12 LEPIDOPTERA. 



bud. From this it projects a curious little tube of frass and 

 silk, by which it may readily be recognised. 



Pupa undescribed ; spun up among rubbish on the ground. 



The moth sits during the day upon the trunk of a poplar, 

 often squeezing itself closely into a chink or crevice, but if 

 the weather is warm will dart suddenly away to settle quickly 

 on some other tree-trunk. Doubtless it flies at dusk, but 

 has hardly been observed at that time ; indeed, it is so local 

 and usually so scarce that there is difficulty in observing its 

 habits. In the year 1864 it was suddenly noticed in some 

 numbers at Edmonton, London, and here in the following 

 years many specimens were taken. Previously it had been 

 almost unknown in this country. In addition to this locality, 

 in Middlesex, it has been found in Surrey, Kent, Herts, 

 Wilts, Herefordshire, Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk, but so 

 far as I know not elsewhere in the United Kingdom. 

 Abroad its range appears to be restricted to Central Europe 

 and the northern half of Italy. 



Genus 6. SPILONOTA. 



Antennge simple, ciliated ; palpi blunt, not thick ; thorax 

 very flatly crested at the back ; fore wings elongated, squared 

 behind, costa strongly folded for nearly one half its length ; 

 hind wings without tufts of hair-scales. 



We have five species, rather closely allied. 



A. Costal margin scarcely arched. 



B. Fore wings white with smoky black markings ; palpi 



yellow. S. tripundana. 



B-. Fore wings white or pinkish white with umbreous 



markings, palpi brown. S. rohorana. 



B^. Fore wings greyish white with rich brown markings. 



S. sufusana, 

 B*. Fore wings rosy white or brownish white, with brown 



markings. S. incarnatana. 



A"-. Costal margin much arched, *S'. roscecolana. 



