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but when they emerge are generally perfect. Usually, I 

 believe, it remains during the day hidden among thick bushes 

 or the branches of trees, and is rarely found at that time ; 

 yet I have seen the male flying m the afternoon, about 4 

 o'clock, in search of a female, wldclh it discovered. At night 

 the male flies vigorously, and is very strongly attracted by 

 light, so as frequently to be seen sitting at that time on a gas- 

 lamp, its wings quite deflected, but its beautiful antennas 

 conspicuous. The female is extremely sluggish, and I have 

 no record of its being observed in flight. Common in woods 

 and well-wooded districts throughout the South, East, and 

 West of England, and found, less plentifully, in the Midland 

 Counties, and northward to Northumberland and Cumber- 

 land ; probably also throughout Wales, since it is fairly 

 common in Pembrokeshire. More local in Scotland, but 

 found in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh in Fife, also in 

 Roxburghshire, Wigtown, Lanark, Ayrshire, Argyle, and 

 Perthshire. Dr. Buchanan White gives its range as extend- 

 ing to Moray and West Ross. In Ireland it seems to occur 

 in all wooded districts from Kerry to Derry. Abroad it is 

 widely distributed, through Central Europe, the South of 

 Spain, Northern Italy, Sweden, Livonia, Armenia, Tartary, 

 and Japan — probably also through some portions of Central 

 Asia. 



Genus 23. SELENIA. 



Antennte of the male pectinated ; palpi rather prominent ; 

 head rough ; thorax moderately thick and very fluff}^ ; 

 abdomen rather stout, tapering, smooth ; fore wings elongate, 

 retuse, scalloped, and having a strong projecting angle in, 

 or just above, the middle of the hind margin. Hind wings 

 broad, scalloped behind, hollowed toward the anal angle. 



Larv^ twig-like, thick, swollen behind ; third pair of legs 

 swollen and raised at the base, and larger than the rest. 



PUP.E rather short and thick, in a silken cocoon. 

 VOL. VII. F 



