I20 LEPIDOPTERA. 



joining together two leaflets most accurate!}' at the edges and 

 eating out the parenchyma. 



Pupa stout, pale brown. This condition is assumed in the 

 spring, in a spun-together leaf. 



The moth is said to fly in plenty about grassy banks, among 

 flowers, from half past five to six in the morning. It certainly 

 is thoroughly lively at midday and throughout the afternoon 

 and is one of the most reliable inhabitants of meadows and 

 clover fields, alwa3's lively and brisk, but not timid, settling 

 again when disturbed, close at hand. Inhabiting the suburbs 

 of London and to be found commonly throughout England 

 and South Wales, also everywhere in Ireland. In Scotland 

 it is found throughout the Lowlands to Perthshire and Moray, 

 but I have no record further north. Abroad it occurs all 

 over Europe, Asia Minor and the Caucasian region ; and 

 Lord Walsingham has found it in Oregon, North America. 



9. A. paludana, Barv. — Expanse \ to | inch (12- 

 IG mm.). Fore wings rather narrow ; apex sharply booked ; 

 yellowish white, with a flattened dorsal chocolate blotch; 

 followed by a similar streak which runs into the apex. 



Antennte dark brown ; palpi dull white ; head and 

 shoulder lappets white shaded with brown ; thorax dull 

 chocolate ; abdomen grej— brown. Fore wings narrow, the 

 costa flatly arched, apex produced and hooked, silvery-white 

 or creamy-white with pale chocolate markings ; from the 

 base a large flattened blotch lies upon the dorsal margin ; 

 beyond it the central band is clouded, thickened in the 

 middle, and there throws off" a large pointed tooth towards 

 the apex ; the arch of ground colour before it is very broad ; 

 hinder area faintly clouded with chocolate ; costal streaks and 

 cilia white, the latter having a short black line along their 

 base, and a chocolate-red tinge at their tips. Hind wings 

 smoky white ; cilia white. Female similar. 



