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leaves the seed-head to spin up elsewhere, occasionally in 

 the root, more frequently in the earth. 



This moth is common among C'fntaurca nigra, sitting in it 

 (luring the daj-, and when disturbed flj'ing briskly to another 

 plant; buzzing about its flower-heads at sunset, and then 

 seeming to have a very white or hoary head and thorax ; 

 flying also at night, and coming willingly to a strong light. 

 Common even in the London suburbs, but more so on the 

 coast, and tolerably plentiful in all our southern and eastern 

 counties, also in the western counties to Cumberland, and 

 found in Derbyshire, Yorkshire, Durham and Northumber- 

 land. In Wales abundant in Pembrokeshire ; apparently 

 in all parts of the Lowlands of Scotland with Perthshire and 

 Arran ; but more local in Ireland, Recorded from Island 

 Magee, Antrim, Howth, Cork and Sligo. Abroad found 

 throughout Central and Southern Europe, Sweden, Asia 

 Minor, Armenia, Sj-ria and Central Asia. 



7. L. alternana, Stq)]t. ; gigantana, Ga. — Expanse 

 I to I inch (18-22 mm.). Fore wings pale ochreous yellow, 

 with dotted costa and two incomplete red-bro\Yn oblique 

 stripes. 



Antennas simple, yellowish-brown ,- palpi, head, and thorax 

 pale bufi"; abdomen whitish-brown. Fore wings elongate, 

 rather broad at the base ; costal and dorsal margins straight ; 

 apex suddenly rounded, and hind margin oblique ; dull pale 

 ochreous or creamy yellow ; costa dotted throughout with 

 yellow-brown ; central band yellowish-fulvous, cloudy, dotted 

 with dark brown and extending so far as the subcostal 

 nervure ; beyond it is a fainter cloudy stripe of the same 

 colour from the costa to the middle of the wing, touching a 

 faint similar cloud toward the anal angle ; cilia creamy 

 yellow. Hind wings white or smoky white ; cilia white. 

 Female similar, but with darker hind wings. 



Underside of the fore wind's dark leaden brown with the 



