310 LEPIDOPTERA. 



Larva deep yellow with light brown head. 



September, ou golden rod (Solidndo i'ir(jaurc(i), feeding in 

 the seed and flower heads, leaving them when full-fed to 

 spin up elsewhere ; remaining in the larva state until ilay 

 or the beginning of June. (B. A. Bower.) 



This is an exceedingly local species with us. Its range of 

 distribution was unfortunately long misunderstood from the 

 error of Wilkinson, who supposed the northern forms of 

 E. cilidla to be this species. It is apparently confined to the 

 open woods of the South of England, and is by far the most 

 •frequent in Kent, where it has been taken and reared in 

 numbers by Mr. B. A. Bower. It loves the grassy openings 

 and sides of woods, and occurs also in Surrey, Hants, Essex 

 and Somer.set. So far as is known this is the extent of its 

 range in these Islands. Abroad it is reported from Germany, 

 but surely must be overlooked elsewhere. 



21. E. implicitana, Worke; heydeniana, H.-S. — 

 Expanse f to h inch (9-13 mm.). Fore wings thinly scaled, 

 whitish-grey ; markings slender rosy grey. 



Antennas slender, light brown ; palpi and head creamy 

 white ; thorax pale drab ; abdomen black-brown. Fore wings 

 not narrow, their texture fine and silky ; costa nearly straight; 

 apex bluntlj' angulated ; hind margin not very oblique ; 

 whitish-grey or creamy-white often with a jDinkish flush ; 

 costal region dusted with orange-brown ; central band rather 

 erect but curved out, broad, rich olive brown, greyish-brown 

 or rosy grey ; hinder area faintly dusted with olive or pink 

 atoms ; cilia very short, dusky white. Hind wings and their 

 cilia smoky white. Female similar, rather stouter. 



Underside of the fore wings leaden-brown, of the hind 

 wings leaden-white. 



Individuals of the second and third broods often a little 

 •smaller and having the fore wings paler and more shaded 

 -with pinkish •buff. 



