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Glamcrganshife. This appears to be the extent of its 

 range in these Islands. Abroad it is found all over Europe 

 except the coldest regions, and in Asia Minor, India, and 

 Japan. 



6. E. angustana, Tr. ; cruentana, Frol. 1 — Expanse \ 

 to f inch (10-16 mm.). Hind and fore wings creamy-yellow 

 or creamy-white, dappled with yellow-grey ; central band 

 narrow, roughly defined. 



Antennae whitish-brown ; palpi and head creamy-white ; 

 thorax light brown ; abdomen dark brown ; anal tuft white. 

 Fore wings elongated, not broad ; costa rather straight, 

 apex blantly angulated ; creamy-white sprinkled witli 

 cloudlets of creamy-yellow; central band erect, ill-defined, 

 blue-black mixed with olive-brown; hind-marginal area, 

 cilia, and apex clouded with the same. Hind wings white 

 with a smoky edging ; cilia white. Female similar, with 

 smoky-brown hind wings. 



Underside of the fore wings dark smoky brown with 

 j^ellowish streaks along the costa. Hind wings smoky 

 white. 



A smaller and whiter form, which appears in August, is 

 known as a second generation, but it occurs in localities 

 quite distinct from those of the first. 



In the Shetland Isles is found a very pretty form, of this 

 species certaiahj, yet looking exceedingly distinct — its fore 

 wings tawny-red or tawny-brown, rather darker in the 

 middle, this darker shade preceded and followed by whiter 

 spaces, but usually without any distinct markings — is known 

 as var. thulcana, and was described as a distinct species in 

 the year 1880. Intermediate specimens connect it with the 

 present species. 



On the wing in June and the beginning of July, and, as 

 a distinct emergence, in August. 



Larva " thick, short, and stumpy, of a reddish-white or 

 flesh colour ; very active and apt to Wi-iggle out and drop to 



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