BOARMIIXE—CLEORA. 163 



Eymouth, North Berwick, Arthur's Seat, aud elsewhere 

 near Edinburgh, the Fife coast, and ]\[uchalls near Aberdeen ; 

 westwai'd at Wigtown, and in Argyleshire ; also inland in 

 Perthshire, where it fre(|uents rocks in the higher parts 

 of the hills ; probably more generally distributed, since 

 Dr. Buchanan White gives its range as extending to jMoray 

 and Ross. In Ireland it is found upon the coast generally, 

 but has been very little noticed inland, except that a pale 

 unicolorous dusky grey variety is taken near Athlone. The 

 tendency of variation at Carlingford Lough, and in the 

 North of Ireland, is toward the whitish-gre}^ forms of the 

 Southern English coast. 



Abroad its range is through the greater portion of Central 

 Europe, Italy, Dalmatia, Livonia, Finland, and Asia Minor. 



Genus 33. CLEORA. 



Antennae of the male pectinated ; palpi ver}^ small ; head 

 rather rough ; thorax very slender, roughened with long 

 scales ; abdomen slender, moderately smooth ; fore wings 

 somewhat ovate, faintly crenulated ; hind wings rounded and 

 scalloped behind. 



Larv.c smooth, or furnished with several dorsal humps ; 

 feeding mainly on lichens. 



PuP.E in a slight cocoon among moss or lichen. 



We have tliree species, not difficult of recognition : 



A. Fore wings greyish-green, mottled or clouded with 



black. C. llclienaria. 



A.' Fore wings greenish-white, with conspicuous black 



costal spots. C. (jlahraria.. 



A?. Fore wungs white, with rippled black transverse stripes. 



C. vldutiria. 



1. C. lichenaria, Sdiiff. — Expanse 1^ to If inch. Pale 

 ,greyish-green, marbled with olive-brown, and faintly with 



