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2. E. pallidana, Z- //. ; albicapitana, Cuohf. — Expanse 

 f to i inch (10-12 mm.). Face dull wbite; fore wings 

 narrow and rather pointed, white with nnmerous grey clouds 

 and a black central band. 



Antennae notched, ciliated, dark brown ; palpi white, dark 

 brown beneath; head and front of the thorax creamy white, 

 back of the latter blue-black ; abdomen black-brown barred 

 with dusky white. Fore wings narrowly trigonate, the costa 

 without a fold and very straight ; apex narrowly rounded, 

 almost pointed; white with numerous pale slate-grey clouds; 

 basal blotch spotted on the margins with black and bordered 

 by an angalated shade ; central band suggested by a large 

 blue-black dorsal spot or blotch and a similar median and 

 costal dot ; apical area dotted at the edges and faintly lined 

 with blue-black ; cilia mixed white and black. Hind wings 

 pale smoky brown with paler cilia. Female similar. 



Underside of the fore wings shining leaden-black with 

 minute whitish costal dots. Hind wings leaden-white. 



On the wing in June. 



Larva shoi't and obese, stoutish in the middle, narrower 

 toward the head and tail, beautiful rosy pink with a 

 greenish tinge ; head and dorsal jalate varying from brown 

 to blackish-brown, the latter darkest beliiud; central portion 

 of the anal jjlate of the same colour, spots indistinct, bristles 

 iaconspicuous ; ventral surface yellowish-white tinged with 

 green ; legs and prolegs yellowish-white with a slender black 

 streak in front of each. (Mr. E. R. Bankes.) 



July and the beginning of August; in the flower- and seed- 

 heads of Jasione montana (sheep-scabious), eating the seeds 

 and hiding itself in the umbel. 



The moth hides on hill-sides, chalk-slopes, sea-cliffs, and 

 coast sandhills among the sheep-scabious, but concealing itself 

 in thick furze bushes and other close cover ; sometimes flying 

 when disturbed, in the sunshine, but moving iibout briskly 

 and freely at sunset. Almost confined to the coast and there 



