i6 . LEPIDOPTERA. 



black ; anal plate brown ; body haiiy, the whole dorsal sur- 

 face purplish brown down to the spiracles ; ventral surface 

 yellowish white. Curiously like an infant larva of Cossus 

 ligniperda. 



May and the early part of June on sweet-briar (Bosa 

 ruhiginosa) and other roses, especially cultivated varieties, in 

 the j^'oung growing shoots, drawing together the leaves and 

 eating out the heart ; if the shoot is succulent, boring down 

 into it, if not, moving readily to a fi'esh shoot ; but generally 

 sluggish in its movements. 



Pupa light brown ; in a cocoon among rubbish. 



This moth also hides among rose bushes, and is easily 

 induced to fly, especially in the afternoon, but its natural 

 time of flight is rather late in the dusk and on through the 

 night, so that with a lantern it may often be seen on the 

 wing towards midnight. Kot recognised as a distinct species 

 till the year 1850, when it was described by the late Mr. H. 

 Doubleday. Now sufficiently common even in the London 

 suburbs, I might almost say especiulhj in the suburbs of 

 London, but it is common in the gardens of other cities and 

 large towns more even than in the country. Apjoarently to 

 be found throughout England to Lancashire and even 

 Durham, though not so commonly in the north ; and in 

 Wales in Glamorganshire and Pembrokeshire. Said also to 

 have been noticed in Scotland — in the botanical gardens at 

 Glasgow — but I find no satisfactory record elsewhere nor in 

 Ireland. Abroad it may be found in Germany, Lower Austria, 

 Jutland, and the trans-Caspian region ; but it is probably 

 not yet fully recognised everywhere. 



4. S. suffusana, Zdl. ; trimaculana, Haiv. — Expanse 

 f inch (16 mm.) Pore wings comparatively narrow ; white 

 dusted with grey and browm ; basal blotch large, brown ; 

 ocellus also large, brown and golden brown, with silvery lines ; 

 apex brown and orange brown. 



