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The moth is extremely fond of hiding in a hawthorn hedge, 

 even in the most closely-clipped hedges in the outskirts of 

 towns, and is very active and lively when beaten out, yet 

 quickly hides itself in the same bushes. The male flies of its 

 own accord over the hedges at sunset, the female more 

 towards dusk. Abundant in such hedges in the London 

 suburbs, throughout the South of England, and in the 

 Eastern and Western Counties ; occurring also in the Mid- 

 lauds and to Yorkshire, but, so far as I know, not further 

 north; nor have I any record in Wales, Scotland, or Ireland. 

 Abroad it is found throughout Central and South-eastern 

 Europe, in Sweden and Pontus. 



Genus 1. CHEIMATOPHILA. 



Antenuaj slender ; palpi very short and small, abdomen 

 hairy ; fore wings of male without the costal fold, of thin 

 texture ; a slender tuft of hair-scales at the base of the hind 

 wings. 



1. C. hyemana, i/«&. ; tortricella, 7/»A. 9. — Expanse 

 f inch (18-20 mm.). Fore wings thin, shining, elongated ; 

 male silvery-brown or silvery-white with a broad red-brown 

 central band ; female rather darker, the wings more ovate. 



Antennas of the male ciliated, dull black ; palpi and head 

 blackish-brown ; thorax reddish-brown ; abdomen short, 

 dark brown, covered with yellowish-white hairs. Fore wings 

 elongated ; costa neatly straight yet curved to the apex 

 which is bluntly rounded ; hind margin very oblique and 

 rather long; silvery-yellowish-white or pale silvery-brown; 

 bas.1l blotch light brown with a darker projecting outer angle; 

 central band broad, bright brown or reddish-brown, its inner 

 margin straight and rather oblique, and the costal portion 

 dotted with creamy-white; before the apex is a pale chestnut 

 costal spot and below some delicate similar curved lines ; 

 cilia dusky drab. Hind wings pale smoky-brown with paler 

 cilia. Fore wings of the female broader and more of a long- 



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