158 LEPIDOPTERA. 



who published it in his Catalogue. Mr. Staiuton sa^^s of it 

 in his Manval^ "once at Tenby, South Wales," and further, 

 in the Entomologists' Annual, 1855, where he calls it Tc23hro7iia 

 corticaria, " a specimen is in the collection of the British 

 Museum, ticketed by Dr. Leach as having been taken by 

 him at Tenby." 



This specimen happily is still in the National Collection, in 

 the cabinet of the late Mr. J. F. Stephens, in good condition, 

 and well cared for ; but it is not M. cineraria — T. corticaria 

 at all, but Tephronia cremiaria, an inhabitant of the Tyrol 

 and of some of the mountains of the South of Europe, and a 

 species utterly unlikely to occur on the coast of South Wales. 

 If it was really taken at Tenby, the only probable explanation 

 would be its accidental introduction among alpine plants or 

 by some similar means, but it is far more likely that some 

 accidental transposition of European and British insects took 

 place. Clearly M. cineraria has no claim to a place in our 

 Fauna, and I do not propose to introduce Tcphrojiia cremiaria 

 upon the evidence here obtained.] 



Genus 32. GNOPHOS. 



Antenna3 simple^ ; \y.i\\)\ small ; head rather rough ; thorax 

 slender, roughened with long scales ; abdomen slender, 

 smooth ; fore wings broad, blunt, and short, with crenulated 

 hind margin ; hind wangs rounded, with the hind margin 

 deeply and strongly toothed. 



We have but one species. 



1. G. obscurata, Schiff. — Expanse 1|- to li inch. 



Slender, fore and hind wings broad, crenulated behind; grey, 

 dusted with darker ; transverse lines, wdien visible, placed in 

 series of black crescents, and rather erect ; in the middle of 

 each wing is a small black ring-spot. 



Antennas of the male simple, thick, almost naked, grey- 

 brown ; palpi very small, blunt, grey-brown ; eyes black, 



