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though it had been noticed two years earlier. It was then 

 met with only in Ranworth Fen, Norfolk ; and at sunset was 

 there tolerably common, flying in a lively manner at sunset 

 and till dusk about rough herbage such as Spircea idmaria, 

 sallow bushes and large sedges in the middle of the open fen, 

 also hiding among the same plants and easily disturbed from 

 them on warm afternoons. More recently found in similar 

 situations in Wicken Fen, Cambs. Its only localities here, 

 as far as I know, are in these two counties. Abroad it is 

 reported from Germany and the South of France. 



Genus 13. EUDEMIS. 



Antennee thick and finely notched ; palpi depressed, beak- 

 like ; thorax with a minute crest or flat tuft at the back ; 

 fore wings rather narrow, without fold ; hind wings smooth. 



We have five species, all rather small, which may be 

 tabulated thus : 



A. Fore wings long and narrow. 



B. Fore wings reddish white with slender brown bands. 



E. litioralis. 

 B-. Fore wings dull yellow with broad brown bands. 



E. latifascicma . 

 A"-. Fore wings of ordinarj' length, rather blunt. 

 B'^ Fore wings reddish white with two broad brown brands. 



E. hifasciana . 

 W. Fore wings rich orange-brown with one j^ellow baud. 



E. eupJiorhiana . 

 B^. Fore wings black-brown with two reddish white bands. 



E. fuligann. 



1. E. fuligana, Hoir. ; abscissana, Gu. — Expanse, 

 f inch (15 mm.). Fore wings reddish white, basal blotch, 

 central band, and apical blotch all oblique, black-brown. 

 Hind wings grey-brown. 



