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found /('s^ hdoir a joint, ia the stem, fastened by a few threads 

 but otherwise quite unprotected." (W. AVarren.j 



Pupa light brown ; wing covers glossy ; segments ridged 

 •uid set w-ith short thick spines or bristles. 



The moth hides during the day among the common 

 Stachi/s, in the hedges and on banks at the borders of woods; 

 towards sunset it may be seen sitting on the leaves, but 

 flutters down to the ground on the least disturbance ; at sun- 

 set it begins to fly, and till dusk dashes swiftly over bushes 

 and hedges as well as over its food-plant. Locally common 

 in the Southern Counties of England from Kent to Dorset, 

 Wells and Somerset ; also to Berks, I\Iiddlesex, and Herts : 

 and in Essex, Cambs.. Norfolk, Gloucestershire, and Here- 

 fordshire ; also found occasionally in Leicestershire, Derby- 

 shire, Worcestershire, Lancashire, and Yorkshire, and once 

 in Durham by Mr. Sang, but not yet recorded from the other 

 portions of the United Kingdom. Abroad it is found over 

 rhe greater part of Central Europe and in the north of 

 Spain; also in North America in Maine, Massachusetts, 

 New York State. Pennsvlvania. and Ontario. 



