l66 LEPIDOPTERA. 



white. Female with all the wings tinged with fulvous at 

 the margins and apex. 



On the wing at the end of June and in July. 



Larva stout and very active, thickest in the middle and 

 with swollen segments ; colour dark olive-green tinged above 

 with smokj- -black ; spots white, with white hairs ; head 

 flattened, black; dorsal plate olive-brown, spotted with black, 

 divided down the middle, and having a white collar ; anal 

 prolegs pale green ; feet black. 



May and June, on oak, hazel, and birch, rolling up the 

 leaves. Also said to feed sometimes on apple, mountain ash, 

 elm, cherry, and even on elder and whortleberry. 



PlPA in the larval habitation. 



The moth principally frequents woods, and hides during 

 the day in trees and bushes, but is not at that time very 

 willing to fly. After sunset it becomes exceedingly lively, 

 and flies in the wildest and most frantic manner about the 

 rides and broad wood-paths, open spaces, or the borders of 

 Woods. Abundant in large woods throughout the South of 

 England, and occurring in such places throughout the country 

 to Lancashire, Yorkshire and the south of Durham, also in 

 Wales ; but, so far as I know, not recorded from Scotland or 

 Ireland. Found also throughout Central and Southern 

 Europe, Sweden, Asia Minor and Jajjan. 



8. T. lafauryana, Rcujonot. — Expanse | to | inch 

 (18-22 m.m.). Fore wings broad and rather short, with 

 rounded costa, and very silky, ochreous, or reddish-orange 

 colouring. 



Antennae simple, reddish-brown, palpi similar ; head and 

 thorax orange-brown or golden-brown ; abdomen grey- 

 brown. Fore wings broad, almost ovate, the costa rolled 

 back from the base to beyond the middle, the middle portion 

 of this folded ; colour orange-brown or yellow-brown; mark- 

 ings very obscure ; basal line faint, oblique, and somewhat 



