l66 LEPIDOPTERA. 



it has been found in Northern Germany, Lower Austria, 

 Holland; Finland, Norway, and Lapland. 



4. S. woeberiana, Schiff. — Expanse f to f inch (15-19 

 mm,). Fore wings rich dark golden brown thickly marbled 

 with golden-yellow and silver}^ lines. 



Antennae dull brown ; palpi dull white, tipped with 

 brown ; head and thorax rich brown ; abdomen blackish- 

 brown. Fore wings ample, not narrow ; costa gently 

 arched ; apex bluntly angulated ; rich dark brown, marbled 

 all over with golden yellow lines and dusting, hidden among 

 which is a dorsal blotch of two double golden-yellow oblique 

 streaks ; costa distinctly dotted with yellow streaks, which are 

 separated by black-brown clouds edged with blue ; ocellus 

 large, deep black, divided, and edged by yellow lines ; cilia 

 blue-black dashed with pale brown. Hind wings smoky- 

 brown, with dull white cilia. Female similar, rather larger. 



Undersides of all the wings leaden-brown ; fore wings 

 with faint white costal dots. 



June to August or even September in one generation ; 

 abroad, however, it is understood to be double brooded, the 

 first emerging at the end of May. 



Larva dirty green with a red head ; body sprinkled with 

 a few small hairs. (Kollar.) Feeding almost throughout the 

 year in the inner bark of fruit trees, especially plum, cherry 

 and apricot trees, sometimes also on pear, almond, laurel and 

 apple. Fastidious in its tastes ; in one place frequenting 

 only one species of tree ; in another place, a different tree ; 

 forming a cylindrical burrow under the outer bark, which is 

 thus loosened ; but the excrement is mostly pushed outside 

 through a small hole. 



Pupa yellow-brown, rather small, in the larval habitation. 



The moth sits on the trunks of fruit trees, often close to 

 the place from which it emerged from pupa. If disturbed it 



