270 LEPIDOPTERA. 



a fresh shoot ; often also upon blossoms such as buttercup 

 or ox-eye daisj". When disturbed it has a curious habit of 

 drawing itself up so as to be very thick in the middle. 



Mr. Stainton records that, when very young, this larva 

 feeds between the skins of the leaf, devouring the paren- 

 chyma, and simulating the habits of the mining Tineina. 



Pupa chestnut-brown; wing-covers dark brown. 



The moth sits by day in bushes, on the branches of trees, 

 on tree-trunks and fences, and in thick hawthorn hedges 

 especially, and flies out in a very lively manner if disturbed, 

 yet only to return quickly to a similar hiding-place. Common 

 everywhere in England and Wales, sometimes very abundant; 

 also throughout the Lowlands of Scotland, but becoming 

 scarce toward Aberdeen ; probably everywhere in Ireland but 

 not in equal abundance. Abroad it abounds through Central 

 Europe, and is found in Siberia and Syria. 



10. S. subjectana (/«. ; incertana, Tr. (?). — Expanse 

 g inch (14-16 mm.). Fore wings narrow, not elongated ; 

 greyish-white with slender grey-brown markings. 



Antennas grey-brown ; palpi, head, and thorax very dull 

 brown; abdomen more yellow-brown. Fore wings rather 

 narrow, not long ; costa gently arched ; apex bluntly pointed; 

 hind margin oblique ; pale brown-grey, faintly dusted with 

 darker ; markings darker grey-brown ; basal blotch rather 

 large, its margin augulated outwardly ; central band narrow, 

 oblique, indented, and slightly blackened at the margins ; 

 apical area clouded with similar blotches ; cilia brown-grey. 

 Hind wings and their cilia pale smoky brown. Female 

 similar, very slightly larger. 



Underside of the fore wings leaden-brown, with a few 

 whitish costal spots toward the apex. Hind wings smoky 

 white with whiter cilia. 



Less variable than some other species, yet fhictiiaiing in 

 the depth and distinctness of the markings. 



