BOARMID^—HIBERNIA. irj 



London suburbs ; not absent, indeed, from the London 

 squares and parks ; found also more or less frequently in 

 suitable places throughout England, except the more 

 northern counties. It is recorded from Westmoreland, and 

 Mr. J. E. Robson has twice taken it at Hartlepool, Durham. 

 So far as I know, this is the extent of its range northward, 

 except that a single specimen appears to have occurred at 

 Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, but whether indigenous or 

 introduced it is impossible to judge. In Wales it is known 

 to be rather common in Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire, 

 and probably has a more extensive range. In Ireland it has 

 most probably been recorded in error. Abroad it is not 

 very generally distributed, but is found in Southern France, 

 North-eastern Spain, Southern and Western Germany, Italy, 

 Corsica, the Balkan States, and Bithynia. 



Some very handsome, nearly allied, species are found in 

 India, Africa, and North America. 



Genus 37. HIBERNIA. 



Antennae of the male weak, notched, pectinated with very 

 thin and finely ciliated teeth, almost like bristles, and often 

 curled in ; palpi very small ; head rather rough ; thorax thin 

 and weak, slightly roughened with raised scales ; abdomen 

 slender, smooth ; fore wings thin, elongated, with very 

 oblique hind margins ; hind wings very thin and weak ; 

 rounded, not crenulated. Female apterous, or semi-apterous. 



Lakv^ moderately stout, even in thickness, without humps ; 

 head rounded. 



PuPjE in the earth, often at the roots of trees or bnslies. 

 We have five species, readily discriminated : 



A. Fore wings short and broad, purplish-brown. 



H. rupicapraria. 



