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leaf buds, then tlie leaves ; evidently assimilating very closely 

 to the colour of the stems of the food-plant. 

 The winter is passed in the egg state. 



Pupa apparently undescribed. In the earth. 



The male moth flies in the sunshine in a lively manner, 

 over the whortleberry and heather in its favourite haunts in 

 mountainous districts of Scotland, very often in open woods 

 of large old pines and birches, but it hardly ever leaves the 

 immediate vicinity of its food-plant, upon which also the 

 female usually sits, being more sluggish than her mate. So far 

 as these Islands are concerned it was discovered in 1825 in 

 Perthshire by Messrs. Curtis and Dale ; and has only been 

 noticed in Scotland. There it is found, besides Perthshire, 

 in Aberdeenshire, Inverness-shire, Ross-shire, Moray, and I 

 believe in Sutherlaudshire. Abroad in Central and Western 

 Europe, Eastern Spain, Northern Italy, Southern Russia, 

 Tartary, the mountainous regions of Central Asia, and Japan. 

 Moreover there are in the British Museum examples labelled 

 as from Texas, North America, but if these are correctly 

 labelled its range on that Continent must surely be more 

 extensive. 



f . F. conspicuata, ScUi^. ; limbaria, &taud. Gat. — 

 Expanse 1 to 1^ inch. Wings all orange-yellow, the fore 

 wings rather dusted with black, more so towards the costa ; 

 apex and hind margin smoky-black. Hind wings much 

 more thickly dusted. 



Antenna3 of the male pectinated with rather short, solid, 

 ciliated teeth, black-brown ; palpi small, hairy, dull brown ; 

 head and thorax rather rough, black-brown abundantly 

 dusted with yellow ; abdomen moderately slender, black, 

 very smooth, dusted all over with pale yellow ; lateral tufts 

 hardly perceptible ; anal tuft small. Fore wings triangular, 

 costa nearly straight, apex bluntly angulated ; hind margin 

 gently rounded, very oblique ; dorsal margin hardly straight ; 



