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a chamber which is stuffed tightly with frass. Abroad said 

 to feed also on raspberry. 



Pupa black-brown. Sorhagen says spun up in a white 

 cocoon in moss. 



The moth frequents bramble in the daytime, sometimes 

 sitting conspicuously on the leaves, but usually hidden among 

 them, preferring scattered plants on a hillside, or in the 

 most open parts of a wood ; when disturbed by a footstep it 

 is very active and lively, flying swiftly to another bramble- 

 bush, and hiding near the ground. Its natural flight is 

 rather late in the evening, and after dusk it will come to a 

 strong light. Found occasionally in the suburbs of London, 

 and common throughout the South of England to Oxford- 

 shire, often abundant ; also in the eastern and western 

 counties, and more locally in Cheshire, Lancashire, Yorkshire, 

 Durham and Northumberland. In Wales in Pembrokeshire ; 

 in Scotland in Eenfrew, Ayr, and Arran ; and in Ireland on 

 the Dublin coast, in the County Cork, and in Derry. Abroad 

 it is distributed throughout Central and Southern Europe, 

 Finland, Scandinavia, Asia Minor and Syria. 



Genus 8. ORTHOT^NIA. 



Antennae moderately thick, naked ; palpi short and thick, 

 broadly tufted ; thorax smooth ; fore wings broad, without 

 fold ; hind wings ample, having a short tuft of hair-scales in 

 the middle of the base. 



We have eight species. 



A. Fore wings silky olive-brown, often banded with darker. 



0. hranderiana. 

 A-. Fore wings reddish -drab, with a narrow darker central 

 band. 0. striana. 



A^. Fore wings pale, or reddish, umbreous. 



B. A paler straight stripe runs in from the apex. 



0. antiquana. 



