3o8 LEPIDOPTERA. 



recorded near York, and found in the woods of Westmoreland 

 and C'uinlierland. Probaljly widely distributed in Wales, since 

 it is recorded as common near Penrlij'^n Dudriath in North 

 Wales, and in Glamorganshire, and was found b}' Mr. W. H. 

 F. Blandford near Saundersfoot in Pembrokeshire. In 

 Scotland it occurs occasionally in Ayrshire and Argyleshire 

 and elsewhere in the South-west, and also in Perthshire; 

 but is ap])arently absent from Ireland. Abroad it seems to 

 be found throughout Central Europe, and the greater part 

 of Southern Europe, including Spain ; also in Armenia, 

 Bithynia, some parts of Asia Minor, and in the United States 

 of North America. 



2. E. punctaria, L. — Expanse 1 to \\ inch. All the 

 wings reddish-drab or pale reddish-brown, flushed and dusted 

 with brighter red ; a slender dark red or purple-red stri])e 

 passes in a regular curve through all the wings continuously 

 from costa to costa ; sometimes a few purple clouds lie 

 towards the margins ; central ring-spots absent. 



Antennas of the male pectinated with oblique solid ciliated 

 teeth three-fourths of their length, thorax simple, pale brown ; 

 palpi very small and slender, light brown ; eyes black ; face 

 smooth and silky, convex, pale red-brown, edged above by a 

 transverse furrow ; head whitish-brown ; thorax smooth, very 

 lig-ht bi-own ; al)domen similar at the base, remainder darker 

 but barred with the paler colour ; anal tufts very small, light 

 brown. Fore wings a little broader than in the last species 

 — which it somewhat resembles — costa flatly arched ; apex 

 sharply angulated ; hind margin below it faintly refuse, then 

 filled out and only curved off near to the anal angle ; dorsal 

 margin rather full, thickly ciliated ; colour pale reddish- 

 brown, faintly dusted with purple-brown ; first line repre- 

 sented by five minute black dots in a curve ; second line by 

 a full series of similar dots ; between these in the middle of 

 the wing is a slender direct purple-red transverse stripe or 

 central shade ; discal spot not represented ; hind margin- 



