LOZOPERID.-E—XANTHOSE TIA . 34 1 



Pupa somewhat slender, cylindrical, brown, shining. 

 (Hofmann.) In the root in which the larva has fed. 



The moth is usually found here among C'cntcmrca nigra in 

 meadows, pastures, hillsides and waste ground generally ; 

 but is not usually abundant. It flies swifty when disturbed 

 in the daytime to some adjacent plant, but is on the wing of 

 its own accord from sunset to dusk and also at night, being 

 attracted occasionally to light. Not absent from the suburbs 

 of London, but more common in chalk-pits, quarries, and 

 other I'ough places in the country ; scarce in the Midlands, 

 but apparently to be found throughout England and the 

 south of Scotland to Perthshire and generally distributed in 

 Ireland ; but in Wales I only know of it in Pembrokeshire. 

 Abroad it is found all over Europe, except the extreme 

 north and south ; also in Asia Minor. 



2. X. hamana, L. — Expanse | to | inch (15-22 mm.). 

 Fore wings primi'ose-yellow with an open brown rectangle 

 beyond the middle, and some scattered similar streaks. 



Antennce ciliated, yellowish brown ; palpi, head, and 

 thorax pale yellow ; abdomen leaden grey with a yellowish 

 anal tuft. Fore wings elongated, costa arched, apex and 

 hind margin rounded ; primrose-yellow ; beyond the middle 

 is a faint right-angled, or elbowed, tawny shade or stripe, 

 which cuts ofl' the hinder area of the wing and coincides with 

 a hollow or wrinkle in the wing ; this marking is the only 

 reliable one, but often a streak passes from it to the costa, 

 or sometimes is prolonged upon the costa, and frequently 

 the basal area is marked off by another angulated line of the 

 same colour ; or detached streaks or dashes of the same are 

 scattered on the wings ; cilia pale yellow. Hind wings dark 

 smoky brown, with white cilia. Female similar. 



Underside of the fore wings leaden-brown ; cilia yellow. 

 Hind wings leaden white. 



Variable, as already shown, in the markings, especially in 

 the number and form of additional dots and dashes; also there 



