74 LEPIDOPTERA, 



occasionally, thougli rarely, to a light. It is still an in- 

 habitant of the London suburbs, having taken kindly to the 

 limes with which some of the roads are shaded. Although 

 never seen in abundance, it is a fairly common inhabitant of 

 all the Southern, Eastern, and Western Counties, but is rare in 

 the Midlands, and in Lancashire, Yorkshire, and Cumberland. 

 In Scotland I find records at Dumfries, and at Dunoon, 

 Argyleshire, and am informed by Mr, R. S. Gordon that six 

 specimens were taken at Monteith, in August 1895, by Mr. 

 Maxwell. In Wales it has been taken at Swansea, In Ireland 

 it is recorded from Derry, Sligo, Galway, and Roscommon, 

 and a specimen, which I have seen, was taken many years ago 

 by the Rev. J. Briscoe in the County Down, Abroad its 

 range is through Central Europe, Central and Northern Italy, 

 Corsica, Sweden, Dalmatia, and Livonia. 



Genus 2L CROCALLIS. 



AntennEe of the male stoutly pectinated ; palpi slender ; 

 head rough ; thorax robust, densely covered with long scales ; 

 abdomen tapering in the male, thick in the female, smooth ; 

 fore wings very broad, hind margin expanded, faintl}^ crenu- 

 lated but without a middle angle or tooth ; hind wings 

 rounded. 



We have only one species. 



L C. elinguaria, L. — Expanse \\ to If inch. Fore 

 wings broad, expanded behind, hind wings rounded ; both 

 pale ochreous ; fore wings furnished with two brown trans- 

 verse lines which usually enclose a brown band, and in it a 

 black discal spot ; hind margins dotted. 



Antennfe of the male pectinated with curved solid ciliated 

 teeth, whitish-drab, palpi small, reddish-brown ; head rough 

 with raised scales, yellow-drab or pale ochreous ; front of the 

 thorax similar, very fluffy, the hinder portion paler; abdomen 

 moderately stout, tapering, smooth, pale buff; lateral tufts 

 hardly perceptible ; anal tuft not large. Fore wings broad ; 



