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Manunculus bulbosus ; and in Geriuauy said by Sorhapen to 

 choose those of the " stravvflower " or everlasting (Xc/'aw- 

 themum anmium) ; feeding in the lower portion of the 

 blossom and drawing the tlorets together over it. 



The moth loves open fields and meadows abounding with 

 course plants, among which it sometimes hides through the 

 day, but it is also fond of reposing at that time in thick 

 hawthorn hedges, from which it is readily beaten out and 

 induced to fly. The marsh variety seems to affect low- 

 growing plants only, perhajDs from necessity-. It flies 

 sharply and soon hides again ; but in the evening flies freely 

 of its own accord. Not universally common yet plentiful in 

 restricted localities, and to all appearance to be found in 

 almost every English county, even occurring in the outskirts 

 of London. In Wales I have found it in Pembrokeshire. 

 In Scotland it occurs in the Clyde district ; and in Ireland 

 Wilkinson records it near Dublin. Abroad it is known to 

 exist over the greater part of Central and South-Eastern 

 Europe, and in Syria and Bithynia. 



8. S. incanana, ^S'fejjA, ; sinuana, WilJc, Sta., Barr. — 

 Expanse | to | inch (15-18 mm.). Fore wings broad, very 

 silk}', the first transverse stripe is curved and runs to a 

 point before the dorsal margin. 



Antennas grey-brown ; palpi, head, and thorax white 

 dashed with grey ; abdomen brown. Fore wings broad, 

 somewhat ovate, costa strongly arched; apex bluntly 

 rounded ; smooth shining, silky pale slate-grey with darker 

 slate-grey or brown-grey markings ; the outer margin of the 

 usual basal blotch forms a conspicuous stripe, broad on the 

 costa, its outer edge curved so that it bends in to a point 

 near the dorsal margin (and this marking seems to be singu- 

 larly constant) ; central band extremely broad on the costa, 

 contracting in the middle, and narrow to the dorsal margin, 

 but nowhere very distinct ; beyond it the apical and hind 

 marginal area dusted and lined with dark grey dots ; cilia 



