78 LEPIDOPTERA. 



shire ; doubtless in many other localities, since Dr. Buchanan 

 White gives its range as reaching to Sutherlandshire. 

 Widely distributed in Ireland, to Armagh and Londonderry. 

 Abroad it is found throughout Central Europe, the temperate 

 regions of Northern Europe, Northern Italy, Dalmatia, 

 Armenia, Eastern Siberia, and the mountainous regions of 

 Central Asia. 



Genus 22. HIMERA. 



Antennae of the male plumose ; palpi small ; head rough ; 

 thorax stout, densely fluffy ; abdomen smooth, tapering, but 

 large in the female ; fore wings broad, pointed, with long 

 oblique hind margin ; hind wings broad and rather squared. 



We have only one species. 



1. H. pennaria, L. — Expanse 1| to 2 inches. Antennae 

 of the male plumose ; fore wings red-brown, with two black- 

 brown transverse lines, and before the apex a white dot; 

 hind wings paler brown, dusted with red. Female, antennte 

 simple; fore wings more narrowed, more of a purple-red 

 colouring, and without the white dot. 



Antennae of the male very densely pectinated with long 

 hair-like teeth which are so slender as to lie loosely and so 

 appear plumose, reddish-brown ; palpi small and concealed 

 by long projecting scales ; head rough, thickly crowned by 

 a projecting tuft of a bright chestnut colour ; thorax ex- 

 tremely fluffy with long loosely spreading hair-scales, orange- 

 red, rather paler behind ; abdomen moderately stout, downy, 

 dull yellow ; lateral tufts not visible ; anal tuft small. Fore 

 wings very broad, pointed ; costa faintly arched at the base, 

 then straight to the apex, which is rather acute ; hind 

 margin long and oblique, gently curved and very flatly 

 scalloped ; dorsal margin rounded, and fully ciliated with 

 long soft scales ; colour orange-brown, red-bro\vn, or pale 

 tawny, minutely dusted with leaden-brown ; first line rather 

 curved and sinuous; second straighter and more oblique, 



