46 LEPIDOPTERA. 



Ou the wing in July. 



Larva smoky-black, beneath rather yellowish ; head and 

 thoracic plate shining black. May, on hawthorn and black- 

 thorn, in a web covered with dry leaves and attached to the 

 lower twigs. (W. Warren.) This larva is said to live, 

 usually in company with that of Rhodiyphcea suavella, and 

 closely to resemble it in appearance. It sjoins up and 

 assumes the pupa state in the larval habitation of that 

 species, which then has become a bunch of leaves. 



The moth especially frequents hawthorn hedges, not de- 

 spising those which are somewhat closely cut, and may 

 sometimes be seen sitting upon them in the daytime, though 

 it is much more commonly to be beaten out, when it will fly, 

 in bright sunshine, but if it is dull will fly to the ground, 

 Its time of natural flight is after sunset. Still to be found, 

 not uncommonly, in the suburbs and outskirts of London, 

 and in the Southern Counties from Kent and Essex to Devon, 

 though more or less locally ; more rarely in Suffolk, Norfolk, 

 Cambs., Herts, Oxfordshire, Berks, Somerset, Gloucestershire, 

 Herefordshire and Worcestershire, but this seems to be the 

 extent of its range in the British Isles. Abroad it is common 

 in Central and Southern Europe, and is found in Sweden. 

 Livonia, and Asia Minor. 



Genus IL MIXODIA. 



Antennae thick ; palpi broad and blunt, brush-like, the 

 third joint just perceptible ; thorax minutely crested at the 

 back ; fore wdngs elongated, blunt ; costa not folded ; hind 

 wings ample, with hardly any tuft. 



We have three species — readily distinguished . 



A. Eore wings red-brown with silvery-white transverse 



lines. 



B. Silvery transverse lines numerous — size nearly one-inch 



expanse. M. scJmlzicma. 



