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to dry up. Mr. Wilkinson states that it has been reared from 

 the flower heads of hemp agrimony, but I know that its 

 usual food is the meadow-sweet. Its mischief to the growing 

 shoots of that plant is constantly visible in the Fens. 



Pupa light brown in a loose cocoon among rubbish on 

 the ground, or under the turned-down edge of a dead leaf. 



The moth hides itself during the day among the dense 

 herbage of the Fens, and may be found by the tiresome 

 process of parting this herbage down to near the muddy soil. 

 Then the moths crawl lazily out, but are not very active, 

 just skip from one grass-blade to another and quickly dive 

 again into the thick herbage. Late at night they come 

 out in plenty to fly about the Fen, and flock to a strong light 

 if placed low down near the herbage. It has been found 

 occasionally in marshy places in Essex, Herts, Berks, and 

 Sufiblk, and is said to have been reared from larvas found in 

 Lancashire; but its ordinary haunts are the Fens of Norfolk 

 and Cambs, and here it is comparatively plentiful. In Scot- 

 land it has been obtained in East Lothian by Mr. W. Evans, 

 but this is, I think, the extent of its range in these Islands. 

 Abroad it is known to exist in France and Germany, but 

 further records are wanting. 



20. P. aspersana, Huh. — Expanse }, to f inch (12- 

 15 mm.). Fore wings narrow, truncate, bright orange- 

 chestnut, dusted with red-brown, and having a red-brown 

 partial band bej-ond the middle. 



Antennae, palpi, and head dark red-brown ; thorax brighter 

 and shaded with yellow ; abdomen pale brown. Fore wings 

 rather narrow ; costa flatly arched ; apex pointed and rather 

 retuse ; before the middle is a small tuft of slightly upraised 

 scales on the disk ; colour rich orange-chestnut with yellow 

 shading, and faint reddish reticulation ; near the base of 

 the dorsal margin is often an erect reddish streak or spot ; 

 on the costa from before the middle to the apex is a large 



