174 LEPIDOPTERA. 



toward AVakeliurst. but uo recent captures have been recorded, 

 and-it is feared that this species is lost to the British Isles. 

 One or two casual records in other counties have not been 

 confirmed, and were probably errors. Abroad its range is 

 somewhat limited — the greater portion of Central Europe, 

 Northern Italy, and Sweden. 



Genus 31. TEPHROSIA. 



Antennae of the male ciliated in rows of minute bristles, 

 not pectinated ; palpi small ; head not very smooth ; thorax 

 moderately slender, the scales rather roughly raised, bluntly 

 tufted at the back ; abdomen smooth, slender ; fore wings 

 broad, blunt, gently rounded behind ; hind wings ample, 

 rounded, faintly crenulated behind. Legs not tufted. 



LarV/E elongate, somewhat cylindrical, not very con- 

 spicuously humped. 



PltyE of ordinary form ; under moss or at the surface of 

 the ground. 



We have four species, not difficult of discrimination. 



A. A somewhat squared spot outside the second line of 



fore wings. 



B. Wings smoky-white, with black lines and brown 



blotches. T. consonaria. 



B.^ AVings creamy-white or brownish-white, with irregular 



brown lines. T. hiundularia. 



A.- Fore wings without the squared spot. 



C. Wings greenish-grey, mottled with black. 



T. cxtcrsaria. 

 C.^ Wings whitish-grey, with black costal bars. 



T. imnctularia. 



1. T. consonaria, Huh. — Expanse 1| to 1| inch. An- 

 tennae simple ; fore wings smoky-white, dusted with brown ; 



