328 LEPIDOPTERA. 



Underside of the fore wings smoky black with two yellow 

 costal dots; cilia yellowisli-white. Hind wings pale lead- 

 colour. 



On the wing from the end of June till August. 



Larva stout, tapering behind ; pale yellow with a faint 

 greenish tinge ; raised dots brown ; head flat, heart-shaped, 

 brilliant black-brown ; dorsal plate similar, both covered 

 with hairs (Sorhagen) ; feeding in Sei^tember in seeds of 

 burdock (Aniium lajJ^Jn), eating round the inside of the 

 seed-head, emptying the seeds, and not, apparently, entering 

 the stem ; when full fed spinning up on the ground among 

 rubbish. 



The moth is rather sluggish and of retiring habits. It 

 sits during the day among the burdock plants, on some 

 neighbouring fence, or among thick herbage, and is not 

 easily roused then to fly ; but is on the wing towards dusk, 

 and into the night, and will come to a strong light. To be 

 found, though often locally, throughout the South of England 

 and the Eastern Counties, and in the west to Cumberland ; 

 scarce!}' noticed in the Midlands, but reappearing in York- 

 shire and Durham. Also throughout Scotland to Moray, 

 Argyle, and Perthshire, but apparently not in the more 

 northern districts, or in the Isles ; and I find no record for 

 Wales or Ireland. Abroad it is not very well known, but 

 has been found in some parts of Central Europe, and in 

 Sweden, Finland, the Caucasus, Southern Siberia, and 

 Japan. 



2. A. cnicana, Dhld. — Expanse j; inch (15-16 mm.). 

 Fore wings narrowly ovate, pale yellow, central band pale 

 chocolate, narrow, usually complete ; beyond is a subapical 

 brown sjjot on the costa, and a smaller one before the anal 

 angle. 



Antennaa simple, pale yellow-brown; palpi, head, and 

 thorax yellowish-white ; abdomen pale silvery grey. Fore 



