114 LEPIDOPTERA. 



tapering except that the last is thickened ; cremaster large 

 and prominent, rugose and flattened beneath, armed with two 

 long parallel spikes. General colour deep chestnut, divisions 

 of segments paler ; cremaster black. In a cocoon of white 

 silk among rubbish or dead leaves on the ground. 



The moth hides during the day in trees and bushes, and 

 may readily be beaten out, when it flies wildly and swiftly to 

 a similar shelter. Its natural flight is at evening and morning 

 twilight, and it is then very active and vigorous, flying high 

 around trees ; at night it is strongly attracted by light. A 

 plentiful species at the edges of large woods, and occurring 

 in more moderate numbers among trees and even along 

 hedges, in wooded districts, all over the southern half of 

 England, and more locally throughout the remainder, and 

 Wales ; also throughout Scotland to Moray and West Ross, 

 at least, and in the Isle of Skye. It is also found in Ire- 

 laud wherever woods exist, and often commonly. Abroad it 

 is distributed throughout Central Europe, Sweden, Central 

 and Northern Italy and Northern and Eastern Turkey ; also 

 tlirouo'h much of North America, to California and Vancouver. 



Genus 27. ELLOPIA. 



Antenna3 of the male pectinated ; palpi slender ; head 

 smooth ; thorax narrow, downy ; abdomen slender, smooth, 

 much stouter in the female ; wings thinly scaled, broad, and 

 having all the margins smooth and even. 



We have but one species. 



1. E. fasciaria, L. prosapiaria, Stand, (kit. — Expanse 

 li to r| inch. Entirely purplish-red; fore wings with a 

 deeper red central band ; hind wings with a similar line. 



Antennas of the male pectinated with oblique, curved, 

 ciliated teeth, very pale brown, shaft white; tongue long, 

 yellowish-white ; palpi extremely small, light brown ; face 

 smooth brio-ht red or terra-cotta colour, divided from the 



