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recorded as occurring near Harrow, in Middlesex, by Messrs. 

 Bonhote and Kothschild ; and in Devon by Mr. Parfitt. 

 There are also records in Somerset and Gloucestershire. 

 Formerly abundant in Suffolk, especially in clover-fields 

 about Tuddenham, but said to be far less common. Indeed, 

 there are indications that this is a species which is slowly 

 disappearing in this country. I have no notice of its occur- 

 rence in Wales or Scotland, but in Ireland there are records 

 for Howth, near Dublin, Powerscourt, Wicklow, Galway, and 

 Magilligan, Derry, but only of rare or solitary specimens. 

 This is not easily accounted for. 



Abroad the insect is found in Eastern Europe, Northern 

 Italy, Central and Southern Germany, Switzerland, Hungary, 

 Southern and Eastern Russia, Turkey, Persia, Armenia, 

 Tartary, and the mountain regions of Central Asia. 



Genus 18. ETJRYMENE, 



Antennae of the male shortly pectinated; palpi small; 

 head somewhat smooth; thorax rather thick, fluffy with 

 raised scales; abdomen short and smooth, curled up; fore 

 wings squared at the apex, hollowed above the anal angle ; 

 hind wings short and broad, hollowed at the anal 

 angle. 



We have only one species. 



1. E. dolobraria, Z.— Expanse 1] to \% inch. Fore 

 wings truncate and deeply hollowed at the aual angle, before 

 which is a purple cloud; otherwise yellowish-brown with 

 abundant transverse purple lines; hind wings yellow- white, 

 with a similar cloud. All the wings have a scorched appear- 



ance. 



AntennjB of the male pectinated to four-fifths of their 

 length, with solid ciliated teeth, the remainder simple but 

 notched, brown; palpi minute, head very smooth, both dark 

 purple-brown, as is a ridge at the back of the head, and also 



