pale brown, the maxillary pair short 

 and brush-like ; head and thorax whitish-drab ; the latter 

 browner in front ; abdomen silky grey-brown, the basal 

 segment tinged with yellow-brown. Fore wings rather 



