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America, in Canada, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, 

 and the State of New York. 



3. L. cinctana, SrMff. — Expanse ij |to \ inch. (15-18 

 m.m.). — Fore wings white with chocolate bands ; hind wings 

 pure white. 



Antennas and palpi of the male red- brown ; head and 

 thorax bronzy-brown ; abdomen blackish at the base, white 

 behind. Fore wings rhomboid, rather elongated, the apex 

 blunt ; costa nearly straight ; colour bright clear white, with 

 a faint chocolate dusting ; markings chocolate colour ; basal 

 blotch not large, very distinct, its edge nearly pei'fiendicular ; 

 central bond rather narrow, oblique, having a small projec- 

 tion on its outer margin below the middle ; beyond it is a 

 large costal spot, preceded by two dots, and below this several 

 series of paler dots or streaks along the hind marginal area ; 

 cilia white. Hind wings snowy-white with a faint brownish 

 stippling. Female similar, a very little smaller. 



Underside of the fore wings smoky black, shading paler 

 towards the dorsal margin ; costa dotted with white. Hind 

 wings white with smoky dusting. 



On the wing in July. 



Larva apparently undescribed. Dr. Rossler says that it 

 lives on Anthyllis vulneraria, inhabiting a tubular silken 

 gallery. Mr, Sydnej' Webb thinks that it feeds on Lotus. 

 Other observers state wormwood or broom. 



Pupa i;ndescribed. 



This very pretty species is excessively local with us, and 

 only known to occur on the coast of Kent. In the j-ear 1857 

 a few specimens were taken at Alkham, near Dover, " on the 

 sloping bank of a field." The captor, the Rev. C. S. Tress 

 Beale, said, " it flits over the tops of grasses when disturbed, 

 but soon settles again ; whilst flying it appears conspicuouslj'' 

 white." It has been taken in the same locality in many 

 subsequent years, and Mr. Sydney Webb has found it in the 



