BOARMIDyE—FIDONIA. 7 



and September, especially on the common white Dutch clover 

 {Trifolium arvensc), also on some of the other clovers, lucerne, 

 sainfoin, and medick. 



Pupa three-eighths of an inch long, rather stout but taper- 

 ing sharply towards the anal segment, which finishes with a 

 fine point ; the eye-, leg- and wing-cases prominent ; colour 

 dark mahogany-brown. In this stage through the winter, a 

 portion of those from larvas which feed up in July remaining 

 through the winter with those of the partial later genera- 

 tion. 



The moth Hies in a lively manner by day in clover fields, 

 and meadows in which clover exists, and is rather partial to 

 chalk hills and the sheltered valleys between them. It flits 

 about and settles on the plants with its wings alertly erect, 

 and is a very pretty object. Tolerably common in such 

 situations in the South of England to Middlesex, Bucks, and 

 Gloucestershire, also in the Eastern Counties to Norfolk, but 

 I have no record from Cornwall. Apparently very rare in the 

 Midlands, but recorded in Staffordshire, and once in Derby- 

 shire. Very local in Cheshire, Lancashire, Yorkshire, 

 Durham and Cumberland. Probably in suitable spots 

 throughout Wales, since it is recorded from the North of 

 that country, and I have found it in Pembrokeshire. In 

 Scotland its range is extremely limited, it has been found on 

 railway banks in Berwickshire, and occasionally elsewhere in 

 the districts of Tweed and Solway. In Ireland rather local 

 yet very widely distributed, extending northward at least to 

 Belfast. Abroad it is found almost all over Europe except 

 a part of Spain ; also in Asia Minor, Armenia, Bithynia, 

 Tartary, the regions of the Altai range of mountains, and 

 Japan. 



Genus 12. FIDONIA. 



Antennas of the male pectinated ; palpi small ; head and 

 thorax rough or even shaggy, the latter narrow ; abdomen 



